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03-04-2019, 10:37 AM (This post was last modified: 03-09-2019, 02:57 PM by lift mechanic.)
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03-04-2019, 06:04 PM
Instant conversion chart


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03-04-2019, 06:18 PM
(03-04-2019, 10:37 AM)lift mechanic Wrote: MILLIMETER TO DECIMAL
                              


I keep one similar, hanging on the wall in the ol plastic protective cover.
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03-04-2019, 07:47 PM
Sometimes I actually find myself searching for one of those otherwise useless tape measures with inches and centimeters.
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03-05-2019, 02:34 PM
I ask Alexa or Siri to do my conversions in the shop.
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03-05-2019, 03:49 PM
Several items in the chart posted above in post #1 are not accurate. Here's mine from Excel:

   
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03-06-2019, 07:15 AM
Just wondering why woodworkers would need accuracy to the nearest 1/1000" or 1/10,000"?
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03-06-2019, 11:15 AM
(03-06-2019, 07:15 AM)AHill Wrote: Just wondering why woodworkers would need accuracy to the nearest 1/1000" or 1/10,000"?

They don't.. But it's fun to pretend
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Anyway I like to keep one of these in a pencil pocket on my shop apron:

https://www.amazon.com/Stainless-Steel-P...B01LY598C4

Nice little steel rule with useful conversions printed on the back.
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03-06-2019, 11:18 AM
I use the charts mainly for drill bits.
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03-06-2019, 11:36 AM
(03-06-2019, 11:18 AM)Stwood_ Wrote: I use the charts mainly for drill bits.


Yeah, I have a drill bit / tap chart hanging behind my drill press.
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