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New trick for securing grill letters, What I did today |
bandjoey |
Oct 6 2015, 10:46 PM
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bandjoey Group: Members Posts: 4,923 Joined: 26-September 07 From: Bedford Tx Member No.: 8,156 Region Association: Southwest Region |
About five years ago The engine grill was powder coated. It must not have been a good job because when I removed it to paint the engine lid I discovered rust spots inside. After sanding down and repainting the grill I added the gold letters. Ace hardware had a rubber bushing the same ID. but a hair smaller OD. I added a thin coat of black adhesive pushed it on with a small socket, and it worked. The hardest part was in converting the mm spacing into inches. Who would own a metric ruler over 12" (IMG:style_emoticons/default/happy11.gif) long anyway.
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Cuda911 |
Oct 7 2015, 12:29 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,489 Joined: 20-May 14 From: Oceanside (N. San Diego County), CA Member No.: 17,376 Region Association: Southern California |
Looks good!
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era vulgaris |
Oct 7 2015, 07:05 AM
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J is for Genius Group: Members Posts: 982 Joined: 10-November 13 From: Raleigh, NC Member No.: 16,629 Region Association: South East States |
Who would own a metric ruler over 12" It's called a meter stick (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) http://www.amazon.com/Westcott-Wooden-Mete...9/dp/B000J0ARWW Looks like your "C" is one notch higher than the rest. |
EdwardBlume |
Oct 7 2015, 07:06 AM
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914 Wizard Group: Members Posts: 12,338 Joined: 2-January 03 From: SLO Member No.: 81 Region Association: Central California |
Looks like you spelled it right! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/lol-2.gif)
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GeorgeRud |
Oct 7 2015, 12:20 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 3,725 Joined: 27-July 05 From: Chicagoland Member No.: 4,482 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
You can pick up a meter stick at Harbor Freight. It has both the metric and inch markings.
But, why would anyone want to use inches when the metric measurements are so much easier to use? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) |
bandjoey |
Oct 7 2015, 02:15 PM
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bandjoey Group: Members Posts: 4,923 Joined: 26-September 07 From: Bedford Tx Member No.: 8,156 Region Association: Southwest Region |
I have a yard stick, tri-square, 2 carpenter squares, 3 tape rules, a dozen 12"ers, and a sewing cloth tape...what red blooded man in Texas has a meter stick? So converting I went. Nothing like calling out "Make that 18 2/32". (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sawzall-smiley.gif)
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thieuster |
Oct 7 2015, 02:31 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 447 Joined: 31-January 15 From: 275 mls NW from Stuttgart. Member No.: 18,384 Region Association: Europe |
I have a yard stick, tri-square, 2 carpenter squares, 3 tape rules, a dozen 12"ers, and a sewing cloth tape...what red blooded man in Texas has a meter stick? So converting I went. Nothing like calling out "Make that 18 2/32". (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sawzall-smiley.gif) We Europeans can provide you with meter sticks, with inches on the back. Plastic, wood, paper etc. No problem! Most are around $ 9.00. I am more than happy to help you purchase one of these and send it to you. Menno |
bandjoey |
Oct 7 2015, 02:34 PM
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bandjoey Group: Members Posts: 4,923 Joined: 26-September 07 From: Bedford Tx Member No.: 8,156 Region Association: Southwest Region |
My gun hand is shaking just thinking about owning one. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)
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era vulgaris |
Oct 7 2015, 04:03 PM
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J is for Genius Group: Members Posts: 982 Joined: 10-November 13 From: Raleigh, NC Member No.: 16,629 Region Association: South East States |
But, why would anyone want to use inches when the metric measurements are so much easier to use? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) I say this everyday when I'm designing in CAD. I have the option to use inches in my design program, but who the hell wants to think about all those fractions. It's just dumb. Small increments of 10 makes my job easier! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) And what are you gonna do when you need to move something 0.35mm? Try figuring out that fraction in standard measure! |
theleschyouknow |
Oct 7 2015, 05:17 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 523 Joined: 4-June 13 From: Texas Member No.: 15,967 Region Association: None |
But, why would anyone want to use inches when the metric measurements are so much easier to use? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) I say this everyday when I'm designing in CAD. I have the option to use inches in my design program, but who the hell wants to think about all those fractions. It's just dumb. Small increments of 10 makes my job easier! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) And what are you gonna do when you need to move something 0.35mm? Try figuring out that fraction in standard measure! 0.35 x 0.03937 = 0.0137795 if you're converting that small might as well use thousandths don't get me wrong I got no problem with metric but conversion is just a math problem you gotta work with what you got which sometimes takes a few extra grey cells (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) cjl |
Mark Henry |
Oct 7 2015, 06:33 PM
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that's what I do! Group: Members Posts: 20,065 Joined: 27-December 02 From: Port Hope, Ontario Member No.: 26 Region Association: Canada |
Doesn't matter to me, metric or standard I can work in both.
My paper trade is cabinetmaker, 90% time I use standard, I machine a lot of parts working in both. I'm good with fractions, thousandths, etc. Metric is by far way easier, it's all in 10's, 100's 1000's, etc Conversion...that's what google is for (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) |
era vulgaris |
Oct 7 2015, 09:12 PM
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J is for Genius Group: Members Posts: 982 Joined: 10-November 13 From: Raleigh, NC Member No.: 16,629 Region Association: South East States |
But, why would anyone want to use inches when the metric measurements are so much easier to use? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) I say this everyday when I'm designing in CAD. I have the option to use inches in my design program, but who the hell wants to think about all those fractions. It's just dumb. Small increments of 10 makes my job easier! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) And what are you gonna do when you need to move something 0.35mm? Try figuring out that fraction in standard measure! 0.35 x 0.03937 = 0.0137795 if you're converting that small might as well use thousandths don't get me wrong I got no problem with metric but conversion is just a math problem you gotta work with what you got which sometimes takes a few extra grey cells (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) cjl Right, but it's much easier to quantify 0.35 vs 0.0137795. Halfway between .3 and .4 mm, or...how much of an inch is that exactly???? Especially when working with minutiae length distances while zoomed in to god knows how many times X in a CAD program. Next time you're designing circuit boards, let me know which one you choose. Truth bomb. Mic drop. Peace out. |
bigkensteele |
Oct 7 2015, 10:08 PM
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Major Member Group: Members Posts: 2,197 Joined: 30-August 04 From: Cincinnati, OH Member No.: 2,660 Region Association: South East States |
Anyone who can google can find out why we aren't using the metric system today. The answer is political, so I can't explain it here.
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