• rekabis@lemmy.ca
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    9 months ago

    Finding woodworking plans have never been a problem.

    Finding metric woodworking plans for the 94% of us who aren’t Americans, that has been my problem. Everything out there seems to be in imperial, which makes things 100× harder than it has any need to be.

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      9 months ago

      just convert it with math?
      it’s not really that hard…

      • finestnothing@lemmy.world
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        9 months ago

        Step 1: multiply all inches by 2.54 on the plans and not mess up or miss any of them
        Step 2: have fun cutting on fun cm decimals like 6 inches = 15.24 cm

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          9 months ago

          welll then just use inches

          • bayank
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            9 months ago

            It’s easy only if you have the tools with markers in those units. Don’t be so flippant, obviously not everyone’s tools are imperial. Llikewise I don’t think you will enjoy measuring centimeters with only inches available

  • radix@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    Internet Archive has tons of relevant magazines. This Old House, ShopNotes, etc.