I knew Elon was full of shit before it was cool. Before the Cyberdumpster came out, he claimed that they would be manufactured with the tight tolerance of plus or minus five microns. Either he had no clue what the fuck a micron is, or he thinks no one else does. As a machinist myself, most of the smaller parts I’ve made were plus or minus 15 or 20 microns. If you don’t know, a micron is one millionth of a meter (or 0.039 thousandths of an inch in “freedom units”).
I knew Elon was full of shit before it was cool. Before the Cyberdumpster came out, he claimed that they would be manufactured with the tight tolerance of plus or minus five microns. Either he had no clue what the fuck a micron is, or he thinks no one else does. As a machinist myself, most of the smaller parts I’ve made were plus or minus 15 or 20 microns. If you don’t know, a micron is one millionth of a meter (or 0.039 thousandths of an inch in “freedom units”).