Poll: What does a tenth mean when measuring?

[Jim Johnstone]

Almost ashamed to admit this but I have an English degree and I've worked in machine shops for 8 yrs.

Well you're certainly an anomaly. Most of the machinists I've met barely even speak English.

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[BaMaDuDe87]

For me and my co-workers, it goes like this:

.100" or hundred thousandths
.010" or ten thousandths
.001" a thousandth
.0001" a tenth

That's how I was taught here in Alabama as well

 

[strength_and_power]

A tenth means I'm halfway through drinking a fifth and really don't care to measure anything at that point

 

[pauls_workshop]

A tenth means I'm halfway through drinking a fifth and really don't care to measure anything at that point

Your point would be a comma if you were German! - Paul

 

[pepi]

In my younger days a tenth was 50 horsepower

ain't that the truth

 

[housedad]

.1 carpenter
.0001 or .000100000000000000 Machinist

I second this!