jmorris
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That also reminds me of a story. Many years ago we were working on a project in the engineering lab at one of the colleges I went to when an engineering student needed to remove a 3/8-16 bolt and had grabbed a 5/8" wrench at first and said aloud "5/8 is too big".
So I told him that the head size of the bolt was 9/16". He came back and went back to it, then told me 9/16" was too small and that the size was in fact 1/2".
The point is, don't always go by "what it says" or it might make you look less intelligent.
I replaced it with a correctly marked wrench the next day and keep it hung up still.
So I told him that the head size of the bolt was 9/16". He came back and went back to it, then told me 9/16" was too small and that the size was in fact 1/2".
The point is, don't always go by "what it says" or it might make you look less intelligent.
I replaced it with a correctly marked wrench the next day and keep it hung up still.