Strange Planet by Nathan W. Pyle

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Oh yeah, totally makes more sense to say "it's 3/64ths of an inch" than "it's 2 millimeters." Completely reasonable.

So reasonable, in fact, that in most manufacturing that still uses imperial measurements they long ago abandoned fractions and moved to decimal inches.

Which leads to unholy abominations such as the wood shop sending over "cut off 3/64ths" and the metal shop cutting off 0.046875".

[–] TheMightyCanuck 10 points 1 year ago

Lmao metal shop guy here. Can confirm the bastardized decimal inch measurement system.

"What do you mean it was bent 0.0125" off at 112°?!?"

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Man's over here asking for hundred-thousandth inch precision

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

And I'll give it to her all. minute. long.