From: "McHatten, Shawn" 
To: ATM shore 
Reply-To: "McHatten, Shawn" 


Hi Vladimir
        I actually prefer metric. Easier math. And measuring to the real world
isn't as hard as some people think. 1cm is a finger, 1 meter is from my
belt to the floor. And if I run hard for a km I'm out of breath :). One of
the cool things about Canadians is that most people over 15 can convert
between imperial and metric quite easily. It's interesting to see our kids
struggle more with imperial than our grandparents struggle with metric. No
matter how you look at it though, 20cm of snow or
8in of snow, we start changing from sneakers to boots :).
        But most of the common tools here in North America still come in
imperial units. Like the drill bits I was using to measure sagitta. That's
why I stated it that way. Even with the decimal.
        However, my original question remains. Is 4 hours to hog out a 16in
(40cm) mirror to f6, 4.2mm sagitta quick or just normal. What are your
times? Has anyone tried this tool before?
        Sorry for mixing the topics.

Thanks
Shawn


-----Original Message-----
From: Vladimir Galogaza [mailto:vladimir.galogaza{at}zg.tel.hr]
Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2003 7:41 AM To: ATM shore
Subject: Re: ATM FigureXP part 2


Peter,

>It just struck me when looking at a graph with nm on the Y axis and inch on
>the X axis which seems a bit peculiar.

It is  that transition from imperial to metric system goes slowly, inch by inch.

Like this example from recent post:
 "I'm trying for f6 which my calcs say should be about 5.33/32ths."

Regards
Vladimir.

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