This is why I like the metric System...
- Posted by K_D_R May 15, 2012
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The text in the previous post would have sufficed, I guess. Seems I have been able to post pics from Flickr here before.
But, Length PA/HA 1,1 1,0 243.466 cm = 95 27/32 inches
Without onerous calculations anyone can easily "see" that 243.466 cm = = 2 meters, 43cm, 4.66mm and round that 4.6mm to 5mm's with confidence as 4.6mm and 5mm both convert to 3/16ths of an inch, even with a "base" of 64. It amounts to rounding up 1/64 inch. Once again, my point here is that for carpentry work a metric measure is incredibly easier to use with virtually no loss of accuracy as most tape measures are list only 16th's of an inch, or 32nd's, at best.
[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/51759584@N07/7202440250/][img]http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7231/7202440250_a16bb8f490_z.jpg[/img][/url] [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/51759584@N07/7202440250/]3v39ftcm[/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/51759584@N07/]Kenneth Rhodes[/url], on Flickr
