• jimmux@programming.dev
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    27 days ago

    Toilet paper rolls.

    Somehow we settled on a pretty good size for toilet rolls, and there never seems to be a compatibility issue with holders.

    At least not for households. Commercial products have their own things going on, but it doesn’t affect most people.

    Is there a formal standard, or did we decide not to mess with good enough?

    • Machinist@lemmy.world
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      27 days ago

      We’ve got a 100 year old toilet roll holder, the spindle was turned on a lathe and the wooden cutout it sits in was hand carved. It is a poor fit for modern high sheet count rolls. We can’t stand to get rid of it so we just leave the roll outside of it until it is small enough to fit.