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I need, if anyone knows, the name of the websites that contain the measurement conversion tables ie inches to decimal inches and back, mm to inches etc. Why we didn't adopt and use the metrick system I will never be able to understand.
Thank you,
Bob Johnson

1/64" = .015625
1/32" = .03125
1/16" = .0625
3/32" = .09375
etc....
If you have Microsoft Excel, you can do all these conversions...

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Thanks very much
Bob

Thank you
Bob

Bob, do you have a 6" rule in 32nds and 64ths? My small, cheap 6" from Home Depot has the conversions right on the back of it.

Since I'm a canuck, I don't feel to bad by telling you it's "metric" not "metrick" Rod True38383.0765162037

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[QUOTE=bob J.] Why we didn't adopt and use the metrick system I will never be able to understand.
[/QUOTE] The answer is simple. We tried to convedrt in the '70s but the '70s was also a time of hyper inflation. So, when a business, such as a gas station, switched from gallons to liters they also raised the price. I was living in California at the time and I took a pocket calculator with me around town and compared prices. The metric stations were almost 10% higher. People don't like being riped off and they aren't as stupid as retailers think.

People like to use round numbers as well. Converting from one measurement system to another allows them to pick the units that are to their advantage. The cumulative effedt is that the metric units were always more expensive than the english units. In the US we don't have price controls for anything so there is no legislation that prohibits business from raising prices when they switch units.

The true reason why in the 70's that the metric system conversion push failed was that the cost of converting manufacturings jigs, fixtures and calibrated tooling would have been exorbitant with no real gain in accuracy. It is true that some retailers tried to gouge the public in some areas. but that was not the reason the switch over was dropped. It just would have cost too much too quickly for manufacturing to justify. Instead manufacturing choose to keep The ASA system and adopt standard sizing configurations that would conform with metric equivalents. a good example of this is the auto industry. they still use ASA tooling and calibrated tools but they size components to match a metric equivalents. This allows us to use matching components that are metric with out forcing us to change all of the tooling that we have invested in.MichaelP38392.453912037

metric conversion site

http://www.sciencemadesimple.com/conversions.html

You can also do conversions using Google. Just type what you want to concert in the search panel, for exapmle: ".5 inches to millimeters", and it will give you the answer.