That shoots a large 3 mm hole in my +0 tolerance argument. Of course, it only applies to construction grade plywood, and I assume this is a cabinet grade.
________________________________ From: James R. Frysinger <[email protected]> To: U.S. Metric Association <[email protected]> Sent: Mon, July 5, 2010 10:44:52 AM Subject: [USMA:48050] Re: Metric (partly) plywood The length, according to my roll-up metal tape measure, is 2441.5 mm. I cannot measure the width since each panel was ripped at the store. Jim Pat Naughtin wrote: > On 2010/07/05, at 14:12 , James R. Frysinger wrote: > >> I bought some sheets of plywood at Lowe's today. I was looking for some thin >> stuff to use as workshop cabinet backs, in lieu of the cardboard provided by >> the cabinet kits. >> >> What I got was labeled as "5.0 mm" thick plywood in 4 ft by 8 ft sheets. >> Yes, that precision on the thickness is perhaps pushing things. The plywood >> is also labeled as being made in China. >> >> Jim > > Dear Jim, > > Could you please let us know the width and length dimensions in millimetres. > I would be interested to know what the Chinese plywood makers did when they > they had to convert 4 feet by 8 feet to metric so they could produce the > sheet on their all-metric machinery. > Cheers, > Pat Naughtin > Author of the ebook, /Metrication Leaders Guide,/ see > http://metricationmatters.com/MetricationLeadersGuideInfo.html > Hear Pat speak at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lshRAPvPZY PO Box 305 > Belmont 3216, > Geelong, Australia > Phone: 61 3 5241 2008 > > Metric system consultant, writer, and speaker, Pat Naughtin, has helped > thousands of people and hundreds of companies upgrade to the modern metric > system smoothly, quickly, and so economically that they now save thousands > each year when buying, processing, or selling for their businesses. Pat > provides services and resources for many different trades, crafts, and > professions for commercial, industrial and government metrication leaders in > Asia, Europe, and in the USA. Pat's clients include the Australian > Government, Google, NASA, NIST, and the metric associations of Canada, the > UK, and the USA. See http://www.metricationmatters.com > <http://www.metricationmatters.com/>for more metrication information, contact > Pat at [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> or to get the free '/Metrication > matters/' newsletter go to: http://www.metricationmatters.com/newsletter to > subscribe. > > -- James R. Frysinger 632 Stony Point Mountain Road Doyle, TN 38559-3030 (C) 931.212.0267 (H) 931.657.3107 (F) 931.657.3108
