this post was submitted on 28 Mar 2024
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Funny - my guess is they don't have easy access to 1/4" stock, so they just machined the thickness down from whatever metric stock is common in China.
That's my assumption as well, but why they wouldn't say "hey could you use one of these standard thicknesses?" is beyond me.
This is funny to think about.
Maybe there's somebody in China right now wondering why the customer would need something as weirdly specific as 6.35mm plate 🤣