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Re:What happened to the US machine tool industry? by dpe82 on Thursday January 18, 2024 @10:13PM (#39051175)
Part of the beauty of eg. CNC mills is they don't necessarily care what the units are.
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Re:What happened to the US machine tool industry? by yetihehe on Friday January 19, 2024 @08:51AM (#39055401)
Especially when inch is now defined as being exactly 25.4 mm and you can manufacture to 0.01mm with commodity-level hardware.
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