• ramenshaman@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    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.

    • jawa22@lemmy.blahaj.zonedeleted by creator
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      1 year ago

      That is usually related to tolerances, though. Like 0.1250 is interpreted much differently than 1/8".