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#### Considering the precise dimensions of the widget's handle... How many ingots would it take us to craft one?

Title is a joke** based on Stoot's response to some rather specific questions about things that weren't ready yet a few months back :)
The actual question up for discussion is: What are the dimensions of an ingot? They all seem to be about the same size. Conveniently the giants imagined us smelters that all had the same size pool for pouring the liquid metal in.
So, as part of a glitchy science experiment, what are the dimensions, in planks of course, of the ingots?
I'll get back to you with an interesting factoid if you can find me a definitive answer ;)
**To really beat the joke to death I will remind everyone that we now know the handle of the widget, which we have identified as being a door, has the same precise dimensions as 20 snails minus the metal required for its hinges, since that is the only metal that goes into its construction.

Posted 7 months ago by Liza Throttlebottom | Permalink

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- An ingot is about 1/2 a plank!
  Posted 7 months ago by stoot barfield | Permalink
- Now is this the lateral length, or the shorter width ;)? And what about the height! Or could it possibly be volume in cubic planks?!
  Posted 7 months ago by Liza Throttlebottom | Permalink
- Length, it's the same measure as is used for how far cubimals run!
  Posted 7 months ago by Magic Monkey | Permalink
- Well, then what is the ratio between the ingots length and its width :)? The length and its height?
  Posted 7 months ago by Liza Throttlebottom | Permalink
- That depends on whether they are European or African swallows.
  Posted 7 months ago by Captain Daisy | Permalink
- Actually, the ingot is probably half a plank in both length and width, and twice as tall. So stack two quarter-planks on top of each other...
  Also, the widget is green.
  Posted 7 months ago by Magic Monkey | Permalink