From: Now in San Diego on 28 Jul 2010 00:16 On Jul 27, 1:41 am, tomcov <thomas.coven...(a)rocketmail.com> wrote: > On Jul 26, 10:46 pm, "Mortimer" <m...(a)privacy.net> wrote: > > > > > "Nick Finnigan" <n...(a)genie.co.uk> wrote in message > > >news:i2knnl$cpf$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > > > > Mortimer wrote: > > >> "alan.holmes" <alan.holme...(a)somewhere.net> wrote in message > > >>news:owi3o.90995$xf1.26863(a)hurricane... > > > >>> But you still buy plywood in 8 foot by 4 foot sheets! > > > >> Is it still sold in 8' x 4' sheets? I presume at the very least the size > > >> will be quoted in centimetres rather then inches to keep the EU happy, > > >> and I wonder if the size may have been modified to be a round number of > > >> centimetres. > > > > B and Q may be 2400x1200 but proper builders' merchants sell 8x4 (the > > > rear door on my car is not quite 4' diagonally). > > > >> As a matter of interest, are old plumbing fittings (1/2", 3/4") still >/either as the situation demanded. It ain't that hard! > >> available (or at least 1/2" to 15 mm and 3/4" to 22 mm convertors) for > > > > 1/2" is 15mm. > > > No, if 1" is 25.4 mm, then 1/2" is 12.7 mm. 15 mm is a little over 1/2".. > > Likewise, 22 mm is more than 3/4" - it's 0.87" rather than 0.75". Old and > > new size copper pipes are different sizes and elbows/joints/t-pieces for > > imperial pipes will not fit metric pipes.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - I never had any problem using both
From: Now in San Diego on 28 Jul 2010 00:34
On Jul 27, 9:16 pm, Now in San Diego <midl...(a)earthlink.net> wrote: > On Jul 27, 1:41 am, tomcov <thomas.coven...(a)rocketmail.com> wrote: > > > > > On Jul 26, 10:46 pm, "Mortimer" <m...(a)privacy.net> wrote: > > > > "Nick Finnigan" <n...(a)genie.co.uk> wrote in message > > > >news:i2knnl$cpf$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > > > > > Mortimer wrote: > > > >> "alan.holmes" <alan.holme...(a)somewhere.net> wrote in message > > > >>news:owi3o.90995$xf1.26863(a)hurricane... > > > > >>> But you still buy plywood in 8 foot by 4 foot sheets! > > > > >> Is it still sold in 8' x 4' sheets? I presume at the very least the size > > > >> will be quoted in centimetres rather then inches to keep the EU happy, > > > >> and I wonder if the size may have been modified to be a round number of > > > >> centimetres. > > > > > B and Q may be 2400x1200 but proper builders' merchants sell 8x4 (the > > > > rear door on my car is not quite 4' diagonally). > > > > >> As a matter of interest, are old plumbing fittings (1/2", 3/4") still > >/either as the situation demanded. It ain't that hard! > > > >> available (or at least 1/2" to 15 mm and 3/4" to 22 mm > convertors) for > > > > > > > 1/2" is 15mm. > >n in metric and convert to english at the end > > No, if 1" is 25.4 mm, then 1/2" is 12.7 mm. 15 mm is a little over 1/2". > > > Likewise, 22 mm is more than 3/4" - it's 0.87" rather than 0.75". Old and > > > new size copper pipes are different sizes and elbows/joints/t-pieces for > > > imperial pipes will not fit metric pipes.- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text - > > I never had any problem using both- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - L hsed top design in Metric and convert to English at the end - then they got metric/english machines in the ashop and metric was fine. |