I honestly thought that metric folks had decided long ago that the ultimate goal was for Congress to vote that metric is the only legal standard for weights and measures. Of course, while keeping our eye on the goal, we can seek all manner of other diddly stuff along the way. --- Jim Elwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Joseph Reid writes: > > > I think here Jim ignores the distinction between > "soft" and "hard" > > conversion. The Canadian metric laws and > regulations required only soft > > conversions, even of canned and prepackaged food. > The products of Jim's > > old molds would have been quite acceptable if > labeled in millimetres. > > I am not ignoring this, I am simply addressing the > realm in which I work. If > all you mean by some type of "metric mandate" is > that consumer (retail) > products have metric on their labels (hard or soft), > then my objection to > mandates is abated somewhat (not entirely). > > My presumption throughout these discussions has been > that a governmental > "metric mandate" applies to everything in the > economy: consumer packaging, > wholesale and commodity packaging and pricing, > production of products using > metric drawings and parts, etc. > > The problem with my older injection molds is that > they are designed to be > used with various types of colloquial fasteners. In > some cases a metric > fastener could be used, in other cases it could not > (either due to > tolerances or where the threads to a fastener are > molded in). > > Of course, there are all kinds of "hard tooling" > that many manufacturers > have that are purely colloquial: thread stamping > dies, untold numbers of > colloquial leadscrews and quality control > instruments, etc. > > Perhaps we need to back off and clarify a few things > so we are all on the > same page. > > What do the list members want a metric mandate to > do? > > Jim Elwell > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
