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Finally, a comm for that one user who hand-makes longbows. This ones for you, comrade.

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As you can see it used to have some plastic covering. The frame is held together with (sorta brittle) plastic pins but my main focus is how I'd re-cover the frame in plastic:

  • What sort of adhesives should I consider for outdoor metal-plastic bonding?

  • Is adhesive and soft (clear) plastic even a good idea?

  • Have any of you done something similar?

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[–] GladimirLenin@hexbear.net 4 points 1 week ago (4 children)

I think 'mil' is related to imperial measurements. No way is 6 mil greenhouse plastic 6mm thick.

[–] came_apart_at_Kmart@hexbear.net 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

shit I dunno, it's thick. I figured it was some nominal b.s. like with lumber where it's totally not the thing, but people talk like it is. I would guess it's like 1.5-2 mm actual. I don't know what "mil" refers to, maybe some machine gauge?

[–] came_apart_at_Kmart@hexbear.net 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

found an answer.

This thickness is indicated as MIL (thousandth of an inch).

I worked for a while in The Academy, so we flipped around units a lot depending on the audience. I just assumed this was one of the SI friendly units.

what a dumb country. thousandths of an inch, what a useful meaurement! lmao

[–] GladimirLenin@hexbear.net 5 points 1 week ago

Yeah that's what makes it confusing. Shortening mm to "mil" is pretty standard when dealing in metric. But will be orders of magnitude off if it's in imperial measurements.

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