[USMA:37184] Re: Canadian carpenters

[Mike Millet]

So there are actually building materials in the US available in SI sizes? I've never seen any in a hardware store. I know that some carpenters around here are mad because the new sanders they bought are in millimeters but I've never seen boards/sheetrock/flooring etc in SI. And my dad's a carpenter so I've been around a lot of that sort of stuff :).

Maybe I'm just missing it.

On 8/3/06, Jim Elwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

At 03 08 2006, 03:46 PM, Nat Hager wrote:
>...Secondly I don't think SI mandates everything be in multiples of
>1 meter.  I
>seem to remember 1200 x 2400 mm being a popular plywood size.

You are right of course, and some types of flooring are available in
the US in metric sizes (1200x200 mm, if I recall correctly).

I guess I should have said "interesting retro-attitude in this
article," rather than "interesting article."

Jim


Jim Elwell, CAMS
Electrical Engineer
Industrial manufacturing manager
Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
www.qsicorp.com

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