BT Posted June 6, 2007 Share Posted June 6, 2007 Was searching for a metric conversion chart on the internet and found this one Metric Conversion Chart Thought it might be useful to someone . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irnsrgn Posted June 6, 2007 Share Posted June 6, 2007 Muttricks, Bah Humbug, my measuring tools are in thousands, inches, and feet. They were good enough to build a great nation that was the most powerful in the world, then Muttricks and Dumbicrats came along and now all the industry has moved elsewhere. America was self sufficient before Muttricks came along. Too Bad Mili Meter didn't drown on the way over the big ponds. And I am still working on - palm, span, hand, cubit, bible cubit, link, rod, chain, quire, ream, bundle, bale, nail, quarter, pennyweight, ounce, pound, grains, dram, short ton, long ton, scruple, pint, quart, gallon, barrel, hogshead, fathom, cable length, mile, nautical mile, furlong, league, peck, bushel, chaldor, cord, rood, units, and gross. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BT Posted June 7, 2007 Author Share Posted June 7, 2007 True Jr. but you have to agree that this site has these often needed conversions among others: 454 graham crackers = 1 pound cake 10 rations = 1 decoration 100 rations = 1 C-ration 10 millipedes = 1 centipede 2 wharves = 1 paradox :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don A Posted June 7, 2007 Share Posted June 7, 2007 Everybody that owns a pc need convert.exe I think you can get it here for free:Convert @ joshmadison.com I keep a shortcut for it on my desk-top and use it all the time. Don p.s. if you can't download it, let me know and I can email it to you. It's only 453kb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Posted June 8, 2007 Share Posted June 8, 2007 Conversions A whole bunch of conversions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dale Russell Posted June 8, 2007 Share Posted June 8, 2007 Glenn , that's a great site ,, scroll down to the " fruit " convert apples to oranges ...... Dale Russell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheftjcook Posted June 8, 2007 Share Posted June 8, 2007 Dale, Someone there has a great sense of humor!!!:p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joseff Posted June 8, 2007 Share Posted June 8, 2007 Thank you, I really needed to read that today. Joseff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strine Posted June 11, 2007 Share Posted June 11, 2007 I absolutely, categorically and without qualm totally and utterly disagree Jr. I'd rather divide and multiply by ten any day. I can't see the problem myself. You seem, from your post, to treat metrics with utter contempt which is sad. The ruination of a whole country...gee, wouldn't have thought metrics were that bad. Still, nothing wrong with letting another state have the reins for a while! World War Three over measurement systems...a surveyor's dream. But I take it mostly as tongue in cheek as I know you know the value of such a simple system dealing with just tenths of this or tens of that. Your list is impressive and labels you a guru on old measurements however it is far from complete. What about bee's d---s (appendages), fraggs, skins of teeth, hair breadths, widths of idicator, paces, tinnies (refer to Dale) and touches to name a few. And to counter your argument doesn't it seem odd that a great nation built with an antiquated measuring system opted very early for an infinitely simpler monetory system than pounds, shillings, pence, florins, zacs, deeners, bobs and guineas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Smith Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 Hear Hear! Nothing wrong with moving a decimal point back and forth a few places. They're light, and easily portable. The imperial system of dividing by twelve dates back to the other great nation of Sumeria. They don't do a lot these days, as I hear. On the subject of jobs moving to other places, (I wish mine would come to *me* for a change) perhaps resistance to change played a hand in things? Here's another conversion system for you.... I don't think it'll catch on (at least not for smithing!)weirdconverter.comweirdconverter.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Patrick Posted June 13, 2007 Share Posted June 13, 2007 I work for an Italian company. We make and sell sheet metal Fab equipment. SO I deal with customers that work in metric and inches. I grew up in inches and now speak both fluently. 25.4mm= 1" 1mm=0.03937" If you would like to know an interesting fact is that we (United States) are the only nation that I have dealt with, that uses a "gauge" system for sheet metal.IE 12ga 16ga etc. And I worked with alot of customers abroad, Everyone else defines it as the thickness only. So when I tell one of my collegues in Itlay that I am forming 18Ga stainless, they look at me like I have an alligator coming out of my nose! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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