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Ocarina airway the width of a popsicle stick (lemmy.nz)
submitted 3 weeks ago by Auster@thebrainbin.org to c/anythingbutmetric@discuss.tchncs.de
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Ocarina airway the width of a popsicle stick

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Was reading how to make a wooden #ocarina out of curiosity and boredom, and I think the airway should be 1 cm? Seen popsicle sticks vary from 1 to 3 cm so far, including from a specific brand with varying widths in a same stick, and I don't see how more space would fit the mouthpiece.

Still, every other measure so far used a standardized unit, usually in inches and the sort, so the "Popsicle stick" unit caught me by surprise. e.e"

Sauce of the article:
https://www.instructables.com/How-To-Make-A-Wooden-Ocarina/

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[-] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 11 points 3 weeks ago

Fucking 7/16. Totally normal way to measure stuff right people. Yeah just gimme that 17/32 drill bit please.

Statements dreamt up by the utterly deranged

[-] Omega_Jimes@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 weeks ago

I was rebuilding an old rollercoaster, and i had to buy a bunch of weird things. My favorite was the 33/64 Forstner bit. It lets the carriage bolts sit juuuust right, but if you screw it up theres no wiggle room.

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