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Andrew Barss Andrew Barss is offline
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Default your thoughts on metric

Mason Pan wrote:
: We use metric measurement in the business of plywood/film faced
: plywood/blockboard/MDF/Hardboard and so on .All our plywood businesses were
: finished by using metric measurement, even if we do business with US, UK or
: Ca customers .

Aren't "metric" plywood sheets something like 1200 x 2400 millimeters,
which is oddly very close to four by eight feet?


And aren't bords in Europe sold in 2.4 meter lengths? Not a natural
unit in metric.


-- Andy Barss