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[sexydaz]

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heres me thinking we,d gone metric ......

Metric? WTF is that!  :-?
We still live in a world where we use Imperial units all the time, speed limits, pints in the pub, waist size, people give their height & weight in 'English' units ........ etc etc   

yer can never take away some things but in the fabrication world yer dont work to 3ft 3inch and a 1/4...its  1000mm thats what i meant

[tunnie]

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heres me thinking we,d gone metric ......

Metric? WTF is that!  :-?
We still live in a world where we use Imperial units all the time, speed limits, pints in the pub, waist size, people give their height & weight in 'English' units ........ etc etc   

yer can never take away some things but in the fabrication world yer dont work to 3ft 3inch and a 1/4...its  1000mm thats what i meant

Won't work for pubs, instead of, "lets go down the pub for a pint' we will have, 'lets go down the pub for a litre'

Does not have quite the same ring to it 

[Debs.]

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heres me thinking we,d gone metric ......

Metric? WTF is that!  :-?
We still live in a world where we use Imperial units all the time, speed limits, pints in the pub, waist size, people give their height & weight in 'English' units ........ etc etc   

yer can never take away some things but in the fabrication world yer dont work to 3ft 3inch and a 1/4...its  1000mm thats what i meant

As an aerospace structures engineer trained in the U.S,  (and of 1959 vintage) I always have and still do, work in Imperial decimal-inches: 10ths., 100ths and 1000ths.......your 1000mm. would equal: 39.4" in real money.

My decimal-inch scales, verniers, tapes and micrometers are not going to be replaced on a Europhilic whim...this Metric nonsense will never catch on you know!

[Hannah Judes Dad]

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heres me thinking we,d gone metric ......

Metric? WTF is that!  :-?
We still live in a world where we use Imperial units all the time, speed limits, pints in the pub, waist size, people give their height & weight in 'English' units ........ etc etc   

yer can never take away some things but in the fabrication world yer dont work to 3ft 3inch and a 1/4...its  1000mm thats what i meant

Won't work for pubs, instead of, "lets go down the pub for a pint' we will have, 'lets go down the pub for 568ml'

Does not have quite the same ring to it 

[sexydaz]

forget i said owt...yes yer cant replace a pint and yes yer waist size is in inches and we do 30mph not kilometre but when i was fabricateing the norm was metric

you ole timers stick to yer 1 inch and 5600/234ths give or take 5980 thou

[tunnie]

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heres me thinking we,d gone metric ......

Metric? WTF is that!  :-?
We still live in a world where we use Imperial units all the time, speed limits, pints in the pub, waist size, people give their height & weight in 'English' units ........ etc etc   

yer can never take away some things but in the fabrication world yer dont work to 3ft 3inch and a 1/4...its  1000mm thats what i meant

Won't work for pubs, instead of, "lets go down the pub for a pint' we will have, 'lets go down the pub for 568ml'

Does not have quite the same ring to it 

No not 568ml, 1 litre of beer. Thats what you get in Europe 

They come in huge glasses!  8-)

[Hannah Judes Dad]

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heres me thinking we,d gone metric ......

Metric? WTF is that!  :-?
We still live in a world where we use Imperial units all the time, speed limits, pints in the pub, waist size, people give their height & weight in 'English' units ........ etc etc   

yer can never take away some things but in the fabrication world yer dont work to 3ft 3inch and a 1/4...its  1000mm thats what i meant

Won't work for pubs, instead of, "lets go down the pub for a pint' we will have, 'lets go down the pub for 568ml'

Does not have quite the same ring to it 

No not 568ml, 1 litre of beer. Thats what you get in Europe 

They come in huge glasses!  8-)

Yes they do along with there smaller half litre drinks as well,I think I must have caught STMO123 disease with being pedantic and replacing your original with 568ml

[Mr Skrunts]

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heres me thinking we,d gone metric ......

Metric? WTF is that!  :-?
We still live in a world where we use Imperial units all the time, speed limits, pints in the pub, waist size, people give their height & weight in 'English' units ........ etc etc   

yer can never take away some things but in the fabrication world yer dont work to 3ft 3inch and a 1/4...its  1000mm thats what i meant

Won't work for pubs, instead of, "lets go down the pub for a pint' we will have, 'lets go down the pub for a litre'

Does not have quite the same ring to it 

38DD 

965.2 DD 0r 96.52 DD   :-/

I know what you mean Tunnie. 

[Vamps]

I got some wood cut in B&Q the other day, gave the measurements in inches, he said nothing and the wood is the right size.........

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Very well done Ms Debs....a fine job.....

[dad1uk]

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heres me thinking we,d gone metric ......

Metric? WTF is that!  :-?
We still live in a world where we use Imperial units all the time, speed limits, pints in the pub, waist size, people give their height & weight in 'English' units ........ etc etc   

yer can never take away some things but in the fabrication world yer dont work to 3ft 3inch and a 1/4...its  1000mm thats what i meant

As an aerospace structures engineer trained in the U.S,  (and of 1959 vintage) I always have and still do, work in Imperial decimal-inches: 10ths., 100ths and 1000ths.......your 1000mm. would equal: 39.4" in real money.

My decimal-inch scales, verniers, tapes and micrometers are not going to be replaced on a Europhilic whim...this Metric nonsense will never catch on you know!

Well spoken Debs!!


this Metric nonsense will never catch on you know!

not sure about this bit though..... :-/

[waspy]

I'd be proud to do some fabricating on the bench. It'll stand up to some heat & bangs without warping
May i commend you on your welding to, it looks quite fine. I've seen so called qualified welder's dribbles & they're not as good as that.
It looks like you use Spatter Spray? Keep your self away from the fumes, it's nasty stuff
What do you cut your sections on? I presume a Band Saw :-?

[Debs.]

I'd be proud to do some fabricating on the bench. It'll stand up to some heat & bangs without warping
May i commend you on your welding to, it looks quite fine. I've seen so called qualified welder's dribbles & they're not as good as that.
It looks like you use Spatter Spray? Keep your self away from the fumes, it's nasty stuff
What do you cut your sections on? I presume a Band Saw :-?

Thankyou for the kind words Pete. 

I do love metalworking; so very satisfying to take metal that has been 'chucked' and make something useful.
I cut the sections using a 1mm. thick 'slitting disc' in a 2.8Kw. angle grinder.....I have a steady hand and can follow a scribed-line quite tidily.
I don`t use anti-spatter spray; I have some, but I find that at the 'sweet-spot' setting on the MIG and with 95%/5% (02/Argon); I can do spray transfer and spatter isn`t too much of an issue.
I find that projects like this, are ideal skill-refining practice for me; using multi-process` and differing material gauges/types.

[Varche]

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heres me thinking we,d gone metric ......

Metric? WTF is that!  :-?
We still live in a world where we use Imperial units all the time, speed limits, pints in the pub, waist size, people give their height & weight in 'English' units ........ etc etc   

Which world is that then? I showed a Spanish neighbour an Imperial and Metric tape measure. He thought it was quite quaint. I have the last laugh though as all pipework here is in Imperial!

The MOT station hadn't a clue how to convert miles into Km for the MOT certificate.

Nice bench, when you have finished it come and make us one please?

[Marks DTM Calib]

The only country still using imperial in everyday buisness is the US and I see that congress are concerned as its putting them at a disadvantage.