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Er, I'm not him, but I suspect the reason 6mm shafts were cheaper is because that's what the rest of the planet orders (not anything to do with rounding or what
by snogglethorpe 13y ago
Er, I'm not him, but I suspect the reason 6mm shafts were cheaper is because that's what the rest of the planet orders (not anything to do with rounding or whatever)... Rare or custom specs almost always increase the price.
- humbledrone 13y agorobomartin is the OP -- read his original post and also the comment that I was replying to. It doesn't matter that in some circumstances rounding imperial units to the nearest-but-lower metric equivalent results in cheaper parts (perhaps due to better availability). What I'm saying is that it's absurd to use that as an argument for switching from imperial units to metric. (Don't get me wrong, imperial units are completely backwards and horrible, and I would love for the US to switch. It's just that this particular argument for doing so is stupid.)
- robomartin 13y agoWell, it's only absurd because my data points are easy to attack. I'm with you on that. It would be very interesting if a study looked at various efficiency metrics to compare the systems. Like I said, I know my argument is weak and calling this idea nonsense at this stage is probably not without merit. At the same time I've seen this effect more times than I can remember in my career, which leads me to believe there might be a number of cases where it may very well be factually correct to assume that imperial is costing us money and creates more waste.