What did you accomplish today?

[Aeroknow]

I was thinking blade thickness and which side of the pencil mark to cut.

Metric system leads to such a boring life.

That type of stuff is called “piano building”. We aren’t piano builders lol.

fine woodworking and finish carpentry is considered piano building IMO

 

[raratt]

That type of stuff is called “piano building”. We aren’t piano builders lol.

fine woodworking and finish carpentry is considered piano building IMO

They don't have an 8 pound "persuader" in their tool box.

 

[Aeroknow]

Couple of my famous lines when walking by other guys on the same job.

“holy shit! You guys building a piano over here or what? Omfg”
or,

“who the fuck framed this shit? Stevie Wonder and Ray Charles? God Dam!”

i got some more,but those were the ones I would say like every day lol.

 

[Bareback]

That type of stuff is called “piano building”. We aren’t piano builders lol.

fine woodworking and finish carpentry is considered piano building IMO

I’m embarrassed to admit that I consider there to be three measurements between each sixteenth , my drywall buddy said “ I don’t do eighths we have two inch tape “ ...... ok drywall perspectives. Nobody holds to the tolerances that we used to. But I still can if I have to.

 

[DarkWeb]

Couple of my famous lines when walking by other guys on the same job.

“holy shit! You guys building a piano over here or what? Omfg”
or,

“who the fuck framed this shit? Stevie Wonder and Ray Charles? God Dam!”

i got some more,but those were the ones I would say like every day lol.

Had to keep the shop at a very consistent temp for one job.......we had pretty much no tolerance one way ot the other.

 

[DarkWeb]

I’m embarrassed to admit that I consider there to be three measurements between each sixteenth , my drywall buddy said “ I don’t do eighths we have two inch tape “ ...... ok drywall perspectives. Nobody holds to the tolerances that we used to. But I still can if I have to.

LOL yeah it's called 1/32" and 1/64"

 

[Bareback]

LOL yeah it's called 1/32" and 1/64"

Somebody should tell Stanley

 

[Laughing Grass]

Do you all see how much easier your lives would be using the metric system?

 

[DarkWeb]

Somebody should tell Stanley

After that calipers come out.

 

[DarkWeb]

Do you all see how much easier your lives would be using the metric system?

I use it almost every day..........

 

[DarkWeb]

Haha then throw gauge into the mix which can vary from one type of material to the next.

 

[Bareback]

Engineers scale totally f’s up a rookie

 

[DarkWeb]

Engineers scale totally f’s up a rookie

Have a few up on the desk.

 

[GreatwhiteNorth]

Do you all see how much easier your lives would be using the metric system?

Well, for the most part Mericans are too dumb to figure it out.

And yes, that includes me as well.

 

[cannabineer]

Do you all see how much easier your lives would be using the metric system?

Some of us are happy as pigs in slop with powers of 2, including negative exponents.

Most useless tool I own is a vernier caliper in decimal inches.

 

[cannabineer]

You need some of Ratt's root balm to put on it...

Burt’s Bees, move over for Ratt’s Roots

 

[Laughing Grass]

Well, for the most part Mericans are too dumb to figure it out.

And yes, that includes me as well.

bah I don't believe that. Some of the smartest people I know are Americans.

Some of us are happy as pigs in slop with powers of 2, including negative exponents.

Most useless tool I own is a vernier caliper in decimal inches.

Do they teach both systems in the US? They still teach fractions here, it's something I think you need to know. I clam up when faced with improper fractions, they just don't make sense to me. We still use imperial for a lot of things like wood, flooring, people's height.

 

[cannabineer]

bah I don't believe that. Some of the smartest people I know are Americans.



Do they teach both systems in the US? They still teach fractions here, it's something I think you need to know. I clam up when faced with improper fractions, they just don't make sense to me. We still use imperial for a lot of things like wood, flooring, people's height.

My experience was not typical. I went to a German school (accredited by the FRG) on the US east coast. Also Dad was an engineer, and I voraciously read science. So from an early age I was familiar with both systems, for temperature, volume, lineal
measure etc. Sorta like being numerically bilingual.

 

[Laughing Grass]

My experience was not typical. I went to a German school (accredited by the FRG) on the US east coast. Also Dad was an engineer, and I voraciously read science. So from an early age I was familiar with both systems, for temperature, volume, lineal
measure etc. Sorta like being numerically bilingual.

I had to lookup FRG. I bet you're well versed in natural units too.

 

[cannabineer]

I had to lookup FRG. I bet you're well versed in natural units too.

Uhhhh ....
what is a natural unit?
(Mine is a bit unnatural. Bicycle accident as a teen.)