Metric Conversion Calculator

[irnsrgn]

So many things are listed as (MUTTRICK) Metric measurements today I thought this conversion chart would be helpful to those of us who are not familiar with or who do not use Metrics.

http://www.lenntech.com/unit-convers...emperature.htm

This url is for temperature but other conversion calculators are on the right side, just click on the one you prefer.

JUST REMEMBER TO CHANGE THE DECIMAL TO 4 PLACES AT THE LITTLE DROP DOWN MENU.

[henerythe8th]

Here is a link to one I've been using for quite a while.

Never found an error.

download to your desktop, then don't have to connect to the 'net to convert...

Not saying it's better, it might not be...

it's good and it's free...


Henerythe8th

http://joshmadison.net/software/convert/



duh?

I hate it when that happens...

[rthibeau]

where's the link???

[Strine]

to those of us who are not familiar with or who do not use Metrics

I understand any reluctance to change to something new when the old seems to work just fine. But...the metric system is so so so much easier to work with. I say this from the point of view of having to work with both the imperial and metric system especially in terms of feetres and metres. Oh dear..all those fractions. Surveyors need to make a lot of calculations involving lengths and angles. The fractions are such a pain that all feet and inch measurements are converted to decimal feet. Even plans dating to early settlement of Victoria quote decimal feet. This gave rise to tape measures showing feet and only ten "inches". Many is the time I've heard about the tape measure going for a song at a junk shop cos it was missing two inches in every twelve.
The change to the metric system was a boon to the game. I would recommend anybody to use every opportunity at the forge to adopt it.

On the other hand spare a thought for us free thinking forward looking folk who have to tow the line the leader of the free world throw us, and have to work with both systems.

[irnsrgn]

Strine, I understand what you are saying, but I was not brought up with Muttricks, I use metric very little as there is hardly any call for it in what I do and if I do get any of the muttrick stuff, I just convert it to good old American measurement so its not oddball anymore. I do do a little muttrick stuff but it is such a pain to convert and ends up costing the customer much more in the long run. I do have a muttrick tap and die set, a small set of sockets and a small wrench set and allen wrench set in the event I have to work on some of that oddball muttrick stuff.

Usually when I get some muttrick stuff that someone asks me if I can fix, I say sure and just toss the junk in the scrap barrell. LOL, Why should I change to a foreign system I don't even use or intend to use. Guess I am just old fashioned and hard headed and proud of it. Besides I have no source for muttrick iron or keystock, and I am not about to invest in a lot of muttrick special order stuff that would just collect dust and return no investment.

It's too bad Mili Meter didn't drown on her way across the big pond. Lol

Respectfully

Jr.

[Strine]

Respectfully Jr

That's OK. We are both a couple of old dogs and wise to boot no doubt. It has to be a really worthwhile trick before we start thinking about learning it.
I too grew up with feetres etc but chose a field of endeavour that used the other as well so had to learn it. But it wasn't so bad.
I feel for the youngies who don't know a foot from an ankle but invariably will have to have a knowledge of it sooner or later. Like when they work with me and I askthem to move the peg 0.5m left then 1/2 inch right then a bees diaghram left again

[Glenn]

Do you want to divide fractions, or decimals base 10? Imperical or metric both work, only one is easier. Just be sure to note on those shop drawings which is which, as decimal fractions and decimal metric look the same.

[Glenn]

I use architectural scales in 3", 1-1/2", 1", 3/4", 1/2", 3/8", 1/4", 3/16", 1/8", 3/32" of an inch, imperical rulers in 1/16", 1/32" and 1/64", a yard stick, engineering scales in 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60 divisions to the inch, a 30.5 centimeter ruler, and a meter stick. Then there are grids papers in 1", 1/2", 1/4", 1/5", 1/8" and 1/10", as well as common logarithm (base 10), the natural logarithm (base e), and the binary logarithm (base 2) grids, and metric grids. I also have some 12-15 other rulers in measurements that are not so common, and a couple of speciality rulers that are "no to scale" to fit drawings that were "not to scale" either.

This does not address the travlers, calipers, micrometers, hammer, tongs, anvil, and etc. that a blacksmith uses for measuring.

IForgeIron > tricks > measuring has several ways to measure things. It is worth looking at if you have not read the material recently.

Working with a specific measurement is not a problem, but please, do not mix two or more units of measure on the same plan sheet or drawing.

[Dale Russell]

It's too bad Mili Meter didn't drown on her way across the big pond. LoL

Jr .... 10 , 100 , 1000 = 3 steps
2 , 4 , 8 , 16 , 32 , 64 , 128 , 258 , 516 , 1032 = 10 steps

I's sure know which 1 i'll be usin' bloke

BTW , i's grew up when OZ changed from " imperial ta metric "
Had ta learn both
For small stuff METRIC is the go
Bigger stuff i'll revert ta " imperial "

Dale Russell ( aka ) chopper

BTW mate , soon ALL THE WORLD WILL BE USIN" " MUTTRICK " whether youse like it or not

[Strine]

Gee I love it when people are barking up my tree

Working with a specific measurement is not a problem, but please, do not mix two or more units of measure on the same plan sheet or drawing.

Sorry Glenn...I do it all the time Hopefully it's all covered by the very handy "UON" = unless otherwise noted!

Anyway, don't be too disheartened because you use an out dated system of units. The crux if the matter is you could use anything as long as you're consistent and as long as you cut, punch, draw out, upset, drill, etc etc etc to the length required.

Another interesting twist to all this. While setting out for sewerage work ie for trench digging and pipe laying and all that jazz we always had to appear to quote to the nearest millimetre. Ye gads! you say, the sewers are layed very acurately in Oz. Not really. If you quoted a length at say 5.9m it would be taken as 5m plus 9mm similarly, 5.91 would be 5m plus 91mm which amounts to a fair sized error. To overcome this we'd always say 5.900 or 5.910.