On Tuesday 07 April 2015 11:50:46 andy pugh wrote: > On 7 April 2015 at 16:40, dave <[email protected]> wrote: > > I worked in metric all my life ... weight, volume, etc but not > > distance. > > This last week I have been doing some building work at my parents > house. For reasons that I am not clear on, I did all the plasterboard > (drywall) work in metric and the wood work in imperial. > > When machining I guess in imperial and measure in metric. > > A useful dodge for machining on a manual lathe in the wrong units: > Set a digital micrometer (or caliper) to the exact size you want. Zero > it, then switch to the lathe units. The micrometer now reads how many > native-units of the machine you are from your required (non-native) > size.
Oh Heck, all this time I thought I'd come up with a unique method. You blew my cover Andy. ;-) Yeah, its handier than sliced bread. :) Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ BPM Camp - Free Virtual Workshop May 6th at 10am PDT/1PM EDT Develop your own process in accordance with the BPMN 2 standard Learn Process modeling best practices with Bonita BPM through live exercises http://www.bonitasoft.com/be-part-of-it/events/bpm-camp-virtual- event?utm_ source=Sourceforge_BPM_Camp_5_6_15&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=VA_SF _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
