Stamets@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.world · 1 month agoGIRL. NOT LIKE THAT.lemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square126fedilinkarrow-up11.16Karrow-down117
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minus-squarejawa22@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down1·1 month agoI (machinist) have only seen a few large US firms or companies send me a metric print. Different worlds, I guess.
minus-squareramenshaman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoAs an engineer who dabbles in machining, that checks out. What really grinds my gears (sometimes literally) is how sometimes people use fractions of an inch and sometimes people use decimals.
minus-squarejawa22@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoThat is usually related to tolerances, though. Like 0.1250 is interpreted much differently than 1/8".
I (machinist) have only seen a few large US firms or companies send me a metric print. Different worlds, I guess.
As an engineer who dabbles in machining, that checks out. What really grinds my gears (sometimes literally) is how sometimes people use fractions of an inch and sometimes people use decimals.
That is usually related to tolerances, though. Like 0.1250 is interpreted much differently than 1/8".