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Default Metric brass flats?

On 3/20/2010 19:59, Wes wrote:
Jim wrote:
Yup. Another RFQ. I want perhaps a meter of 8mm square stock.


Is 5/16" close enough?


And for that, 8951K23 at mcmaster is 22.68 for 6 feet.


8mm is .3150, 5/16 is .3125

Makes me feel like I'm conducting brain surgery on a paper cut. How will
the chinese ever forgive me for .0025" of slop?