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minus-squareGeometrinen_Gepardi@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up42·20 hours agoWhen sharpening knives, with practice you can tell when you are done by sliding your fingertips along (not across) the sharpened bevel. It’s possible to feel imperfections measured in micrometers this way.
minus-squareDudeDudenson@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 hours agoWorked at a machine shop for a while, it’s funny how the easiest way to gauge surface finish is to run your nail trough it At one of the places we worked at we would know when the rough cut was deep enough just by feel
minus-squaredanekrae@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·19 hours agoWe have equipment to measure down to microns, and my students often test how fine details they can feel.
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When sharpening knives, with practice you can tell when you are done by sliding your fingertips along (not across) the sharpened bevel. It’s possible to feel imperfections measured in micrometers this way.
Worked at a machine shop for a while, it’s funny how the easiest way to gauge surface finish is to run your nail trough it
At one of the places we worked at we would know when the rough cut was deep enough just by feel
We have equipment to measure down to microns, and my students often test how fine details they can feel.