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Recipe for disaster
By scoraigwind, Section Wind Posted on Sun Mar 08, 2009 at 09:07:30 AM MST
corrections to blade thickness specifications

OOps I have just found out that there is some bad data in my Inches recipe book. On page 18 the blade thicknesses are not all correct. I can maybe hope that they will arouse suspicion but anyway I have only just heard from someone about them. I have put corrected figures on my update web page and recommend everyone check this web page from time to time if they are using my recipe books. This is the worst error by far that has come to light and I am very sorry. All I can do is spread the word far and wide. I am contacting everyone who bought the books direct from me.
web page http://www.scoraigwind.com/axialplans/recipe%20update/index.htm
Sorry again for the incompetence. I don't actually like working in fractions of inches that much.
Hugh Piggott

Recipe for disaster | 3 comments (3 topical)

Re: Recipe for disaster (3.00 / 0) (#1)
by Warrior on Tue Mar 10, 2009 at 05:40:11 PM MST

Hi Hugh,

Hey, I'm american and I hate inches! You need fractions, numbers, letters and thousands or decimals just to size a drill bit, tap or wrench.

All my calipers, micrometers, lathe, wrenches and all tools I own are in inches and I've gotten really used to them, but now I live in a country where they use the metric system. I often find myself converting from mm to inches & vise versa. Like for holes and nuts I think in inches. But for length it's easier in meters or millimeters. Actually I can use both systems just as easily but IMHO the metric system is better.

Do they still use inches in the UK?

Warrior__ "Why can't Murphy's Law be used to my advantage??"

Re: Recipe for disaster (3.00 / 0) (#2)
by Flux on Fri Mar 13, 2009 at 02:04:12 AM MST

The UK went metric years ago. I was brought up in the Imperial era and still think in terms of feet and inches for many things but I really can't see much need for fractions.

I often work in decimal inch which seems as easy as metric. I agree that metric is easier for most things but units of pressure such as the Pascall are just too silly to see why they were adopted. I can't manage 10 to the minus umpteen.

Flux

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Re: Recipe for disaster (3.00 / 0) (#3)
by bsafe on Sat Mar 14, 2009 at 11:23:20 PM MST

I noticed you have the magnet size in metric in the inches (barbarian) version. I was trying to find the thickness of the individual layers of the magnet ( rotor) molds. Am I correct that the base and lid are 3/4 inches and the suround or middle layer is 1/2 inch plywood? Thank you for such a great book.

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