The Picard Maneuver@startrek.website to People Twitter@sh.itjust.works · 1 year agoThe internet wouldn't allow thisstartrek.websiteimagemessage-square136fedilinkarrow-up1912arrow-down117
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minus-squareultracritical@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoGauge is historically number of passes through gauging machine. With the machine and material in question being different for every single one. We took that and put it to a standard, so it’s super messy and makes no sense.
minus-squareChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoWell, I wonder what kind of gauging machine can do -3 passes for 0000 wire… /s Too bad AWG is so ubiquitous it’s starting to creep into Europe.
Gauge is historically number of passes through gauging machine. With the machine and material in question being different for every single one. We took that and put it to a standard, so it’s super messy and makes no sense.
Well, I wonder what kind of gauging machine can do -3 passes for 0000 wire… /s
Too bad AWG is so ubiquitous it’s starting to creep into Europe.