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curtain on Nov 3, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: Show HN: I built a CNC-machine from scratch, using...

0.004" is read as "four thou", and 0.0005" as "five tenths", as in five tenths of a thou, FWIW.

I only picked up imperial thanks to binging This Old Tony videos.

sokoloff on Nov 3, 2021 | [–]

If you enjoy https://www.youtube.com/c/ThisOldTony, you might also enjoy https://www.youtube.com/c/Clough42 https://www.youtube.com/c/Blondihacks and https://www.youtube.com/user/JohnGrimsmo

mNovak on Nov 3, 2021 | [–]

Unless it's PCB, in which case its "4 mil", as in milliinches, among the great bastardized units

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