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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (2 children)

The only ones who like fractions are carpenters. If you bring fractions into a machine shop then you're going to get a wrench hucked at you. Mechanics on the other hand keep the peace using fractions for fasteners and decimals for tolerances.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

I'm on record multiple times on this platform saying I prefer to work in fractional inches in the wood shop specifically. It's well suited to the tasks you end up actually doing while building furniture. If you wanted me to build a car, I'd do it in metric.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

Ok, I think I was still thinking about recipes but that is still way more than I'm used to and so arbitrary.