• dmention7@lemm.eeEnglish
    7·
    1 year ago

    Gotcha, so we’re talking kilotons and microinches then?

    Or is it actually the units that make the metric system scary to Americans?

    • atzanteol@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      31·
      1 year ago

      Woodworkers use the “metric system” all the time it seems. “Thousandths of an inch” is a common unit.

      • Classy@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        Yep, I hear them referred to as “mils”. Although for more casual usage it’s far more common to use 1/x^2 measurements like 1/8" or 13/64". Thankfully my job has only really needed up to the 32ndth.