"The3rd Earl Of Derby" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> apparently there's 10/8th's to the inch. lol
>
I don't understand
Tim W
On Tue, 26 Sep 2006 11:52:31 GMT, B A R R Y <[email protected]> wrote:
>Upscale wrote:
>> "mac davis" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>> I guess that percentages are easier than fractions for some folks.. *g*
>>
>> You got me. I can only count to eight so rulers marked accordingly are much
>> better for me. If it's marked up to sixteenths, then I know it's eighths.
>> plus one extra line after each eighth. When they go up to ten then eighths
>> plus two extra is more than my brain can handle. :)
>>
>
>Using visual aids, I can count to 21.
Does that involve sucking in the gut? *eg*
Mac
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The3rd Earl Of Derby wrote:
> apparently there's 10/8th's to the inch. lol
>
> http://tinyurl.co.uk/vkjr
>
> --
> Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite
Sir, first of all, it is a rule not a ruler. A 24" ruler would be
smaller than a midget and be the boss of his own country.
Second, they're not 8ths, but 10ths. Plenty of disciplines use tenths
as a measurment.
r
The3rd Earl Of Derby wrote:
> Robatoy wrote:
> > Sir, first of all, it is a rule not a ruler. A 24" ruler would be
> > smaller than a midget and be the boss of his own country.
> > Second, they're not 8ths, but 10ths. Plenty of disciplines use tenths
> > as a measurment.
> >
> > r
>
> Sir one can use ruler or rule in this context as the object has been shown
> to be an item of measurment.
Rule is formal. Ruler would be okay in that language they speak along
the river Cam, Sir.
Maybe I have this confused with a 12 inch pianist?
r
You guys are loopy. Tom
R. Pierce Butler wrote:
> "CW" <[email protected]> wrote in news:X%mRg.423$Y24.133
> @newsread4.news.pas.earthlink.net:
>
> > Yes, I also carry a jewlers loop.
> >
> >
> >
>
> is that a loop or loupe?
"The3rd Earl Of Derby" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> The3rd Earl Of Derby wrote:
> > Tim W wrote:
> >> "The3rd Earl Of Derby" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> >> news:[email protected]...
> >>> apparently there's 10/8th's to the inch. lol
> >>>
> >> I don't understand
> >>
> >> Tim W
> >
> > When I was at school there was eight eigths to an inch not ten?
>
> oops! they're 10th's on the top and eight's on the bottom. :-)
>
> /me runs away,sharpish like.
>
> --
These scales are not so bad, what got me a couple of times is when I
inadvertently grabbed a pattern makers shrink rule. To those of you that
have never heard of these, at first glance they look like an ordinary ruler,
but they are calibrated so when the casting cools and shrinks the desired
dimension will be obtained from the oversized pattern.
My personal preference in a steel rule is the one that has 10ths and 50ths
in one side, and 64ths and 32nds on the other.
--
__
Roger Shoaf
Important factors in selecting a mate:
1] Depth of gene pool
2] Position on the food chain.
On Sat, 23 Sep 2006 14:43:21 -0700, Robatoy wrote:
> Rule is formal. Ruler would be okay in that language they speak along
> the river Cam, Sir.
> Maybe I have this confused with a 12 inch pianist?
>
> r
WHen I worked as a die-maker in the middle of the continent between the
oceans ... north of 'ole' and and south of 'eh' we called them 'scales'
because they were used to scale drawings / get rough measurements of steel
before machining.
In our business, the drawings were often 1:1 so you could get a quick
reality check simply my holding the scale against it on the chance that
the indicated dimension was, in fact, a brain fart.
I still have & use my pocket scales (6") with a wide variety of
graduations (fractional inch, decimal inch and metric).
Even if you don't need the little lines & number, their edges are usually
pretty darned straight, making them a relatively inexpensive / moderately
accurate straight edge for gaging flatness.
Bill
Tim W wrote:
> "The3rd Earl Of Derby" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> apparently there's 10/8th's to the inch. lol
>>
> I don't understand
>
> Tim W
When I was at school there was eight eigths to an inch not ten?
