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Please don't scare them! (lemmy.ml)

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[-] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Gotcha, so we're talking kilotons and microinches then?

Or is it actually the units that make the metric system scary to Americans?

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Woodworkers use the "metric system" all the time it seems. "Thousandths of an inch" is a common unit.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Yep, I hear them referred to as "mils". Although for more casual usage it's far more common to use 1/x^2 measurements like 1/8" or 13/64". Thankfully my job has only really needed up to the 32ndth.

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