Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Conversion

> One of the beauties about the metric system is it's relationship to
> the prefect standard... Pure Liquid Water. One gram of water (1cc =
> 1 cubic centimeter) occupies the volume of a cube that is 1cm on a
> side. Or 1000cc of water (1 liter) occupies the volume of a cube
> that is 10cm on a side, and so on.

right ,but it would have been nice if they hadn't used a sliding scale
I always thought the base units should have been the same
like 1 gram = 1 liter of water = 1 meter^3 and so on

and with the newer better measuring techniques today the old water standard
went out the window ,now its wavelengths of light etc.
so these days the metric system is just as arbitrary as any of the old ones
it just uses base 10 so you will be sure to missplace a decimal somewhere
when figuring weights to volumes and such :-)

I was on a factory tour in high school and someone asked the engineer/guide
if they were switching to metric
his reply was "nope ,we can ship US standard replacement parts anywhere on
the planet within 24 hours so we don't need to change anything"

Brian

> Happy Machining and remember... Plastic Explosives are difficult to
> machine.

not if you freeze it first ,its more stable that way anyhow ;-)