--
Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite
On Sun, 24 Sep 2006 10:38:15 -0500, [email protected] () wrote:
>In article <[email protected]>,
>B A R R Y <[email protected]> wrote:
>>On Sun, 24 Sep 2006 14:41:39 GMT, "Edwin Pawlowski" <[email protected]>
>>wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>You just have to magnify the littlest detail don't you?
>>>
>>
>>Why put him under a microscope?
>
>He's trying to be objective.
>Let it slide.
*groan*
Mac
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Upscale wrote:
> "mac davis" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> I guess that percentages are easier than fractions for some folks.. *g*
>
> You got me. I can only count to eight so rulers marked accordingly are much
> better for me. If it's marked up to sixteenths, then I know it's eighths.
> plus one extra line after each eighth. When they go up to ten then eighths
> plus two extra is more than my brain can handle. :)
>
Using visual aids, I can count to 21.
[email protected] (in
[email protected]) said:
| In article <[email protected]>,
| B A R R Y <[email protected]> wrote:
|| On Sun, 24 Sep 2006 14:41:39 GMT, "Edwin Pawlowski" <[email protected]>
|| wrote:
||
||| You just have to magnify the littlest detail don't you?
||
|| Why put him under a microscope?
|
| He's trying to be objective.
| Let it slide.
At this stage, any illumination might help - the thread is becoming a
bit out of focus...
--
Morris Dovey
DeSoto Solar
DeSoto, Iowa USA
http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto
Phisherman wrote:
> On Sat, 23 Sep 2006 19:25:52 GMT, "The3rd Earl Of Derby"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> apparently there's 10/8th's to the inch. lol
>>
>> http://tinyurl.co.uk/vkjr
>
>
> It says it is used in the aircraft industry. Reminds me of the
> special rules I used in my early days when I formatted computer
> printed reports.
>
> This thread caught my eye. I'm looking for a good 24" rule, although
> I prefer one with English graduations and see-through plastic.
> Sometimes 12" is too short and 36" is too long.
Dunno about this one, but he ships to the states.
http://tinyurl.co.uk/ynl5
--
Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite
Edwin Pawlowski wrote:
> "CW" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>
>> I carry one daily graduated in 100ths.
>
> But can you read all those little lines? :)
>
>
>
Ah, but that isn't the important question. Why is
it daily graduated? Do the graduations disappear
at midnight?
On Mon, 25 Sep 2006 17:57:36 -0400, "Upscale" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>"mac davis" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> I guess that percentages are easier than fractions for some folks.. *g*
>
>You got me. I can only count to eight so rulers marked accordingly are much
>better for me. If it's marked up to sixteenths, then I know it's eighths.
>plus one extra line after each eighth. When they go up to ten then eighths
>plus two extra is more than my brain can handle. :)
>
I can handle 5 10ths being 1/2" but I'm not crazy about 2 1/2 10ths for 1/4"...
whew!
Mac
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https://home.comcast.net/~mac.davis/wood_stuff.htm
:)
"George E. Cawthon" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Edwin Pawlowski wrote:
> > "CW" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> >
> >> I carry one daily graduated in 100ths.
> >
> > But can you read all those little lines? :)
> >
> >
> >
> Ah, but that isn't the important question. Why is
> it daily graduated? Do the graduations disappear
> at midnight?
No, there's 10 tenths to the inch. I carry one daily graduated in 100ths.
"The3rd Earl Of Derby" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> apparently there's 10/8th's to the inch. lol
>
> http://tinyurl.co.uk/vkjr
>
> --
> Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite
>
>
<[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On 23 Sep 2006 23:53:25 -0700, "tom" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>You guys are loopy. Tom
>
> That is loupey
You just have to magnify the littlest detail don't you?
The3rd Earl Of Derby wrote:
> Tim W wrote:
>> "The3rd Earl Of Derby" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>>> apparently there's 10/8th's to the inch. lol
>>>
>> I don't understand
>>
>> Tim W
>
> When I was at school there was eight eigths to an inch not ten?
oops! they're 10th's on the top and eight's on the bottom. :-)
/me runs away,sharpish like.
--
Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite
In article <[email protected]>,
B A R R Y <[email protected]> wrote:
>On Sun, 24 Sep 2006 14:41:39 GMT, "Edwin Pawlowski" <[email protected]>
>wrote:
>
>>
>>You just have to magnify the littlest detail don't you?
