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I was watching a guitar repair video on YouTube this morning and the luthier referred to the action of the guitar as being "five-and-a-half sixty-fourths". This

• checkyoursudo 4y ago
  Easier than saying "five sixty-fourths and one one-hundred-and-twenty-eighth"
  • mkl 4y ago
    But not easier than eleven one-hundred-and-twenty-eighths, and definitely not easier than 2.2mm.
    • midasuni 4y ago
      1/64th of an inch is less than half a milimetre. Does the average DIYer have that type of accuracy and precision?
      • mkl 4y ago
        With calipers, sure. Even without precise measurements, we make size adjustments smaller than that when making a tight fit by sanding or whatever.
      • lstodd 4y ago
        Even a shitty chinese desktop planer can get you consistent 0.1mm precision if you perform requisite rituals.
• pessimizer 4y ago
  I don't know how easy halving is genius when it comes to A4 paper, but somehow considered hopelessly convoluted when giving measurements in base 2.