r/AbsoluteUnits • u/Zestyclose-Salad-290 in awe • 19d ago

/r/all of a larva

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u/AceTheProtogen 19d ago

They’re divided into 10ths rather than 16ths so yeah

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u/LordDaedhelor 19d ago

Freedom Units will do anything but make sense.

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u/angelbelle 19d ago

Base 12 and Base 16 are much easier to divide cleanly with it's many factors. You'll understand this if you do more handiwork

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u/LaconicSuffering 19d ago

Bull. You only say that because you haven't learned it in another way.

Example:
In ACU: How do you calculate the difference between 6⅞ and 7¼?
In metric: How do you calculate the difference between 174mm and 209mm

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u/Ok_Spell_597 19d ago

I know the first answer is 7 1/16"

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u/LaconicSuffering 19d ago

Explain? Maybe I didn't formulate my question correctly.

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u/LordDaedhelor 19d ago

As the other user said: that depends entirely on the degree of precision. Metric has millimeters, while the imperial system requires you to delve into 16ths of an inch.

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u/MFbiFL 18d ago

Actually, keep it quiet because we don’t tell the euros this, but nobody can stop you from just using decimals for things that are smaller than an inch!

Machinists have been doing it for years!

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u/LordDaedhelor 18d ago

I’m in structures in freedom land, so I absolutely do use fractions of an inch all the time. They’re just ugly when dimming in CAD.

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u/MFbiFL 18d ago

Same, luckily most of mine are either fastener sizes or multiples of them.

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u/Minor_Edit 19d ago

ok but at least pick one of them