I agree totally. Thanks for sharing

You are correct. Just look at our plywood in the big box stores today. You see mm and inches. Just a little crazy

Outstanding! Thank you for this information

That’s true. That’s all that I have used so far in 3D printing

That’s true but in the 1790 and early 1800’s world war was not the concern. Being isolated from the rest of the world made it easier not to convert. Back then we had an industrial revolution and we actually made stuff

Yes, I agree totally. I use the metric more and more for my projects. The problem that I have is visualizing the size of the project. I can see 24” in my mind but it’s still hard for me to visualize that in cm or mm.

@@PawPawsWorkShop Well, right there is the beauty of all this. I totally understand if you visualize a 3 foot high for a kitchen cabinet, for example, but then, you know that is about 90cm, so you start working from there in the shop and everything else falls in it's place more easily after that. 😊

I use both metric and inches in my projects

@@PawPawsWorkShop Sounds great! I'll look out for your videos. :)

Here in the uk,we converted to the metric system decades back. That said,we still use miles per hour instead of kilometres,we drink pints of beer and dick sizes are still measured in inches. I’m 60,I’ve been in construction for the whole of my working life. When I was a young man,we used the imperial system exclusively. Even today,if you buy a ruler or a tape measure in the uk,it’ll have feet and inches on one side and metric on the other. I still picture measurements in imperial in my mind’s eye. I still often use imperial on site to this day or I’ll use both systems on the same plywood,twenty four and seven eights by 307mm,for example,baffles the shit out of the young blokes. I know the metric system is simple,efficient and practical,I still prefer feet and inches,because they feel like home.

@@johncorrall1739 Literally, because your home was undoubtedly built using imperial units! 😄

Awesome. Sounds like you use both measurements

You’re very welcome. I use both systems in my shop all the time.

What about the plywood that we get in the lumberyards measured in mm?

Exactly, you call it a 2 by 4 but it isn't actually. In Australia it is called a 90X45 and that is its exact measurement. Just like yanks say a foot is the average size of a adult foot, but it is not.

@@chippyjohn1- “2x4” is the nominal size. Everybody understands that it is not the actual size. Actual size used to vary by region, but it is now standardized across North America.

@@GH-oi2jf Don't you understand how stupid and complicated that is? No logic in that whatsoever!

The Imperial system is legally defined by metric measurements.

Thank you very much for you comments

Thanks for the update.

Yes, they definitely do sir. Very important numbers

Thank you for your story. I agree on your choice of using the two systems. I must say that I really began using metric system the most since I started with the CNC machines about six years ago. Before that it was minimal. Thank you for sharing.

_" Industry I worked in was one of the first to go fully metric."_ What industry was that, if I may ask?

@@Milesco Forest Industry. All maps, road design, block layout, diameters and height of trees have been done in metric since the mid 70's.

@@jamesoldman3021 Ah. Good to know. Thanks. 😊

I completely agree. I was convinced that in 1975 we were actually going to change.

You are absolutely correct. I know of situations where the wrong quantities of fuel were loaded on airplanes because of wrong units. Not a good situation.

@@PawPawsWorkShop True, but that was a long time ago (1983), when metric units were first being used for fuel quantities. Whenever a new system of anything is being introduced, there are going to be a few growing pains.

_"The US schools need to teach metric for sure."_ They do. (But to be fair, the students are likely to forget most of it unless they use it regularly in their everyday lives.)

For the most part I think you can chose what works best for each situation. I use both systems on a regular basis

@@PawPawsWorkShop Imperial doesn't work better for any situation. If you encouraged people to stop using it, it would be much better. Currently there are still people in other countries that are familiar with imperial measurement, but in 30 years time, they will be mostly gone, and definitely gone from the industries. The US will be suddenly left behind using a measuring system that no one else uses, and they will be forced to make a sudden change instead of being able to gradually change like they can now. The US does not seem like an intelligent country or one that thinks ahead. They just think about the now.

Thanks for your comments. I believe you are 100% correct.

@@chippyjohn1 No, companies in the U.S. use metric whenever it suits their needs. Many U.S. industries and professions are largely or even entirely metric. The U.S. automobile industry is nearly 100% metric. As is the medical profession, all of the sciences, and the U.S. military. The construction industry is the only main holdout, and I think that's because buildings are, by their very nature, local. You don't export or import buildings. The U.S. is not as stupid as you like to believe.

