Stamets@lemmy.worlddeleted by creator to memes@lemmy.world · 1 year agoGIRL. NOT LIKE THAT.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square122linkfedilinkarrow-up11.17Karrow-down116
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minus-squarejawa22@lemmy.blahaj.zonedeleted by creatorlinkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down1·1 year 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 year 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.zonedeleted by creatorlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year 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".