One thing I've never understood is why Civil Engineers work in feet and Architects in inches. Everytime I get a site plan I have to scale it by 12.
5/4 means ?
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OK, now a question for you. How did imperial get started?
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Which other countries, besides the U.S., do not use the metric system?
- Liberia (in western Africa)
- Burma (also known as Myanmar, in Southeast Asia)
Those countries that DO use the Metric System, and the date:
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JSCOOk indicates that 12" = 300mm or 304.5mm, but I'm not certain it shouldn't be 304 9/64mm.
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EdDo you know about kickback? Ray has a good writeup here... https://www.sawdustzone.org/articles...mare-explained
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If it ain't broke.. don't fix it!!!... but you can always 'hop it up'
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Mark,
Please pass me my .3333333333333 of the pizza.
The most significant boost in metric knowledge in the USA came from DRUGS.
Who knew what a kilo was before marijuana or a gram before cocaine?
I was a surveyor in the Army. All our work was in mils. 6400 degrees in a circle rather than 360. I think a mil was the width of a meter at 1000 meters.
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