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Date:	Wed, 28 Feb 90 13:59:00 EST
From:	richard welty <welty@lewis.crd.ge.com>
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    Sizes named by diameter of shaft:
    SAE (some acronoym about american "standards", which lists the various systems
    of pitch, hardness, etc.)


hmmm.  SAE stands for `Society of Automotive Engineers', the
society which promulgates standards in the US.  i'd imagine that
SAE fasteners are those which follow SAE Standards.

-- richard