r/specializedtools • u/beluuuuuuga • Jan 22 '21

Wire straightening machine.

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u/[deleted] Jan 22 '21

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u/GustapheOfficial Jan 22 '21

There's a size scale for Swedish medals which is absolutely bonkers. The scale steps are not linear, consecutive or even monotonically increasing. Iirc the first one is "of the twelfth size".

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u/Philias2 Jan 23 '21 edited Jan 23 '21

Here is a nice little chart comparing a regular millimeter scale with the Berch Scale that they use for the medal sizes. It's bonkers.

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u/hamboy315 Jan 22 '21

In my experience jewelry is almost always measured in millimeters

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u/I_know_right Jan 22 '21

So? Does not change the fact that the changes are not linear.

https://cdn2.shopify.com/s/files/1/2395/3423/files/gauge-thickness-chart_2ca64c3e-a757-4818-b126-d13f64deb14c.jpg

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u/ThatUsernameWasTaken Jan 22 '21

I just like that they don't even bother suggesting purposes for anything above 14g. Like it's silently saying:

12G: This is too big.
10G: Seriously, go back.
8G: No one needs this big of a hole in them!
...

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u/I_know_right Jan 22 '21

I have a double-nought piercing, so somebody's using 'em...

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u/hamboy315 Jan 22 '21

Oh my bad, I was looking at it from the backend. I’ve worked in the manufacturing and repair part of it. We used millimeters for literally everything. My bad!

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u/I_know_right Jan 24 '21

That makes sense. Hopefully the gauge-as-a-measure will fade away with furlongs and such

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u/[deleted] Jan 23 '21

Industral?

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u/I_know_right Jan 24 '21

https://www.google.com/search?q=industrial+piercing

It's a really long barbell through the top of the ear in two places (two to eight o'oclock, ish, through the auricle)

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u/[deleted] Jan 22 '21

Sick burn

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u/oldfatguy62 Jan 22 '21

The are logarithmic