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Default brass vs bronze for making a punch

On 24-Apr-16 9:10 AM, DoN. Nichols wrote:
On 2016-04-23, Gunner Asch wrote:
On Fri, 22 Apr 2016 16:27:05 +0000 (UTC), Cydrome Leader
wrote:

I indicated 3/8" barstock to "close enough" of about 3 mils in a 3 jaw,
centerdrilled and used a livecenter.


3 mils????


Common phrase in dimensioning electronics layouts and some other
fields. one "mil" is 0.001". (We are more likely to call it a "thou".
:-) Just depends on in which field you have worked in the past.

Enjoy,
DoN.




Very common in countries that use the metric system , 1 Mil = 1 millimeter.