Imperial vs Metric | Part 1

Why does America use Imperial? Should America switch from the Imperial system to the Metric system? Barry explains why the United States WILL never change.

0:00 Metric vs. The United States
0:40 American Manufacturing
1:38 History of Metric System
2:22 Why Imperial Is Superior
3:03 American Inventions
3:42 The Facts w/ Barry
5:58 Why America won't convert to Metric

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[TITANSofCNC]

BTW, if you haven’t guessed, We’re just having some Machinists fun… It’s an age old Machinists argument… and we’re eating popcorn and enjoying everyone’s opinions. Truthfully, we respect both and that’s why we always put up numbers in both Imperial & Metric in all videos. So everyone can learn and Rise to Greatness!!! BOOM!!!

[Chrisw]

Mate. Cars came from Germany
The First telephone was in 1849 in Italy by a Italian inventor.
The First Refrigerator was invented by a French Man in 1859.
The Telegraph was invented by a British man named Sir William Fothergill Cooke and Sir Charles Wheatstone in 1837.
The First real steam engine also come from the English in 1698. 78 years before the american Nation ever existed.
The first practical and widely used sewing machine was invented by Barthélemy Thimonnier, a French tailor, in 1829.
The Combustion Engine was inveted by a German named Karl Benz.

And About the imperial System. Even NASA which landed on the Moon uses the Metric System. The Imperial System only makes more sense to you because you have lived with it for your entire life Barry. For most of the World metric is more Familiar. Even for Everyday measurements, you have the centimeter, the Decimeter, the meter. And i dont know about you guys, but the average person living outside of the us will be able to understand the number 30 in the words 30 centimeters.

Even now allmost all parts that the declining us Manufacturing Industry is making for the rest of the world is a metric Design converted into Imperial Numbers.

I mean i know the Research and Production Quality isn't that great on this Youtubechannel. Even the American Education system is not that good for the general Population. But still, even 5 minutes of research would have been able to prevent half of your embarrassingly wrong statements in this video.

[sindreeike]

I love how he starts by saying «just because we have always done it this way doesnt mean we have to keep going», and ends by saying «we have always done it this way, so its better!»

[ntb]

Soo… A machinist, focused daily on absolute precision, is arguing for imperial because it’s easier to visualise/estimate in day to day life?
Might want to reconsider that one…

[Ihwaz]

The automobile and both diesel and petrol engines were invented in Germany, the steam engine and locomotive were invented in the UK, the sewing machine was either invented in England or France depending on how one defines it. The incandescent light bulb was first patented in England and the telegraph was invented in France (optical) and England (electrical). The refrigerator was invented in Scotland and the first commercial refrigerator was designed by Scottish expat in Australia.

[ImperatorZor]

Karl Benz invented the Automobile in 1884 in Germany.
Thomas Davenport invented the first electric motor in 1834 in England.
The Assembly Line goes back to at least the Venitian Arsenal in the 12th century in the Serene Republic of Venice.
Francis Ronalds invented the first electric telegraph in 1816 in England.
Hero of Alexandria built the first Steam Engine in the first century CE in Roman Egypt. The commercially successful steam engines were developed by Thomas Savery, Thomas Newcomen and James Watt in England, England and Scotland respectively between 1798 and 1775.
Barthelemy Thimonnier invented the first Sewing machine in 1830 in France.
Modern Cities were the work of a variety of architects and planners in numerous countries through the 19th and 20th century.
James Harrison built the first refrigeration system in Australia in 1851.

Barry has demonstrated that he has no understanding of the actual history of science and engineering.

[philip_fletcher]

Are you aware the US imperial system is actually based on metric units? I work in both systems - imperial is just familiarity yet I now find metric easier. I can visualise in both systems. Although you say you have fought "we've always done it that way" you then go on to justify imperial based solely on "we've always done it that way" so can't change! None of the innovations you list depended on the use of imperial units - measurements are just measurements - they're not imagination or hard work.

[Mr.King-]

I've used both systems for 18 years and the metric system is easier in machining & the example I'd site is with tap drill sizes. M16x2 = 14mm, M20x2.5 = 17.5 M48x5 = 43. Try doing that with imperial threads 1/2 - 13 = 27/64, 3/4 - 10 = 21/32, 1-1/2 - 6 = 1-21/64. Then you get into hole making with letter, number and fractional drills, what is the size of a letter C drill? Or a number 19 drill? What is the decimal equivalent to a 39/64 drill? You always need a drill chart which don't need to exist in the metric system. It wastes time to have to look at drill charts and measure drills constantly. I'm not a fan at all of the imperial system of drills.

