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Machinists, engineers and people of common sense unite ! (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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For people that don't know this is not how you use Calipers

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I worked with a girl who would say "4 and 3 ticks!" meaning 1/8ths. We laughed at her enough that she tried to improve and started saying "4 point 3!" that lead to a discussion about decimal inches. I really blew her mind when I showed her the scale in 12ths on carpenter squares.

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