View Single Post
  #16   Report Post  
Posted to rec.crafts.metalworking
Gunner Asch[_6_] Gunner Asch[_6_] is offline
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 10,399
Default brass vs bronze for making a punch

On 23 Apr 2016 23:40:48 GMT, "DoN. Nichols"
wrote:

On 2016-04-23, Gunner Asch wrote:
On Fri, 22 Apr 2016 16:27:05 +0000 (UTC), Cydrome Leader
wrote:

I indicated 3/8" barstock to "close enough" of about 3 mils in a 3 jaw,
centerdrilled and used a livecenter.


3 mils????


Common phrase in dimensioning electronics layouts and some other
fields. one "mil" is 0.001". (We are more likely to call it a "thou".
:-) Just depends on in which field you have worked in the past.

Enjoy,
DoN.


Ah! Never done electronic layouts. Thanks!

Gunner