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Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Some toner transfer experiments

From: "Stefan Trethan" <stefan_trethan@...>
Date: 2006-04-26

On Wed, 26 Apr 2006 00:31:15 +0200, fenrir_co <fenrir@...>
wrote:

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> I found this out the first time I did some quick PCBs for a friend. I
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> thought that it sounded like very thick traces, I had assumed a 'mil'
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> meant a 'millimeter'. Using 'thou' would be a lot less confusing, but
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> it's common terminology so won't be likely to change anytime soon.
>


Some people use mil to abbrevate millimeter.

If i hear it, i'll bite your head off, so don't do it ;-)

No, sadly it won't change soon.

ST