Some horseshoe manufacturers size them in inches, some in millimeters. Conversion tables for the major manufacturers are available online. As far as I know, most high-end racing shoes are in metric sizes.
Some horseshoe manufacturers size them in inches, some in millimeters. Conversion tables for the major manufacturers are available online. As far as I know, most high-end racing shoes are in metric sizes.Are horseshoes sold in metric sizes? What about hay bales?
As far as I know, most high-end racing shoes are in metric sizes.
Some horseshoe manufacturers size them in inches, some in millimeters. Conversion tables for the major manufacturers are available online. As far as I know, most high-end racing shoes are in metric sizes.
The race horse manufacturing industry transitioned to metric in the early 1910s due to shortages of reliable imperial measurement devices. They previously relied on the width of the thumb of the head of the QA department of the race horse assembly line, but this benchmark became unreliable after an unfortunate incident involving a hammer and said thumb.
Horses are measured in "hands". But whose? Race horses are measured in hundreds of thousands of dollars of investment instead.
I don't know why. There were some cars with metric sized rims in the 80's, but they didn't last long as the tire choices were very limited. Most owners got rid of the metric rims when it became cheaper to buy new rims+ inch sized tires than new metric sized tires.Somehow, car wheel diameters are still in inches, no matter where the car is manufactured. Anyone know why?
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Many packaged goods are now being downsized instead of raising the price. But I guess in this case the Canadians got screwed twice on the deal.There was just a fun one in the paper today. Hagen-Dais decided to switch to a 473 Ml size for Ice Cream, it had previously been sold in Canada in a 500Ml size. New package is the same price as the old one. Hagen-Dais says that 473ml is the size they use in "Other counties" (such a nice rounded off measure)
However, the Tax depertment says that Ice cream in a 500Ml or larger continer is "Groceries" and exempt for Sales tax. Less is a ready to eat treat, and so now the package incurs the handy Dandy 13% HST when sold.
why did they not just standardize on a half Liter?
this article MAY be behind a paywall... https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-shrinkflation-ice-cream-tax/
Yup...it's even got a name...shrinkflation.Many packaged goods are now being downsized instead of raising the price. But I guess in this case the Canadians got screwed twice on the deal.
Source? Context? Must be historical; continental Europe doesn't use such a thing except the troy ounce for precious metals (but if it is historical, it is certainly wildly simplified as there were far more states back when continental Europe used such measurements, which would have had their own measurements).
There are plenty of metric sized bearings today. When I look at the SKF catalogue for ball bearings I have 126 choices in the inch series sizes and 1726 metric sizes.All ball bearings are imperial because the first machines that mass produced ball bearings were made in Britain and everyone copied them.
In the 70s and 80s, when for economy I had to maintain my own car, spark plug gaps for UK-built cars were nevertheless quoted in thousandths of an inch. Actually I never saw Bosch plugs back then, only Lucas or NGK.All spark plugs are metric. When Henry Ford wanted a durable well working spark plug the only source that was strong enough and consistent enough was Bosch and the metric thread became standard in the US.
In the 70s and 80s, when for economy I had to maintain my own car, spark plug gaps for UK-built cars were nevertheless quoted in thousandths of an inch. Actually I never saw Bosch plugs back then, only Lucas or NGK.
I believe it is still the case that much of the plumbing in the world was originally built with Imperial sizes and threads, and therefore repairs require the existence of Imperial:Metric adapters, or the continued use of Imperial fittings. Not saying this is good, just pointing out the messy situation.
My Acura dealer in New Jersey wants $480 to replace my spark plugs (6 cylinders) in a 2012 TL with 120,000 miles. I think they're pricing is nuts so have held off doing it. It's recommended to replace them at 100,000. The plugs are made with some special metals that last long. Give me a break!
My Acura dealer in New Jersey wants $480 to replace my spark plugs (6 cylinders) in a 2012 TL with 120,000 miles. I think they're pricing is nuts so have held off doing it. It's recommended to replace them at 100,000. The plugs are made with some special metals that last long. Give me a break!
Yes, the plugs are usually platinum or iridium tipped, and it does make them last much longer. Regular copper plugs would never last 80,000 miles, you would have significant erosion and gap opening in that time.
The other thing with leaving them in that long is they can corrode to the cylinder head. Removal then becomes very difficult and the chances of threads being galled and tearing out of the cylinder head becomes much greater. I certainly wouldn't want to be the mechanic who has to change your plugs, it will be a delicate job.
I expect the bulk of the cost is labour, as getting to the plugs on a modern engine isn't as simple as it used to be.
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