[derbacksteinbacker]

I am a Machinist in Germany and i know pretty accurtately what a milimeter, centimeter, decimeter and meter looks like. The fact that the metric system isn´t based on your everyday objects doesn´t make it less convenient, its just habitual. And there are stil things in our enviromet that are reference points, doors for example are roughly 2m in heigt and the easy transition from m to dm to cm to mm makes your life verry easy. For me its a a non argument to say that the system based on everyday things is more convenient because metric folks everyday things are the same, its just a different number on the scale or caliper, you get used to it and in the end of the day both systems work it doesn´t cange anything about the manufacturing requirments or capabilitys needed, you just type in a different number and thats it. Personal note: everytime i need to cut a imperial thread i go crazy because i have to type in a number with that goes 3 digids beyond the decimal, i would go nuts if i had to do this all day, i like my metric threads. M6 thread? turn to diameter 6mm. M12? 12mm. 5/8" thread? it)15, 875mm? As i said it´s just habitual but you imperial folks really get to my nerves i moments like this and i know its the same the other way around ;D

[Noney]

“Its easy to visualize since its 6 adult feet end to end”, this one really cracked me up

[mattiacamnasio]

I'm from Italy and honestly I find much more sense in the concept of a system of measurement that's indipendent from day to day variability. You suggested a teaspoon for example, but my teaspoon is probably different from yours. The metric system shines in ease of use to go from a order of magnitude to another and repeatability of measures.

[samatarMohamed]

From someone who works heavily in imperial units I can easily say Metric is far superior. In fact ALL other major units are derived from basic Metric units such as Volts, Amperes, Resistance, Energy (Joules), Watts, Hertz, Time(seconds).

In terms of measurements of distance, fractional measurements are to confusing. 1/32 or 1/64 is not something easily translatable, where a metric scale is very very clear, where all subdivisions are scaled by 10.

[africantrilfell]

I (german engineer) cannot watch this without getting more and more headache 😂 good one, expecially with the American inventions

[samloos]

"Why tell a cook to add 12 grams of salt when you can tell him to add a cup". My brother is a cook and he absolutely DESPISES spoons and cups because they scale up awfully. If a recipe has to be multiplied 50 times for a large group, adding in 50 teaspoons is a pain while you can simply use weight measurements and multiply that by 50.

[garybraunns]

Here in the U.S., my introduction to the metric system was in grade school in the 70s. Later, as a handyman and machinist working with anything metric was an annoyance. However, in recent years I'm starting to notice just how widely used it is here for various products and purposes. I've become familiar with both systems and I'm thinking that in a couple more generations, the imperial system may become the annoyance. I also discovered when trying to position fixtures, pictures, etc... on a wall, it's a lot easier with a millimeter measuring tape.

[MarioSantos-zxbj]

There are two types of countries:
One use metric
The other sends their children to school in bulletproof vests

[cyber]

metric is so easy dude, 10mm is cm, 100cm is a meter, 1000 meters is a kilometer, now how many inches in a mile hmm?

[edgarkondrakov]

You mentioned that 1 m is 1000 mm, but did you mention that 1 foot is 12 inches, 1 yard is 3 feet, 1 mile is 1760 yard ... And same thing with area, volume, mass, all of them are just strange numbers. Ok, you can just learn them, learning is a good thing, so now you know all of them, could you please tell me how many yards are in 50 miles? How many cubic inches are in 4 cubic yards? I don t even want to try to calculate than on a calculator, not to say in my head. How many meters are in 527 kilometers? 527000 meters. 1 cubic meter is 1000 liters, 1 liter of water is about 1 kilogram, 1000 kilograms is 1 metric ton, 1 ton of water is 1 cubic meter. 1 meter cube has a side which is 1000 mm, 1000*1000*1000 is mm (just count zeros). I m 189 cm and my brother is 1, 85 m, I used different units, but you can easily see that i m only 4cm taller than he is even without changing units.

[paulmilligan]

I have been an American Machinist for 25 years today and switched over to metric 6 months ago maybe less. I was interested in improving my precision by taking advantage of the higher resolution that this allows when you are in G21 vs G20 on a CNC machine. I can honestly say that I wish I personally had switched over to Metric many years ago. in short things like old-school Cadilac, gages are far easier to read with those Dial counters on them. many people think it's obvious if there is an inch difference between 16 and 17 inches however sometimes it isn't so obvious and I have personally been off by one inch before on larger dimensions over 6 inches. interpolated bores are far easier to nail size-wise due to the increased precision of the machine. I personally spend a lot of time designing assemblies and have really been helped out by the fact that with metric I don't have to commit to a hard and final size on a fit. it is easier for me to slowly come into the right amount of clearance to get the right amount of slop in a mating assembly. I could go on. As a designer, I am a lot more able to work next to existing products that are almost always metric. Honestly, I still use both especially when I am threading. Even though it is a slight improvement overall I can honestly say that I really did not regret making the switch.

[MicroageHD]

As a physicist this video triggers me on so many levels it's beyond imagination... And I'm used to multiple different unit systems.