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  • jussi
    Veteran Member
    • Jan 2007
    • 2162

    Reading plans

    Having trouble understanding the plans to this flower stand. There seems to be 3 different numbers regarding the measurement of a piece. Can someone interpret.

    num1
    (num2, num3)

    http://www.craftsmanspace.com/Free%2...ot%20stand.pdf
    I reject your reality and substitute my own.
  • bthere
    Established Member
    • Jan 2007
    • 462
    • Alpharetta, GA

    #2
    The first number is millimeters. There is actually a single number below that using the convention of a comma instead of a decimal point. So, 1682mm is 66.22inches, or 66,22 using the format of your drawing.

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    • Mr__Bill
      Veteran Member
      • May 2007
      • 2096
      • Tacoma, WA
      • BT3000

      #3
      I see the metric and inch measurements, with a comma rather than a period for the decimal but I fail to see the third measurement.

      They sure make something simple look complicated.

      Bill

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      • jussi
        Veteran Member
        • Jan 2007
        • 2162

        #4
        Originally posted by Mr__Bill
        I see the metric and inch measurements, with a comma rather than a period for the decimal but I fail to see the third measurement.

        They sure make something simple look complicated.

        Bill
        The comma threw me off. Thanks
        Last edited by jussi; 02-12-2010, 10:39 PM.
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        • LCHIEN
          Internet Fact Checker
          • Dec 2002
          • 21045
          • Katy, TX, USA.
          • BT3000 vintage 1999

          #5
          its done by someone in a metric-first convention. Europe or AUstralia or Japan possibly.
          the first number is millimeters.
          The next number in parenthesis is Inch measurements, Its not two numbers, its inches and decimals. In Europe and most of the world the value of pi would be written not as 3.14159 but 3,14159; they use commas for decimals and don't use commas as thousands separators.

          so 100 (3,94) Is 100 mm or 3.94 inches.
          Loring in Katy, TX USA
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          • RodKirby
            Veteran Member
            • Dec 2002
            • 3136
            • Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
            • Mao Shan TSC-10RAS

            #6
            Oz uses '.' not ','
            Downunder ... 1" = 25.4mm

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