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6mm thick = how many inches?
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6mm * (1"/25.4mm) = .23622xxx inches
Funny, I thought it would be thicker...
Mike
Funny, I thought it would be thicker...
Mike
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I always think of millimeters in terms of calibers. A Winchester .243 slug is close to 6mm diameter (give or take less than a hundredth of an inch).
[This message has been edited by Jeff Clark (edited 17 November 1999).]
[This message has been edited by Jeff Clark (edited 17 November 1999).]
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Heres a simple way to think of it. IT is .03937 inches x 6 mil. So for a quickie just say .04 x 6 = .240 = 1/4 of an inch minus a peice of paper folded 5 times... hehehe
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As long as we're all throwing in our metric-deprived American conversion methods, here's mine:
I also use a "caliber" system. 12.7mm=.50cal (e.g. Browning M1/M2) and .50 cal=.5" so 1"=25.4mm, or roughly 2.5cm. I see that this is slightly off from Tuff's calculation - probably the "nominal" and "actual" caliber differences are messing me up. Anyhow, if you call 1" 2.5cm you're close enough for non-technical stuff. The sad thing is I have to go through this process every time I want to convert cm/mm to inches...
Even the English don't use "English measure"... what the heck is wrong with us?
-Drew
I also use a "caliber" system. 12.7mm=.50cal (e.g. Browning M1/M2) and .50 cal=.5" so 1"=25.4mm, or roughly 2.5cm. I see that this is slightly off from Tuff's calculation - probably the "nominal" and "actual" caliber differences are messing me up. Anyhow, if you call 1" 2.5cm you're close enough for non-technical stuff. The sad thing is I have to go through this process every time I want to convert cm/mm to inches...
Even the English don't use "English measure"... what the heck is wrong with us?
-Drew
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And the correct answer is:
1" is 24,500 millimeters
36" is 914,400 millimeters ( one yard??)
these numbers are from my ruler wich has a conversion table on the back, so the numbers must be quite accurate.
This is jut a cookdown of the posts above me, to make things easyer to understand.
The other way around, in Denmark we are just as confused about the inch?? system.
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1" is 24,500 millimeters
36" is 914,400 millimeters ( one yard??)
these numbers are from my ruler wich has a conversion table on the back, so the numbers must be quite accurate.
This is jut a cookdown of the posts above me, to make things easyer to understand.
The other way around, in Denmark we are just as confused about the inch?? system.
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Claus Christensen
When you have playboy channel, why get married
[This message has been edited by clausDenmark (edited 19 November 1999).]
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In my old Brown and Sharpe tool book the exact conversion tables are...
inches to mm (ins.X 25.4) is exact.
From millimeters to inches
(mm X 0.0393701) is accurate to six signficiant figures for mm/in.
That is the formula I used in the tool room for accurate measurement conversion.
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In my old Brown and Sharpe tool book the exact conversion tables are...
inches to mm (ins.X 25.4) is exact.
From millimeters to inches
(mm X 0.0393701) is accurate to six signficiant figures for mm/in.
That is the formula I used in the tool room for accurate measurement conversion.
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>>>>---¥vsa---->®
If you mix milk of magnesia with vodka and orange juice do you get a phillips screwdriver?
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