On 2012-01-27, Wild_Bill wrote:

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When you say "mils" while talking about dimensions of parts, it's unclear
what sizes you're trying to describe.

Mils are common to film thicknesses.. heavy duty trash bags are 3 mils, or
coatings thicknesses/paint coatings etc.

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Mils are thousandths-of-an-inch, but 0.118" isn't expressed as 118 mils..
and 0.118" would be smaller than 1/8" in diameter.
Maybe you're referring to the diameter of the pins, but it's not really
clear.. 3mm is 0.1181").

Why not? The spacing of leads on the old DIP chip packages were
specified as 100 mils (0.100"). It all depends on the field. Some use
mils just as he has apparently used them.

Enjoy,
DoN.

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