Regulating With Metrics

[paul bruesch]

Yeah, but if you want REALLY tight precision, go for thousandths of a
millimeter! It would be similar to machine shops holding tolerances
+/- in the "tenths", i.e. ten-thousandths of an inch.

Think how much weight we'd all lose overnight with a conversion.
Divide your pounds by 2.2!

anon

On Feb 5, 2008 10:56 AM,  <reggaepass at aol.com> wrote:
> We have long used metric exclusively for regulating in our shop.  However,
> the thousandth of an inch is still very handy for really small measurements
> and distinctions, so we refuse to part with it!
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> Alan Eder
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>  -----Original Message-----
>  From: piannaman at aol.com
>  To: pianotech at ptg.org
>  Sent: Tue, 5 Feb 2008 6:27 am
>  Subject: Re: Regulating With Metrics
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>  Regulating with metrics has always seemed like such a natural way to do it.
> Maybe it's because I work on more Asian and European pianos than American
> built instruments, and all of the instruction and other printed material
> I've seen was metric in nature.  Dividing and multiplying into 1s, 10s and
> 100s is far simpler for me than doing the same operations by 64ths, 32nds,
> 16ths, etc., etc.
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> Dave Stahl
>  Dave Stahl Piano Service
>  dstahlpiano.net
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>  -----Original Message-----
>  From: Dean May <deanmay at pianorebuilders.com>
>  To: 'Pianotech List' <pianotech at ptg.org>
>  Sent: Tue, 5 Feb 2008 6:07 am
>  Subject: RE: Regulating With Metrics
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> A hearty amen. When going through engineering school we primarily used
> metrics and even when I worked in design in industry.  It sure did make the
> calculations easier.
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