What's your favourite thread size?
Discussion
...For me it's got to be M6, it's just a lovely size, not to big, not too small, easily available, a lovely 1mm pitch, 10mm A/F or a 5mm hex key and obviously as a 10.9 zinc plated, I mean what's not to like?
Asked a couple of my colleagues - one loves an M12 as he thinks that's the start of the big sizes, another likes an M3 (though he's an electronics engineer so what do you expect?) Another colleagues favourite was "Are you being serious you sad f
ing basrd"
So come on, what's your favourite?
Asked a couple of my colleagues - one loves an M12 as he thinks that's the start of the big sizes, another likes an M3 (though he's an electronics engineer so what do you expect?) Another colleagues favourite was "Are you being serious you sad f
ing basrd"So come on, what's your favourite?
M6, preferably a dome head socket/allen.
As a retail design engineer I use them almost exclusively... just the right size to be structurally effective on retail displays whilst not being too small to easily lose and drop. Also only the one size of Allen key to spec and include in the box, and sending out replacement fixing packs is a doddle if required.
As a retail design engineer I use them almost exclusively... just the right size to be structurally effective on retail displays whilst not being too small to easily lose and drop. Also only the one size of Allen key to spec and include in the box, and sending out replacement fixing packs is a doddle if required.
Huntsman said:
M7. Love the quirkyness,
Unless of course we're not just talking metric, in which case, i just love BA!
BSP - nasty mess!
I always thought I was alone and a threads nerd.
Definitely not restricted to metric, I have to use BSP threads a lot and i always have to remind myself in books/tables how big/small they actually are, 1"...no no no you mean 33.25mm Unless of course we're not just talking metric, in which case, i just love BA!
BSP - nasty mess!
I always thought I was alone and a threads nerd.
Gary C said:
13mm every time.
It's almost 1/2" so you can use either spanner
Are you pulling my leg? There's no standard M13, I mean M14 exists but it's not a preferred size, an M12 is 19 A/F though and a 1/2" is 3/4 across the flats so you could probably get away with a 3/4 spanner on an M12 bolt and a 19mm spanner on a 1/2" bolt.It's almost 1/2" so you can use either spanner
jackofall84 said:
Are you pulling my leg? There's no standard M13, I mean M14 exists but it's not a preferred size, an M12 is 19 A/F though and a 1/2" is 3/4 across the flats so you could probably get away with a 3/4 spanner on an M12 bolt and a 19mm spanner on a 1/2" bolt.
don't you have a 13mm socket or spanner ?mind you it did say thread size. it was mainly English when I did my basic training and I didn't go down the mech route so forgotten most things in 37 years
Edited by Gary C on Thursday 13th February 16:31
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