I'll vote with Art and Ed, and also point out that by standard rounding .022 would NOT be considered .002 different from .0234375 but only .001 different. There are a few things in the world that require .001 accuracy, but even a machinist probably needs a micrometer to tell if he is in range.
Pieter Roos --- Art Armstrong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > there are many roads to our destination but they all > lead to the same place. > > How's this? > > brass rod is 0.022 inches > 0.022 multiplied by 64 = 1.408 = nearly an inch and > a half in S scale. > > brass rod is 0.028 inches > 0.028 multiplied by 64 = 1.792 = nearly one and > three-quarters of an inch in S scale. > > The 0.022 is much closer to scale for a handrail of > one and one-half inch. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Andre Ming > To: [email protected] > Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2007 8:18 PM > Subject: {S-Scale List} Math Check > > > Hi All: > > If you're so inclined, please check my math and > see if I've got this right: > > 1' in S scale = .1875" > > Thus, 1" = .015625" (.1875" / 12 ) > > Therefore 1.5" in S scale would measure .0234375" > > Nearest brass rod available (Detail Associates) is > either .022" or .028". > > So, I'm either going to have handrails .002" > small, or .004" big. Seems the > best thing would be go .002" small. > > What say, oh wise ones of things S? > > Andre Ming > Calculating In Patootey > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been > removed] > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
