To: Junior
I was trained as an engineer in the SI/Metric system. Newton Meters. Kilowatts. kcmils. I started to work as an engineer. I get foot-pounds, kips, horsepower, and AWG tables. Thanks a lot.
10 posted on
05/15/2006 10:48:35 AM PDT by
domenad
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To: domenad
I own tool and die company and we work in ten thousandths of an inch exclusively. All we need to know is multiply millimeters by .03937 and presto! instant inch figure.
Having to remember all the 64'ths is a bigger problem than metric conversion ever will be. If we went to decimal for everything instead of fractions we could convert a lot easier.
20 posted on
05/15/2006 10:59:10 AM PDT by
Abathar
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