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minus-squareWogi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·1 year agoIn practice I find that anything smaller than .0001 inches can’t really be felt, and the difference between .0001 and .0002 is indiscernible. 13 nanometers is closer to .0000005 inches. Suede: the little wrench goblin that lives inside my precision c clamp.
minus-squareMonsiuerPatEBrown@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·1 year agomost of that is what she said
minus-squareFlumsy@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoBut you can feel that the texture is somehow different.
minus-squareEufalconimorph@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoIt’s not that you can feel individual features, but rather that a repeating pattern of that size can be distinguished from a smoother surface.
In practice I find that anything smaller than .0001 inches can’t really be felt, and the difference between .0001 and .0002 is indiscernible.
13 nanometers is closer to .0000005 inches.
Suede: the little wrench goblin that lives inside my precision c clamp.
most of that is what she said
Micro-burn
Burnette, if you will.
I’ll allow it
But you can feel that the texture is somehow different.
It’s not that you can feel individual features, but rather that a repeating pattern of that size can be distinguished from a smoother surface.