Regulating With Metrics

[Jurgen Goering]

Sorry my mistake - One thousandths of an inch is equal to 2.5 hundreths 
of a mm.  One hundreth of a mm is much smaller than one thou. of an 
inch.  Which confirms two of my points:
- it is fine enough for center pins and wire sizes, as one step is .025 
mm (2.5 hundredths of a mm)
- conversion is what screws you (and in this case me) up  :)
Jurgen Goering

On Feb 5, 2008, at 10:41, Alan Eder wrote:

>  I can see someone relating to their shoe being a foot long, but this 
> I truly cannot understand. One hundredth of a mm, the standard unit on 
> metric micrometers, is equal to 2.5 thousandths of an inch. Surely you 
> can measure small distinctions with that. 
>   
> Not fine enough resolution for distinguishing different sizes of 
> center pins and piano wire. Also, I have had one or two thousands of 
> an inch make or break my day on larger items as well.  YMMV.
two thou of an inch is .05 mm (5 hundredths of a mm)    ...  but no 
matter what unit, it can make or break your day just the same..
>
> Alan Eder 
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