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[–] LuxSpark@lemmy.cafe 21 points 5 days ago (2 children)
[–] TheAlbatross@lemmy.blahaj.zone 34 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

I don't think the numbers on the slicer correlate with any known measurement system

[–] pixelscript@lemm.ee 42 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Ah. So it's a gauge system. Like steel plate or copper wire thickness.

5-gauge ham.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 4 days ago

5-gauge ham.

Sounds like it would be fired from a hilarious, disgusting, and enormous shotgun.

[–] TotallynotJessica@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 5 days ago (2 children)
[–] lemonmelon@lemmy.world 26 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Nah, 5mm is a fifth of an inch. 5cm would be 2 inches.

I can't read 😑

[–] JillyB@beehaw.org 10 points 5 days ago

You're thinking of 50mm. 5mm is like a quarter inch