>>
>
>Why put him under a microscope?
He's trying to be objective.
Let it slide.
--
Every complicated problem has a simple solution that doesn't work.
Larry Wasserman Baltimore, Maryland
lwasserm(@)charm(.)net
"mac davis" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>
> I don't remember ever seeing a rule with 10ths.. sort of interesting..
> Mac
Just like machinist use thousandths, only bigger.
I have a rule that has 10ths and it was made by GEI and a give away from a
machine shop. I never use that scale though, but it also has 1/16th. The
other side is mm and half mm.
Yes, I also carry a jewlers loop.
"Edwin Pawlowski" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> "CW" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>
> > I carry one daily graduated in 100ths.
>
> But can you read all those little lines? :)
>
>
>
Robatoy wrote:
> The3rd Earl Of Derby wrote:
>> apparently there's 10/8th's to the inch. lol
>>
>> http://tinyurl.co.uk/vkjr
>>
>> --
>> Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite
>
> Sir, first of all, it is a rule not a ruler. A 24" ruler would be
> smaller than a midget and be the boss of his own country.
> Second, they're not 8ths, but 10ths. Plenty of disciplines use tenths
> as a measurment.
>
> r
Sir one can use ruler or rule in this context as the object has been shown
to be an item of measurment.
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/results.asp?searchword=ruler&x=0&y=0
--
Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite
mac davis wrote:
> On Sat, 23 Sep 2006 20:21:56 GMT, "The3rd Earl Of Derby"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> The3rd Earl Of Derby wrote:
>>> Tim W wrote:
>>>> "The3rd Earl Of Derby" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>>> news:[email protected]...
>>>>> apparently there's 10/8th's to the inch. lol
>>>>>
>>>> I don't understand
>>>>
>>>> Tim W
>>>
>>> When I was at school there was eight eigths to an inch not ten?
>>
>> oops! they're 10th's on the top and eight's on the bottom. :-)
>>
>> /me runs away,sharpish like.
>
> Damn.. a mistake so soon? It's only September! *g*
Yeah,I even missed me own bithday in the early part of the month. :-(
>
> I don't remember ever seeing a rule with 10ths.. sort of interesting..
I thought that the tenths would have been on the bottom rather on the
top,this had me fooled into believing there where no eigths until I had
another look.
> Mac
>
> https://home.comcast.net/~mac.davis
> https://home.comcast.net/~mac.davis/wood_stuff.htm
--
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"CW" <[email protected]> wrote in news:X%mRg.423$Y24.133
@newsread4.news.pas.earthlink.net:
> Yes, I also carry a jewlers loop.
>
>
>
is that a loop or loupe?
As the ad said, used in the aircraft industry. Many years ago, the major
tool companies started making rules graduated in 50ths and 100ths. These
were specifically aimed at the aircraft and automotive industry due to their
adoption of decimals for greater accuracy. Rules with decimal graduations
were known for many years as "aircraft rules". Starrett still uses that
name.
Look at aircraft blueprints. Over the years, aircraft designers have taken
the "no decimal" approach to ridiculousness. A common designation such as a
1/4-20 tap will be designated as .250-20 on an aircraft print. Instead of
specifying a 3/16 corner round to ease an edge, they will specify .190
radius, just far enough away from .1875 so it won't be equivalent to a
common fraction.
"Upscale" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> "The3rd Earl Of Derby" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> > >
> > > I don't remember ever seeing a rule with 10ths.. sort of interesting..
>
> Sort of a waste really except for some specialized uses. I much prefer 1/8
> or even 1/16 marked rulers with a greater number of whole divisible
numbers.
>
>
"mac davis" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> I guess that percentages are easier than fractions for some folks.. *g*
You got me. I can only count to eight so rulers marked accordingly are much
better for me. If it's marked up to sixteenths, then I know it's eighths.
plus one extra line after each eighth. When they go up to ten then eighths
plus two extra is more than my brain can handle. :)
"The3rd Earl Of Derby" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> >
> > I don't remember ever seeing a rule with 10ths.. sort of interesting..
