<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1479" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>David Porritt said: "<FONT = face="Times New Roman" size=3>If you just use the 7mm it's much easier than 0.2755905511811"</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV>David,</DIV> <DIV>Easier for What? Certainly not drills or bolts or any other = materials we acquire here in the US. For Regulation of Foreign made pianos, yes, = but that's about it IMO! Granted, if everything was metric, I wouldn't have = a problem with it. BUT IT AIN'T! I still get pissed when someone tries to = force a concept on me. For you younger, more flexible of mind types, go for it. = I could care less. But for me, mechanical measurements make more sense in 10ths, = 100ths, etc. AND, by the way, when trying to do extreme machining to +/- .0001" = I'd prefer that to whatever the decimal equivelant is.</DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Joe Garrett, R.P.T.<BR>Captain, Tool Police<BR>Squares R I</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>