Not sure if you are referring to english or metric units?
I program/work in 100% metric . But all my tooling is english sized ...go figure..

All the crudest weapons of despotism, the curfew, the presumption of guilt and the power of arbitrary arrest, are taking shape in the midst of what used to be a free country. And we, who like to boast of how calm we are in a crisis, seem to despise our ancient hard-bought freedom and actually want to rush into the warm, firm arms of Big Brother.

They say this is temporary. They always do.

Wait a minute, belt buckles and book ends sir? 

Why not put in oven at 158 degrees F for 30 minutes (or something close to there) ? Works for sterilizing masks, without wrecking structural integrity.

https://iheartintelligence.com/stanford-researchers-n95-masks-sterilized-reused-low-temperature-heating/

Workin on it bro.....

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