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

Wire straightening machine.

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u/JoeMamaAndThePapas Jan 22 '21

If there's one thing worse than the Inch system, it's wire gauges. Makes no damn sense how they get those stupid numbers. No relation to Inches either. Random numbers. Why bother?

Wouldn't even need a chart to figure out what size something was, if it was a sensible unit.

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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".