@@chippyjohn1 The US is already (and has been) behind using a system that no one else uses. That has been the case for a long time now ..... except it is not really. There are still many hold outs all around the world. Such as rims and tyres which are still based on inches. FYI: just because you grew up on the metric system and so are familiar with it and not the imperial, does not mean the imperial system does not work better for any situation. It is just more complicated for you to do so as you think in metric. For instance, measurements in feet is a base 12 (base 60) system and inches is a base 16 system, which is larger than a base 10 metric system. As it is a larger base system, that means it can be more accurate to measure with imperial. There are only 10 small units on a ruler (mm), unlike imperial which has 16 small units in an inch to measure with. And really 64 small units as shown in the video for the first 12 inches of that ruler. Try to measure something that is 11/64" and then try it with metric. It is somewhere between 4 and 5mm. Less than 4.5mm, but that is about all you can say or guess accurately. (the real answer is 4.37mm but you will not find that on any ruler). Just one example of imperial system working better in a situation. Try doing trim where a small fraction makes a big difference if it fits or not. Imperial is the better choice. Most other times I would agree, metric is easier and works just as well. As one does not have to deal with fractions. Just have to deal with correct decimal placements, which is an issue, but is a much simpler and easier issue that fractions.

...and buying 20 meters of 4X2 LOL.

Thank you for sharing your insights

I have often used 1/10,000 of an inch.

I have to say that I would not have ever used metric if it were not for the CNC machines and the lasers. The 3D printers are almost all in mm. It hard not to use the metric system when in that realm. Even though I am not a machinist I am familiar with the extreme tolerances that you must work with in your job.

@@PawPawsWorkShop I got my degree in CNC Programming back in the 1980's

Oh wow, I learned CNC by trial and error and my construction background was with my father. My degree was in the aviation field. I was a professional pilot and officer in the military.

@@PawPawsWorkShop My degree was after serving a four-year apprenticeship under my father. My father was a moldmaker. We made several molds for aerospace and many parts were used to get a man on the moon in 1969.

If it’s meter ball then all the fields would have to be longer. Lol

Very interesting. Thank you for sharing.

Good point.

Money is decimal, not Metric. It has nothing to do with measurement.

Thank you very much for sharing this information. You are correct, anyone or company can chose what system they chose or use both. I chose to use both systems in my shop. Thank you for watching my videos.

Exactly right! That's a point that many people miss.

----- @karlriley1314 ----- - I have to point out that your "Liter of Gas"-argument is flawed... You fail to take into account that it's not just the pumps and prices that will change as such. It's a pretty neat example of a Domino-effect. Meaning that when the pumps and prices for gas change, the vehicles themselves will also change in accordance with this aforementioned change of pumps and prices. The tank volume will change to some degree, and the gauges will also change to reflect the use of the Liters instead of the (US) Gallons. Basically, in everyday life, people won't notice a whole lot of a practical difference going from (US) Gallons to Liters, or vice versa. Not counting the fact that most American cars historically tend to be "Gas Guzzlers". But let's, for argument's sake, say that you own or rent a car with a fuel tank that can hold 13 (US) Gallons. For whatever reason, something made you switch over to a car with a fuel tank that can hold 50 Liters. The only real difference would be 13 (US) Gallons vs 50 Liters... And that in and of itself is so tiny a difference that it doesn't really matter, in the great scheme of things. A full tank of gas is a full tank of gas regardless of which unit you use, be it (US) Gallons or Liters. Heck, the unit could have been "Buckets of Gas" and it still wouldn't have made a lick of difference for the average consumer. You are simply over-thinking it... Contrary to popular belief, there is no conversion needed in everyday life for the average consumer when sticking to one system of measurement or another. Trying to combine them, that is when it can get pretty tricky. NASA learned that the hard way... -----

@@BizzyX78 I agree. I go to the petrol station and select 'Fill'. The unit of measurement is irrelevant.

Yes, that is true including the United States. I’m using metric more and more in my shop. Thank you for visiting my channel

It’s never a good time. Just do it

🤣Do you actually think the cost will get less going forward?

Awesome, thank you for sharing

I mean, you can also work with fractions in the metric system if you want to ;)

@@DASPRiD No, you can't. You won't find a quarter or eighth of a centimeter on any metric tape measure.

