| Subject: | Re: vanagon Digest - 14 Dec 1999 - Special issue |
| From: | David Beierl |
| Date: | Wed, 15 Dec 1999 20:59:33 -0500 |
At 19:03 12/14/99 , t obrien wrote: >>The silliest thing of all is that the US still does not use metric. >Excusse meee.... >We do use metric... It's been pointed out that .001 inch is about the limit of machining accuracy, and .0001 inch is about the limit of grinding accuracy -- this makes inches a very convenient unit in the machinist's world. Millimeters are much less convenient in this instance. d David Beierl - Providence, RI http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/ '84 Westy "Dutiful Passage" '85 GL "Poor Relation"
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