[[email protected]]

I think this might be metric bolts because they dont appear to be SAE.
I am puzzled what they are referring to.

I bought a used Makita table saw at a garage sale. It needed a few
repairs which I took care of. I got a downloaded PDF file from their
Makita website to help me determine what went where. I got it all
together and it works except the rip fence is missing a bolt that
makes it clamp sloppily. My parts can does not have anything that
will fit, so I'm off to the hardware store later today. The parts
list in that PDF file show this bolt as "Hex Bolt M6X16". WTF is
that? I am assuming the "M" means metric. Is that correct? I am
assuming 6X16 means 16 threads per inch. (that looks about right),
but what is the "6"? 6 centimeters long, or is it 6cm thick? There's
a number missing either way......

Now looking at it in SAE terms, it's about 1/4" thick, fine threaded,
and 1/2 to 5/8 inches long, and the head is roughly 3/8" hex.

Damn I hate metric ****...... I wish I had been born 100 years sooner
so I'd never have to get frustrated by this metric crap. I was born
in America, that means I should be speaking English, and using inches
and feet, not speaking a foreign language or using goddamn metrics
from countries that dont know how to measure things. Yep. metrics are
one of my top pet peeves that really **** me off........

At least they dont have the rip fence ruler in metric, or I would have
not bought the saw. At my age, I am too old to change to metrics
anyhow.

Mark