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[–] 10 points 6 days ago (1 child)

Wow, base 12, I never thought of thas! You halve it, quarter it, and third it, and still end up with clean integers.

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  • Yeah; you'll often find boards in America milled to 3/4" or 1 1/2". Those are 1/16th or 1/8th of a foot. A lot of boards used in furniture are 3/4" thick. Half of 3/4 is 3/8, a third of 3/4 is 1/4. It solves the problems we need to solve, and the metric woodworkers start sounding how teaspoon/cup/quart cooks do.

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