Originally Posted by
QuickLX
Ok, you need to understand that your life experiences as grand and unique as they may seem to you, really aren't that rare or significant when looking at the big picture. So, please also understand that the things you say can be used against you in the support of another's defense as they may too have similar experiences.
So, with that being said..... I deal directly with those in tool and die on a daily basis (My familiy has been in the field for nealry 70 years). For one, if you bring something to them in Millimeters, they are likely to cut your nuts off. Secondly, for the most part I don't believe it would be good practice to go to a machinist and verbally ask for an amount in any unit to be removed from a detail or part. This is just asking for problems and this is why prints are used. Also, you will never see on ANY print, the unit "mil" used for a dimensional call-out. Again, it is for thicknesses of paints, films, etc., that is it.
The problem here is, you are taking field (more likely to be shop or person to person) specific slang and trying to give it a factual basis that supports your arguement in an effort to save face. Not working BTW.
The more you argue about this, it just keeps solidifying the fact that you had and have no clue about the term "mil", it's relavent usage, or the topic which you felt compelled to comment on.
Just stating facts here, so let it go and stop cluttering a decent thread with misleading information.
BTW 1mm = 1 Millimeter, 1 mil = .001 inch, 1 mil = 25.4 = Micrometers, etc., but 1 mil will never = 1mm or 1 Millimeter.