Quoted from PinMonk:But it's just like...why? There's a decades old, industry-wide, interchangeable standard, widely available. Why make leg bolts with threading specific to your machine only? It defies logic. I mean AP went with hex cap tops on their Houdini bolts for the steampunk aesthetic, but at least the threading was still standard.
Thre is also another decades old industry standard....EM score reels, yet you aren't suggesting they should stick around. And yes, some manufacturers have displays specific their machine now, so parts aren't interchangeable there. I think we can all agree progress is good with displays....so why not leg bolts and as mentioned, the 100s of other metric parts that are the international standard of measurement!