I've been making some items in our metal shop the last few days and utilizing metric dimensions. Once I got used to metric, it seems incredibly easy to use. Of course, I wouldn't be able to tell you something was 200 mm long at a glance like I can in the Imperial system but that would come with usage. For those of you that work in metric in your shop, some questions...
Did you switch to metric at some point, or did you set up your shop as metric in the first place?
If you switched, what did you do with your imperial tools? Specifically, I have an heirloom Starrett Combination Square with a set of rules 8 thru 18" that is dead accurate and of great sentimental value to me. Does this need to become an ornament or is there a way to incorporate those into a metric workflow?
Has anyone taken one of their existing rules, for example a 48" and stuck a Metric adhesive tape to one side as a temporary solution while saving money to acquire metric tools?
Any other thoughts I may have overlooked?
Thanks
Lisa