sae cones nuts on metric axles

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'thread' gauge sprung from what sae nut fits on what metric axle or is
that backwards?
having dealt with this several times before switching to freehubs from
freewheels,
i offered the loose/wobble/pull along axle increasing nut movement
scale-which is off course, amung other things, ambigous.
so, i went over to the axle box to see what-
early 1980's upper end japanese axles/cones wiggle at less than 1/20
thread to thread measure-metric threads 10x1
pyramids wiggle at 1/10 thread to thread measure-an sae thread
worn 1980's axle/cones tend toward wobble at 1/8 thread to thread
measure
the mismatched sae/metric cone-axle from memory pulls at nearly 1/2
thread to thread measure.
there is a machinists definition of this eyeballing probabbblely
searchable
as is Park Tools info site hosting a thread-pitch description

Speaking of threads, Gene, you know that big C-clamp you have on your
head? Loosen it off a couple turns.

--
Ted Bennett