Millimetres are used in Europe in industry. And mm certainly make more sense when measuring and cutting on small carpentry scales. *edit: your teaching approach and presentation of information is perfect.
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Hi, i'm form Italy, i'm a engeneering student and for my little experience i can say that if you have to use a cad software always mm. If you are talking with your work mate its not a great problem, i mean i usually use mm if its something under 200mm or to avoid to say "point" for example 2.5cm is "two point five centimeters" which is slower to say than "twenty five millimiters" but doesn't matter a lot. Generally i would say that if the measure is an integer you can just use cm if its not mm is better.
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Throughout my tears in construction, always taught my my apprentices in metric. All construction drawings in mm. When working on site or workshop, I use imperial and metric, being whatever suits the moment. Keep up the great work 👍
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From UK, brought up in a world of fractions, imperial and metric, so happy with what ever you want to use.
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Canadians for the most part do woodworking in feet and inches. We only use metric for long distances (km). But in general, if we use metric for smaller measurements, it's mm.
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Engineering in UK. My understanding is that cm is a non-standard or non-preferred measurement. It’s metre and millimetre that are used in calculations and the derived units. The newton (N) unit of force 1N = 1kg m/sxs The joule (J) unit of energy 1J = 1Nm The watt (W) unit of power 1W = 1J/s Centimetre would not be use in a examination question. So it’s metre (m) and/or millimetre (mm). 3m 2.5m 0.5m 0.45m 3000mm 2500mm 500mm 450mm Keeping all that in mind, for non- technical/casual use m or cm or mm but be clear with the unit being referred to. With my instructors hat on I would not use cm.
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Hi, here in the UK, we use mm in the construction industry. A lot of amateur woodworkers use cm, initially anyway. I've also worked in Spain, where they tend to work in cm. However, construction timber is still referred to by the imperial sizes - 4x2, 6x2 and so on, so it's a wee bit confusing for the beginner.
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I am Croatian we use milimeters only when measuring precise measurements everything else we say it centimeters or meters!Example:piece of timber 1,5 meters not 1500 milimeters or 50 cm would say half metre and so on.Hopefully that helps!
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In Canada, we use for the most part the imperial system, but the metric system is used when building stairs.
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In Australia you are likely to use mm for measuring the cut and metres for the length you cut it from eg “ Go grab that 4.8m board and cut it to 4650mm”
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Belize (Central American country) here: We also use feet and inches, but to answer your question, I would prefer cm, although it's essentially no difference between that and mm given the ease of conversion.
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Hello. I recently found your videos on youtube and I must say that your presentation and interpretation are perfect. I'm self-taught and working with wood is just a hobby, but maybe that's why I like to watch your videos. I would welcome more small diy projects, preferably with a detailed production process. As far as units of measurement are concerned, I clearly prefer the metric system (I am European) and I prefer the unit "millimeters", because it is a unit that is used, for example, in technical drawing. Frankly, if the technical drawing is in inches and feet, it is difficult to imagine such a product. It's about something like cooking in pounds instead of kilograms. By the way, your pronunciation, intonation and pace of speech are nice, I understand almost everything even if I don't come from an English-speaking country. Thank you!
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Generally carpenters and tradies use millimetres for the precision, unambiguity (as the smallest unit used) and uniformity. but I think centimetres might be better for a video format, the numbers are smaller and I think it is just less cluttered.
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Swede here, use mm for exact measurements and meters for longer not so exact measurements (as mentioned before). Anyway, 140 mm or 14.0 cm will do. If you want to translate "about an inch", dont do "25,4 mm", rather do "2,5 cm". However as you probably know, a "2x4" here in Sweden is 45x95 mm, not 50,8x101,6 mm :^)
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Hi! Respects from Northeastern part of India. Your channel is honestly helpful & handy. I adulate ur praxis in video presentation. Millimeter is ideally precise.
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Mm in South Africa, Namibia, Lesotho, Swaziland and I suspect so throughout Africa and Middle East. Come to think about it, maybe majority of the world outside the US. It's just so much simpler.
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In Canada, Construction drawings are done mm, but imperial is mainly used when building.
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I need help from all of my non-USA friends. When I use metric in my videos should I only use millimeters, or is centimeters ok to use as well? Hopefully I can get a few different countries here to speak into this. Thank you!
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