Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: gm-cm to oz/inches conversion?

Hmmm., Next time I go to the newsagents for a quarter pound of toffees I'll
ask for a Newton of toffees instead and see what reaction I get. These
newfangled measurements are all right in a laboratory I suppose but some of
us old 'uns are still working in pounds, stones and pecks! (Except for my
watchmaking where I use milligrams, carats, grains and nanometres,
millimetres and lignes - now you want me to add to the confusion??? I feel
another Apollo 13 coming on ;o{
)
Ian
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Ian W. Wright
Sheffield UK
www.iw63.freeserve.co.uk

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Sent: 21 February 2001 22:02
Subject: Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: gm-cm to oz/inches conversion?


> 10 Newtons is a kilo, they're 100 grams each. And a newton meter is just
the
> measurement of torque on a lever's pivot. I thought it'd be easier because
> more things would be rated for their max. torque (Distance x Mass). I hate
> levers anyway, no matter how essential they are to life.
>
> John
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ian Wright" <Ian@...>
> To: <CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2001 10:18 AM
> Subject: Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: gm-cm to oz/inches conversion?
>
>
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <e.heritage@...>
> >
> > > Why aren't steppers measure in newton meters of torque? It'd be easier
> for
> > > everyone wouldn't it?
> >
> > So what's them then??? I know what an ounce is and an inch and I can
make
> an
> > arm 'x' inches long and hang a weight of 'y' ounces on it but I'm damned
> if
> > I've ever seen a Newton I could hang on a metre long bar. Might as well
> use
> > Btu's per fortnight - just as understandable as Newton metres.
> >
> >
> > Ian
> > --
> > Ian W. Wright
> > Sheffield UK
> > www.iw63.freeserve.co.uk
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