25 Nov
2008
25 Nov
'08
1:03 p.m.
Weird. I don't mind it with screws and stuff as
generally they need to cross
borders less - it's a pain in the butt having to tweak anything that might
need to be printed for different markets, though.
You will probably have different feelings about this when you have to
replace fixing hardware in a a foreign machine...
From looking at catalogues, etc, it seems to be a lot
easier to get
metric nuts/bolts in the US than UNC ones in the UK (the latter is
next-to-impossible!). I am seriously thinking of ordering an assortment
of the latter from the States.
Something I'd like to see is a serious effort
to get rid of phillips
screws. The damn things strip out easily, slip out easily, and require
considerable pushing. Hex screws are okay, but when they get tiny, they
too will strip easily. Square-head or torx would be best.
I noticed the other day that Home Depot sells hex screws - I almost stocked up
(rivets/nails are just a complete nightmare)! I don't mind Phillips if I know
the job and so know I'm not going to be putting too much torque on things.