Sort of a waste really except for some specialized uses. I much prefer 1/8
or even 1/16 marked rulers with a greater number of whole divisible numbers.
"CW" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> I carry one daily graduated in 100ths.
But can you read all those little lines? :)
In article <[email protected]>, "Robatoy" <[email protected]> wrote:
>Sir, first of all, it is a rule not a ruler. A 24" ruler would be
>smaller than a midget and be the boss of his own country.
A 24" ruler would rule with both feet and never put a foot
wrong, right?
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|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
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| [email protected] Gary Player. |
| http://www.malch.com/ Shpx gur PQN. |
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In article <[email protected]>, "The3rd Earl Of Derby" <[email protected]> wrote:
>oops! they're 10th's on the top and eight's on the bottom. :-)
>
>/me runs away,sharpish like.
Premature extrapolation?
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|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
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| [email protected] Gary Player. |
| http://www.malch.com/ Shpx gur PQN. |
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
On 23 Sep 2006 23:53:25 -0700, "tom" <[email protected]> wrote:
>You guys are loopy. Tom
That is loupey
On Sat, 23 Sep 2006 20:21:56 GMT, "The3rd Earl Of Derby" <[email protected]> wrote:
>The3rd Earl Of Derby wrote:
>> Tim W wrote:
>>> "The3rd Earl Of Derby" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>> news:[email protected]...
>>>> apparently there's 10/8th's to the inch. lol
>>>>
>>> I don't understand
>>>
>>> Tim W
>>
>> When I was at school there was eight eigths to an inch not ten?
>
>oops! they're 10th's on the top and eight's on the bottom. :-)
>
>/me runs away,sharpish like.
Damn.. a mistake so soon? It's only September! *g*
I don't remember ever seeing a rule with 10ths.. sort of interesting..
Mac
https://home.comcast.net/~mac.davis
https://home.comcast.net/~mac.davis/wood_stuff.htm
On Sun, 24 Sep 2006 14:06:29 -0400, "Upscale" <[email protected]> wrote:
>"The3rd Earl Of Derby" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> >
>> > I don't remember ever seeing a rule with 10ths.. sort of interesting..
>
>Sort of a waste really except for some specialized uses. I much prefer 1/8
>or even 1/16 marked rulers with a greater number of whole divisible numbers.
>
I guess that percentages are easier than fractions for some folks.. *g*
Mac
https://home.comcast.net/~mac.davis
https://home.comcast.net/~mac.davis/wood_stuff.htm
On 23 Sep 2006 23:53:25 -0700, "tom" <[email protected]> wrote:
>You guys are loopy. Tom
or maybe loupey..
>R. Pierce Butler wrote:
>> "CW" <[email protected]> wrote in news:X%mRg.423$Y24.133
>> @newsread4.news.pas.earthlink.net:
>>
>> > Yes, I also carry a jewlers loop.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
>> is that a loop or loupe?
Mac
https://home.comcast.net/~mac.davis
https://home.comcast.net/~mac.davis/wood_stuff.htm
On Sat, 23 Sep 2006 19:25:52 GMT, "The3rd Earl Of Derby"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>apparently there's 10/8th's to the inch. lol
>
>http://tinyurl.co.uk/vkjr
It says it is used in the aircraft industry. Reminds me of the
special rules I used in my early days when I formatted computer
printed reports.
This thread caught my eye. I'm looking for a good 24" rule, although
I prefer one with English graduations and see-through plastic.
Sometimes 12" is too short and 36" is too long.
B A R R Y wrote:
> On Sun, 24 Sep 2006 14:41:39 GMT, "Edwin Pawlowski" <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>>
>> You just have to magnify the littlest detail don't you?
>>
>
> Why put him under a microscope?
Thats magnitude for ya.
--
Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite
On Sun, 24 Sep 2006 14:41:39 GMT, "Edwin Pawlowski" <[email protected]>
wrote:
>
>You just have to magnify the littlest detail don't you?
>
Why put him under a microscope?
True. What has that got to do with a 10ths scale?
"The3rd Earl Of Derby" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> When I was at school there was eight eigths to an inch not ten?
>
> --
> Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite
>
>
>