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  1. Aug 21, 2025, 02:24 PM #33
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    Quote Originally Posted by Hans Pearson View Post
    Thank you for that information. It was actually passed down to me from an engineering-based person who had owned a sheet metal works.
    It is a big mistake to attempt to see anything reasonable in the imperial system or its offshoots. That comes from someone brought up on the system. My advice is to burn all rulers not graduated in mm.
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