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@thefabricator03
I couldn't reply until I stopped lauging, not a good look for the dinosuar measurement system.


@snowgoer540
Hopefully this one will do it...

thefabricator03 wrote:

tommylight wrote: It also had a nice showcase with 3 of the machinist that work for American Chopper, they spent 13 minutes trying to figure out how much should a pipe be cut based on the measurements of the space it has to fit and the length it actually is, they did not figure out, they gave up and just did it by eyeballing it.

I watched that for the first time back in 2004,

Believe it or not but that show heavily influenced my decision to start a welding/fabrication apprenticeship back in 2006. I love making things. But only using metric units lol

bahahahaha. I mean I watched OCC and Monster Garage etc as well... but I certainly wouldnt use them as the poster children for "how do I read a tape measure" much less the imperial system. Good for a laugh though... I kind of miss those two arguing.

tommylight wrote: transformers every 100 to 200 meters

The conversion to imperial units is still roughly somewhere between an inch and the moon... which we landed on

In all seriousness, I agree with you all. It's just the way it is here, and there isn't much I can do but be assimilated... resistance is futile.

snowgoer540 wrote: The conversion to imperial units is still roughly somewhere between an inch and the moon... which we landed on

In all seriousness, I agree with you all. It's just the way it is here, and there isn't much I can do but be assimilated... resistance is futile.

It does beg the question though. Why?

I was brought up with imperial units and the changover when I was 20 was relatively painless and metric is really easy.

I think someone with a bit of power over there needs to grow a pair and just do it.

phillc54 wrote: @thefabricator03
I couldn't reply until I stopped lauging, not a good look for the dinosuar measurement system.


@snowgoer540
Hopefully this one will do it...

Ok, back to business.

Basically everything looks great, and works exactly like I would expect. Only thing I noticed: I had a fault (0-22-0) because I didn't have the shop air valve open, and after I opened it and the fault cleared on the PM Panel, it never went away on the powermax communicator interface. I think they cleared in the past, but this time no luck.

One other thing, I wanted to check the metric units (bars ... evidently not a place to get a beer), and I cant remember for the life of me how to do that. I cant find it in the manual, and the serial protocol manual seems to be in PSI. Am I missing something, or are you going to have to display for the metric folks via a conversion?

Otherwise, great work as always, and I owe you a pint!

-Greg

phillc54 wrote:

snowgoer540 wrote: The conversion to imperial units is still roughly somewhere between an inch and the moon... which we landed on

In all seriousness, I agree with you all. It's just the way it is here, and there isn't much I can do but be assimilated... resistance is futile.

It does beg the question though. Why?

I was brought up with imperial units and the changover when I was 20 was relatively painless and metric is really easy.

I think someone with a bit of power over there needs to grow a pair and just do it.

For me personally, I would just have to go back and forth so much, that it seems useless other than to just use the standard 25.4. Also, consider that metric tooling is generally more expensive here, because there is less of it, and it is less sought after. If I talk to the CNC machinists at work in mm/min instead of ipm, they wont take me seriously.

I could change over in my little shop, where I do mostly work for myself, but even if I did change over, Most customers I took on would look at me cross eyed, and probably avoid me because I asked them if they want a 25.4mm hole instead of saying 1 inch. It's like a social faux pas.

I do completely agree it's easier, especially the tap example @rodw gave earlier (which I knew, but forgot because I rarely use it).

I guess overall, Americans can be stubborn. Maybe its a dumb point of pride to know the imperial system, and resist the metric system. People fear what they don't understand. The list goes on and on I guess.