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Leaked Email Shows Elon Musk Demanding "Sub 10 Micron Accuracy ” Cybertruck Parts (jalopnik.com)

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Tesla is facing issues with the bare metal construction of the Cybertruck, which Elon Musk warned was as tricky to do as making Lego bricks

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[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

0.4 thou = 0.4 mil

(TIL about thous, all my engineering textbooks referencing US units must be old or something)

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[–] uniqueid198x@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 years ago

decimal inches is basically only used in machining. The only time ive ever seen it is in schematics and an indicators.

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