[TChris]

Not to mention when you are trying to measure small increments. A milimeter is too large and 1/100 of a milimeter is too small. The 1000th of an inch is the most logical measurement in the machine shop

That's why there's the micrometer (1/1000th of a millimeter) and the nanometer (1/1000th of a micrometer). 1/1000th of an inch is roughly 255 micrometers. European and Asian machine shops seem to work quite well with metric units.

The majority of the metric system's critics are those who don't know it. It's an education and acceptance problem, not inferiority.

[GingisK]

It's an education and acceptance problem, not inferiority.

Wrongo! I majored in physics, so the metric system is something I understand well. The problem is replacing dreadfully expensive machine tools.

[Figment]

Their draftsmen don’t like it much either. Toyota, Nissan and VW all send their blueprints in standard increments, not metric.The parts themselves are in metric, and will have screws, nuts, and bolts in metric. They will be done to standard measurements though