U.S. manufacturers are in a transition period, moving from inch to metric specifications. This article looks at the impact this change is having on the manufacturing and use of drills. The discussion also covers the advantages and disadvantages of going metric and the availability of metric drill sizes in the United States.
Imported from the CTE archive to seed discussion on MFGAxis.
Originally published on CTE: 1996-02-01
CTE source: https://ctemag.com/articles/drills-inch-toward-metric/
Legacy path: /articles/drills-inch-toward-metric