TheOneWithTheHair@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoinches plus coins equals metric systemlemmy.worldimagemessage-square109fedilinkarrow-up1686arrow-down119
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minus-squareMarzanna@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up27·9 months agoPhysics is also important. Coins are usually made of softer metal so a wrench can crush it if a bolt is too tight.
minus-squarePeppycito@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 months agoI don’t know… I’ve tried to drill holes in quarters when I couldn’t find a washer. Canadian quarters are as hard as woodpecker lips.
minus-squareDarthBueller@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-29 months agoSince 2000, they’ve used all-American steel vs. our quarters, which are copper at the core. PS: I don’t really know if the Canadian quarter’s steel is all-American, I just like the ambiguity of the statement.
minus-squarePeppycito@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 months agoThis link says “94% steel, 3.8% copper, 2.2% nickel plating” which is equivalent to 2 Standard Woodpecker Lips
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 months agoThank you. That’s what I was thinking.
Physics is also important. Coins are usually made of softer metal so a wrench can crush it if a bolt is too tight.
I don’t know… I’ve tried to drill holes in quarters when I couldn’t find a washer. Canadian quarters are as hard as woodpecker lips.
Since 2000, they’ve used all-American steel vs. our quarters, which are copper at the core. PS: I don’t really know if the Canadian quarter’s steel is all-American, I just like the ambiguity of the statement.
This link says “94% steel, 3.8% copper, 2.2% nickel plating” which is equivalent to 2 Standard Woodpecker Lips
Thank you. That’s what I was thinking.