Several years ago a newly minted engineer in our R&D department took
his just issued tape measure to the metal working modal shop to have
that rivet tightened up because the hook it was holding on moved back
and forth. We still laugh about that but only behind his back as he
is now an Engineering Manager.
On Jul 19, 9:21 pm, Jay Pique <[email protected]> wrote:
> It's interesting to note that I can mark a board exactly 7/16" short
> by catching the end of the tape on the rivet rather than on the hook
> itself.
>
> Thanks for listening.
>
> JP
> *************************
> AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRGGGHHH!!!!!!
Measure it with a micrometer
Mark it with chalk
Cut it with an ax
On Jul 19, 9:21 pm, Jay Pique <[email protected]> wrote:
> It's interesting to note that I can mark a board exactly 7/16" short
> by catching the end of the tape on the rivet rather than on the hook
> itself.
>
> Thanks for listening.
>
> JP
> *************************
> AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRGGGHHH!!!!!!
Damn. I cut it twice and it's still too short.
Jay Pique wrote:
> It's interesting to note that I can mark a board exactly 7/16" short
> by catching the end of the tape on the rivet rather than on the hook
> itself.
>
> Thanks for listening.
>
> JP
> *************************
> AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRGGGHHH!!!!!!
>
No problem. Measure from the other end of the board and it will average out.
8-\
Bill
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Mike in Arkansas <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:
>
>
> Several years ago a newly minted engineer in our R&D department took
> his just issued tape measure to the metal working modal shop to have
> that rivet tightened up because the hook it was holding on moved back
> and forth. We still laugh about that but only behind his back as he
> is now an Engineering Manager.
>
I've been tempted to try that on some of the cheapie tape measures we
have. The movement is way beyond the thickness of the hook anyway, so
might as well fix the thing in place and risk being 1/16" off...
Puckdropper
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In article <[email protected]>, DerbyDad03 <[email protected]> wrote:
>Measure it with a micrometer
>Mark it with chalk
>Cut it with an ax
And hammer to fit.
If it won't fit, get a bigger hammer.
If it breaks, it needed replacing anyway.
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It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again.
"Jay Pique" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> It's interesting to note that I can mark a board exactly 7/16" short
> by catching the end of the tape on the rivet rather than on the hook
> itself.
Braggart ! ! !
On Thu, 19 Jul 2007 18:21:49 -0700, Jay Pique <[email protected]>
wrote:
>It's interesting to note that I can mark a board exactly 7/16" short
>by catching the end of the tape on the rivet rather than on the hook
>itself.
>
>Thanks for listening.
>
>JP
>*************************
>AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRGGGHHH!!!!!!
Improper procedure. For real precision cut it an inch, use a quick
clamp to clamp it with the inch mark precisely on the board edge, then
mark the "correct" measurement. Guaranteed that at least one out of
ten cuts will be "precisely" one inch short.
Frank