Fitting a Digital Readout to my Sieg SX1LP Mini Mill
- Thread starter Rob Pulham
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adrian
Flying Squad
As I said each to their own
Even easier using QCAD where you can just type out the "equation" as fractions of an inch when you enter a dimension so to use your example this will work in QCAD type 1' 2 1/2" * 7/12
I'm not sure why you're making it so complicated.
Even easier using QCAD where you can just type out the "equation" as fractions of an inch when you enter a dimension so to use your example this will work in QCAD type 1' 2 1/2" * 7/12Again it's simply what you are use to, I see that and think it's 1/64 less than 24/64, 24 is divisible by 8 so if you had to mark out 23/64" it is quite simply 1/64 less than 3/8" and my ruler has a graduation line for that, whereas the metric rule doesn't have a graduation mark for 9.128 mm. It's just very useful to be able to switch from one to the other as the situation dictates.
simond
Western Thunderer
Yes, can do similar in SW, though I’ve not tried typing feet and inches.As I said each to their own
I'm not sure why you're making it so complicated.
Again it's simply what you are use to, I see that and think it's 1/64 less than 24/64, 24 is divisible by 8 so if you had to mark out 23/64" it is quite simply 1/64 less than 3/8" and my ruler has a graduation line for that, whereas the metric rule doesn't have a graduation mark for 9.128 mm. It's just very useful to be able to switch from one to the other as the situation dictates.
I just have the number in my head and it’s a way of working that’s easy for me.
and yes, I’m old enough to remember furlongs and fathoms, poles and pecks. And I still avoid them!