@@Milesco But you can find a fifth and a tenth, which you won't find on any imperial tape measure ;)

@@DASPRiD Who divides lengths by five or ten? Two or three or four, I can see, but not 5 or 10.

People always resist change even if is beneficial

Excellent point. Thank you

Awesome!

Thank you for your comment. You most likely correct however, the world is getting smaller and we are importing more and more which is not good, Yet it is a reality. As a result, we will move closer and closer to converting to the metric system.

"America" is an extremely common shorthand for "The United States of America". Get over it.

@@Milesco Actually, in Spanish they usa Americano for Latin American, and they use Estadounidense for the United States. And in the world, we call it "Les États-Unis" or "Die Vereingte Staaten", not America.

We have the opportunity to use whatever system works best for us. Here in the US we definitely have a mixed system in use. Thanks for watching

Thank you very much. I’m sure I could learn a lot from you about flying jets. Thanks for watching. I appreciate you very much

I have no problem with that and I will continue to use the imperial system. But you realize that the quote “American” system is not ours. The British used it. We got it from them.

I stand by my comment.

@@Tonyoh. good ideas are good ideas no matter where they come from.

From what I have read in the comments many countries have two sets of tools, not just the US. Thanks for sharing your thoughts

@@PawPawsWorkShop not many. Just the few who used to have imperial also. In Germany for example, no one would have 2 sets of tools. Just metric. Nothing else.

@@TheEuronaut But that can't be avoided. Even if every industry in the U.S. were to completely switch over to metric (which many actually have), you would still have old cars, old machines, etc., that would still need U.S. Customary tools to work on them. So switching over to metric will not solve the "two sets of tools" problem.

Congratulations, you are correct

We have free speech in the United States. I still say Burma. Does anyone say Deutschland instead of Germany?

@@GH-oi2jf we have free speech in New Zealand. I say, ja!

Awesome information, thank you

Imperial better? Explain! 🤷‍♂️

Congratulations, these are the two countries

Please enlighten us why is it better!

@@LudwigSpiegel The easiest piece of better is your mind’s ability to divide. It’s real easy to get 1/2 of 1/2, a quarter. 1/2 again an eighth… and so on. But in metric, you’re reliant on base 10. So you really only have practicality at devising at 2 and 5. Think about 1 cm. 1/2 is easy, 5mm. But 1/2 again? 2.5 or 2-1/2mm. 1/2 again 1.25 or 1-1/4mm… then 0.75mm, 0.375mm, next stop 0.1875. Quick, what is the next 1/2? So you are dealing in ten thousandths of a millimeter AND Technically, your values are changing…. Micrometer, nanometers, picometers, in imperial, it’s just an inch…. Ten thousandths of an inch or a millionth of an inch. In imperial, it’s whole number denominators. 1/2, 1/4, 1,/8, 1/16, 32nd, 64th, 128th, 256th, 512th, 1024th, 2048th… shall I go on? Notice anything there…. The tie to binary. Realistically, they both switch to decimal measurements, so as long as you are using decimals, does it make a difference what you are taking a percentage of? So tell me, what is the 11th half of a centimeter? Likewise, time isn’t metric.. 60 seconds to a minute, 60 min to an hour, 24? Hours in a day. Same for rotational degrees, minutes, seconds, 360, 60, 60. Have you ever seen a metric clock? That was a real hairbrained idea. There are many other reasons to stay imperial. Better reasons than “Well, everyone else is Metric” Go look them up, you might be surprised. Or, we could all be like Kurtis at Cutting Edge Engineering and switch to measuring in bananas. The key is that we measure to a standard… not that we all use the same standard.

@@ArtieFufkin546 BS... a second is historically defined as 1⁄86400 of a day. 24 hours in a day, 60 minutes in an hour, 60 seconds in a minute. Nothing about that is base 10. The word second comes from Latin meaning the 2nd division of hours. Even under the modern measurement standard (1967) using cesium the reference of Hz is dependent on a time frame based on itself. (cycles per second) and that number is 9192631770... or ΔνCs. It's based on an arbitrary standard of 24 hours in the cycle of a day. It could have been 17 hours... The Swiss tried to develop Metric time, they divided a day into 1000 beats... each beat was then 1 minute, 26.4 seconds as we know time. It never caught on.

Myanmar use their own antiquated measurement system which is not the same as imperial.

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