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
> --
> Ian W. Wright
> Sheffield UK
> www.iw63.freeserve.co.uk
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <e.heritage@...>
> To: <CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com>
> 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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