On Mon, 07 Aug 2006 18:26:19 GMT, "Jim"
wrote:

Gee, here I thought that everybody knew that a 10-24 bolt has a 3/16 inch
shank with 24 threads per inch.

Well having grown up around BSW/BSW/UNC/UNF/BA *and* Metric I for one
knew the 24 was the tpi but I didn't have a clue and still don't as to
what the 10 means.

From what you say It's clearly not 10/64" or 10/32" or 10/16" 10/8" or
10/4"

10 gauge(swg) is about 3.2mm or just over 1/8" so its not that either
10 gauge (awg) is 0.1019" so its not that, nor is it 10 gauge
(shotgun) as that is 0.777 inches

And some say metric is complicated?


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