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formula for deck stairs
Hi,
can anyone give me a formula to do deck/patio stairs in metric. Cheers Pat |
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On Sat, 4 Dec 2004 21:17:25 +1100, "Pat"
calmly ranted: Hi, can anyone give me a formula to do deck/patio stairs in metric. 25.4mm = 1" Nexxxxxxxxxxxxxxt! ----------------------------------------------------------------------- A PSYCHOLOGIST looks at everyone -else- || http://www.diversify.com when an attractive woman enters the room. || Full Website Programming |
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"Larry Jaques" wrote in message ... On Sat, 4 Dec 2004 21:17:25 +1100, "Pat" calmly ranted: Hi, can anyone give me a formula to do deck/patio stairs in metric. 25.4mm = 1" Nexxxxxxxxxxxxxxt! 3.28084 feet per meter? When I was 15, dad was a partner with another contractor on a dam in Oklahoma. It was also the first federal job that President Reagan had decided to make a metric job to get everyone used to the forthcoming transition g. Guess what my job was my first summer there. Converting the metric measurements on the plans into standard so dad didn't have to think so much! That is a number I will never forget. Fortunately the next summer I got to go out in the field and bust my butt in the sweltering heat. SH - the "I've done my time" woodworker |
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Slowhand wrote: 3.28084 feet per meter? When I was 15, dad was a partner with another contractor on a dam in Oklahoma. It was also the first federal job that President Reagan had decided to make a metric job to get everyone used to the forthcoming transition g. Hummm, still in the dark ages then ;-) And American companies wonder why selling high tech gear to the rest of the world is so hard.... Niel. Below is from my alter self: http://www.ihs.com/engineering/ihs-i.../200108/3.html "GO METRICS - Not Adopting is Lliving in the Past from Niel J.P.Fagan, Lab. and Process Superintendent, England John P. Schweisthal hit that nail squarely on the head, but in England we have it even worse with Metric, English Imperial and american english to contend with. We buy units from Asia and its metric, from Europe metric again, from USA a horrible mixture some (few) metric but mainly weird sizes that make little sense like #8/32 threads. Yes we still have some older kit with BSF/BSW, but atleast they make some sense and you can still get most sizes of nuts and bolts off the shelf, unlike most US threads. Yes we English have gone metric, for MOST things, and its much much easier to build systems as a result, we still retain BSP (our imperial pipe thread standard) which has been adopted by most of the rest of the world and it now has an ISO designation too. We understand that the USA likes to do things differently, BUT using non-standard thread systems and the measurement systems that go with them (or is that the other way round) is just living in the past, as with most industries here its modernize or die, or atleast get stuck in an unfavourable trading position time-warp. I was trained when inches were king, moved through the transition, and apart from historic equipment (and vehicles, a 1950's Land- Rover being my preferred mode of transport, for ecological reasons as much as anything else) most everything is now metric, and fits first time without wasteful and sometime dangerous adaptors made by unskilled workers "just to make it fit", re-building is an off the shelf prospect with standard parts and no problems with odd threads etc. Move on, don't live in the past, the future is out there, grasp it with both hands, sure it'll hurt for a while, but change always does, and go for it, the old'uns will complain, but working in metric is easier, base 10 calc is quicker, and in 15-20 years you may have even have caught-up with the rest of the world!" |
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On Sat, 4 Dec 2004 21:17:25 +1100, "Pat"
vaguely proposed a theory .......and in reply I say!: remove ns from my header address to reply via email Or you could look at a few and measure up one that feels good. Hi, can anyone give me a formula to do deck/patio stairs in metric. Cheers Pat |
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