I go by the yay system. I take a quick glance and then cut the board about yay big. Also acceptable is the finger system where you put your two index fingers where you want to measure then carefully walk over to your workbench making sure you don’t move your fingers then transfer the measurement to the workpiece. Works every time.
1 year ago | 25
Metric for distance, imperial for construction, imperial for pool temp, metric for outdoor temp, how cool is that, greetings from Quebec
1 year ago | 7
I use both as a designer. I wish the US would switch
1 year ago | 11
Why does it matter, it’s the same length regardless of what system a person uses?
1 year ago | 5
The first job I ever had was a junior draftsman at an industrial ceramics plant. I was still 16 when I started. I’m so familiar with imperial that I can measure by eye with precision. But, I use metric for any measurements smaller than a sheet of plywood — for precision. I use imperial if I’m building a fence.
1 year ago (edited) | 0
Mid 40s Aussie, I use metric for everything except Amercan sports, the weight of a newborn baby, and human heights and I don't know why the last two are that way for me.
1 year ago | 1
The result of moving to metric 50 years ago in the Uk has left a mash up of both. Cars are all imperial and road signs, all miles and MPG. Fish is still measured in ounces and golf courses in yards. Mostly everything else is in metric for measuring and weighing things. Went to Ireland last year and it completely through me that road signs and cars were kilometres and instead of MPG it was litres per kilometre which was impossible to quantify in my brain! Funny what we are used to..
1 year ago | 1
Stuck on imperial because 'merica. But, if 'merica ever embraces metric I'll swap over. It's such a simpler scale but there's not much support for it here.
1 year ago | 2
I just like easy to remember numbers. If I measure something and it turns out to need a bunch of 32nds in imperial, but is also a nice round number of cms, I’ll use metric. Also I’m Canadian. We measure distance in units of time.
1 year ago (edited) | 1
Brit raised in the 80’s. Used both. Eventually got used to everything metric. Moved to the US at 40. Now I’m all over the place. But I truly HATE that I have to use imperial for home repairs. Metric is so superior for that.
1 year ago
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(American) Metric whenever possible. I remember in the 70s they said we were moving to metrics. There were consumer information ads on TV explaining how it worked. At the moment the only thing that doesn't feel intuitive is human height, human weight, and ambient temperature. It wouldn't be difficult to switch those. To me, imperial screw sizes are crazy especially wood type screws.
1 year ago
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Since I'm from Europe living in North America I use imperial in construction (most of the time) because the way material measurement standards are used, but then there are times when metric is the way to go because of simplicity.
1 year ago | 0
I highly recommend looking up the SNL skit called “Washington’s Dream” with Nate Bargatze. That says it all 😎
1 year ago | 1
Spent most of my youth working on cars which can be a mix of both so either makes sense to me. Was a chemistry major in college so lots of metric there. Using metric for coffee recipes as well lol. However and this is a big distinction for me, I think in imperial.
1 year ago | 0
In Europe the squares on a ratchet are always imperial: 1/4", 3/8" and 1/2"
1 year ago | 2
In the shop I use the imperial system exclusively. Outside the shop however, it’s both. For example, take medication strength. Think about Advil or Tylenol. What strength do you use? 250 mG? 500? Check out the ingredients list on anything in your pantry. It’s all in metric. What size lens is on your camera? 35mm? 50mm? What size engine do you have in your car? 2 liter? 5 liter? Let’s face it, the metric system is all around us, it’s become second nature in a lot of cases without us even being aware of it.
1 year ago | 0
I use my CNC in both metric and imperial. Most woodworking projects I use Imperial.
1 year ago | 0
I’m a scientist and a hobby woodworker. For almost everything I use metric/SI units and I used to laugh at silly base 12 imperial units, until I regularly started woodworking and having to do loads of mental arithmetic for cuts. Imperial is great for that as 12 has more integer divisors than 10, which makes things easier. So I use both 🤷
11 months ago
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Which do you use?
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