What's a Carriage Bolt? Like all bolts, carriage bolts are externally threaded fasteners that are secured with a nut. They're primarily meant to secure metal to wood, however, some woodworkers leverage them for fastening two pieces of wood together. What...
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Standard Allen Wrench Sizes If you're looking for a list of every common Allen wrench size, you've found it. Our chart features all the regular-sized Allen wrenches for both SAE & metric. While large-sized Allen wrenches do exist, they are...
Before you buy the wrong socket wrench set, checkout our chart to know which SAE sizes are compatible with a 1/4" drive. We searched the internet and compiled the 11 most common SAE socket sizes seen in 1/4" drive sets....
Jump Ahead: Metric to SAE SAE to Metric Charts and graphs work well for approximating conversions, but what about getting precise calculations? Well, that's when technology kicks in—we created a set of calculators devoted just to metric & SAE...
SAE & Metric Wrench Conversions SAE Wrench Size Bolt Size (SI) Metric Wrench Size 5/16" 1/8" 8 mm 3/8" 3/16" 10 mm 7/16" 1/4" 11 mm 1/2" 5/16" 13 mm 9/16" 3/8" 14 mm 5/8" 7/16" 16 mm 3/4" 1/2"...
Metric to SAE Conversions for Hex Keys Chart Metric Hex Key SAE Hex Size 2 mm 3/32 2.5 mm 7/64 3 mm 1/8 3.5 mm 9/64 4 mm 5/32 5.5 mm 7/32 6 mm 1/4 7 mm 9/32 8 mm...
Torx to Allen Key Conversions We actually don't recommend using your torx wrenches in place of a hex key or Allen wrench. However, rogue DIYers seem to think that it's a good idea and insist on knowing the conversions. So...
The Ultimate Guide to Allen Wrench Conversions Sometimes—you just have to improvise when you're on the job. So we decided to make that a little bit easier for you. If you ever need to lookup an Allen wrench conversion, keep...
SAE to Metric Conversions for Hex Keys Chart SAE Hex Key Metric Hex Size 5/64" 2 mm 3/32" 2.5 mm 7/64" 3 mm 1/8" 3.5 mm 5/32" 4 mm 3/16" 5 mm 7/32" 5.5 mm & 6 mm 1/4" 7...
Hex key, Allen wrench, that L-shaped tool...whatever it is you call them, we all know what they are. Some of us only have a single hex key from an IKEA furniture piece. And others have an entire set of every single size,...