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
I use both as a designer. I wish the US would switch
1 year ago | 11
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
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
I use my CNC in both metric and imperial. Most woodworking projects I use Imperial.
1 year ago | 0
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
I think small measurements are way easier in metric. Adding mm together is so much easier than trying to add 1/4 to 3/16. Even converting to decimals is easier than trying to add anything under an inch.
1 year ago | 0
Brought up on imperial although metric seems way easier. Since I know imperial and am comfortable with it i think id hve to keep comparing them ie like 1 meter is roughly 3 feet/ 1 yard etc As far as measuring with a tape measure i am wayy more comfortable with imperial and don't really know except that with sockets a 1/2 is almost equal to 13mm.. that is engrained in me. 10mm is close to 3/8 etc..
1 year ago | 0
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
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
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
Inches are better than centimeters but meters are better than yards and when I gotta work on my car I have to bring out both metric and imperial because the bolts and nuts are a mix between the both of them.
1 year ago | 0
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
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
Make Something
Which do you use?
1 year ago | [YT] | 92