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Originally Posted by FastDave View Post
.... 1/4" isn't 0.250 to me either...
Correct. It's actually "two hundred and fifty thou." Or, more simply, "two fifty."

The hardest thing I have to teach a new hire is that there are no fractions in a machine shop.

Yes, I am a dork.
Old 01-23-2010, 10:52 PM
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