"Is the US Going Pseudometric? 1.11 inch Scale" Topic
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| vojvoda | 08 Feb 2013 11:23 a.m. PST |
I was looking at buying some storage cases for X-Wing the other day and the PLANO cases I was considering were listed as X inches and .00X. Now even I know .25 is 1/4 inch but some were just way out there. I thought it was just this one company until I was at the hardware store and picked up a small metal ruler and you guessed it. The inches were broke down into tenths and Hundredths. I can see it now no longer will we have 28mm figures but 1.11 inches. I think all figure manufactures should get on board with these new standards of measurement immediately. VR
James Mattes |
 John the OFM  | 08 Feb 2013 11:42 a.m. PST |
It would lessen the rampant confusion, that's for sure! |
| Joe Fish | 08 Feb 2013 11:42 a.m. PST |
It's been that way in metal working shops for machining for over 100 years. I think you'll have time to get used to it. |
| Ron W DuBray | 08 Feb 2013 1:45 p.m. PST |
It is for the dumb people that can not do math without a computer. |
| The Monstrous Jake | 08 Feb 2013 6:50 p.m. PST |
I'm an electrician working in a large factory in central Pennsylvania, where we manufacture fine paper products. We use a lot of measurements in tenths, hundredths, and thousandths of an inch, for lots of different things. Believe me, one thousandth of an inch can make a great deal of difference sometimes. |
| John the OFM | 09 Feb 2013 7:28 a.m. PST |
Measuring in tousandths of an inche is a lot less prone to error than in 128tm or 256th. |
| Ron W DuBray | 09 Feb 2013 9:34 a.m. PST |
yes it has been used in manufacturing since its start in the modern era, I even use in my leather wood and metal shop. Its and old joke about the math and dummies thing. It is very hard to fine a tape ruler in .01 of a inch. |
| Patrice | 13 Feb 2013 3:09 a.m. PST |
Is it being "Pseudometric"? Does it hurt? :-) I'd call it "decimal". But I wouldn't know, I'm French :-) BTW the old French inch (before the French Revolution) was a bit longer it was 2.7mm. Nearly the width of a thumb (which was the original definition). Since I discovered this in medieval Re-enactments I sometimes use my thumb for simple measurements when working outdoors :-) |
| Last Hussar | 26 Feb 2013 12:38 p.m. PST |
Join the 21st century and go metric. Even the OFM doesn't say he uses 0.59 inch figures |
| Hamilton | 13 Apr 2013 7:03 a.m. PST |
If you want a crazy pseudometric example, in the telecom industry we measure long fiber/copper runs in kilofeet. |
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