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Only 5.3% of US welders are women. After years as a professor, I became one

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254 points Michelangelo11 | 1 comments | 06 Nov 24 00:24 UTC | HN request time: 0.21s | source
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mhb ◴[06 Nov 24 15:19 UTC] No.42063652[source]▶
OK, I'll ask. What's wrong with using a tape measure the way the guy suggested to measure a length of pipe?
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1. class3shock ◴[06 Nov 24 20:34 UTC] No.42068918[source]▶
Best guess is the tolerance required for the pipe length was tighter than you can reliably get going off of a tape measure foot (which are often loose, worn, bent, etc. and not a reliable starting/zero point for precision measurement).