Wrench and Socket Reference

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COMPARISON OF US, METRIC AND WHITWORTH WRENCHES
COMPARISON OF US, METRIC AND WHITWORTH WRENCHES
US	METRIC	WHITWORTH	DECIMAL	OPEN END WRENCH		BOX END OR
US	METRIC	WHITWORTH	INCHES	OPEN END WRENCH		SOCKET WRENCH
NOMINAL NUT SIZE				MIN	MAX	MIN	MAX
5/32			0.156	0.158	0.161	0.158	0.163
	4mm		0.157	0.159	0.162	0.159	0.164
		7BA	0.172	0.774	0.177	0.174	0.179
3/16			0.187	0.190	0.193	0.190	0.195
		6BA	0.193	0.795	0.198	0.195	0.200
	5mm		0.197	0.199	0.020	0.199	0.200
13/64			0.203	0.205	0.208	0.205	0.210
7/32			0.218	0.221	0.224	0.221	0.226
		5BA	0.220	0.222	0.225	0.222	0.227
15/63			0.234	0.236	0.239	0.236	0.241
	6mm		0.236	0.238	0.241	0.238	0.243
		4BA	0.248	0.250	0.025	0.250	0.255
1/4			0.250	0.252	0.255	0.252	0.757
17/64			0.265	0.268	0.271	0.268	0.273
	7mm		0.276	0.278	0.281	0.278	0.283
9/32			0.281	0.284	0.288	0.284	0.290
		3BA	0.282	0.284	0.288	0.284	0.289
5/16			0.312	0.316	0.320	0.316	0.322
	8mm		0.315	0.317	0.321	0.317	0.322
		2BA	0.324	0.327	0.331	0.327	0.333
		1/8W	0.338	0.341	0.345	0.341	0.347
11 /32			0.343	0.347	0.351	0.347	0.353
	9mm		0.354	0.357	0.361	0.357	0.363
		1BA	0.365	0.363	0.372	0.368	0.374
3/8			0.375	0.378	0.382	0.378	0.381
	10mm		0.393	0.396	0.400	0.396	0.402
		0BA	0.413	0.416	0.420	0.416	0.422
	11mm		0.433	0.436	0.440	0.436	0.442
7/16			0.437	0.440	0.444	0.440	0.446
		3/16W	0.448	0.451	0.455	0.451	0.457
15/32			0.468	0.472	0.476	0.472	0.478
	12mm		0.47	0.475	0.479	0.475	0.481
1/2			0.500	0.504	0.508	0.504	0.510
	13mm		0.512	0.516	0.520	0.516	0.522
		1/4W	0.525	0.529	0.533	0.529	0.535
17/32			0.531	0.535	0.539	0.535	0.541
	14mm		0.551	0.555	0.559	0.555	0.561
9/16			0.562	0.566	0.570	0.566	0.573
	15mm		0.591	0.595	0.549	0.595	0.601
19/32			0.593	0.598	0.602	0.598	0.604
		5/16W	0.600	0.604	0.608	0.604	0.612
5/8			0.625	0.629	0.633	0.629	0.636
	16mm		0.630	0.634	0.638	0.634	0.642
21/32			0.656	0.661	0.665	0.661	0.668
	17mm		0.669	0.673	0.677	0.673	0.681
11/16			0.687	0.692	0.696	0.692	0.699
	18mm		0.709	0.715	0.720	0.715	0.723
		3/8W	0.710	0.715	0.720	0.715	0.723
	19mm		0.748	0.753	0.758	0.753	0.761
3/4			0.750	0.755	0.760	0.755	0.753
25/32			0.781	0.786	0.79I	0.786	0.794
	20mm		0.787	0.792	0.797	0.792	0.800
13/16			0.812	0.818	0.823	0.818	0.826
		7/16W	0.820	0.825	0.830	0.825	0.833
	21mm		0.827	0.832	0.837	0.832	0.840
	22mm		0.866	0.871	0.876	0.871	0.879
7/8			0.875	0.880	0.885	0.880	0.888
	23mm		0.906	0.911	0.916	0.911	0.920
29/32			0.906	0.911	0.916	0.911	0.920
		1/2W	0.920	0.925	0.930	0.925	0.934
15/ 16			0.937	0.944	0.949	0.944	0.953
	24mm		0.945	0.950	0.955	0.950	0.959
31/32			0.968	0.975	0.981	0.975	0.984
	25mm		0.984	0.990	0.996	0.990	0.999
1			1.000	1.006	1.012	1.006	1.015
		9/16W	1.010	1.016	1.022	1.016	1.025
	26mm		1.024	1.030	1.036	1.030	1.039
1 1/16			1.062	1.068	1.074	1.068	1.077
	27mm		1.063	1.069	1.075	1.069	1.078
		5/8W	1.100	1.107	1.113	1.107	1.117
	28mm		1.102	1.109	1.115	1.109	1.119
1 1/8			1.125	1.132	1.139	1.132	1.142
	29mm		1.142	1.149	1.156	1.149	1.159
	30mm		1.181	1.188	1.195	1.188	1.198
1 3/ 16			1.187	1.195	1.202	1.195	1.205
		11/16W	1.200	1.207	1.214	1.207	1.217
	31mm		1.220	1.727	1.234	1.227	1.237
1 1/4			1.250	1.258	1.266	1.258	1.269
	32mm		1.260	1.267	1.275	1.267	1.277
	33mm		1.299	1.306	1.314	1.306	1.316

Article by Dave DuBois
2007-02-10

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Comment by Scott Brawner on 2007-02-13 06:06:34

This article makes me feel stupid. Can someone explain what I'm looking at here?

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