Irrelevant Factoids

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Re: Irrelevant Factoids

Postby Tom&Shelly » Sun Sep 10, 2023 7:20 pm

Here's a cool one I only noticed this morning: M-5 is French for 10-32. Really! A nut of one fits a bolt of the other. Wouldn't build a spacecraft that way, but it works in my shop.

Oh, and don't get them mixed. Almost impossible to see the difference without a micrometer, and not even with my Harbor Fright micrometer!

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Re: Irrelevant Factoids

Postby twisted lines » Thu Nov 16, 2023 1:17 pm

Yesterday I was following a (little guy Teardrop) being pulled by a full side modern Motor home :frightened:
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