dumb question

[billb]

seems a dumb question and should be obvious but todays office topic here is what are the bits of an inch called - ie like milimetres for a centimetre - cant find the answer anywhere!

[wd*]

inchettes?

[srebbe64]

half, quarter, eighths, sixteenths, thirty seconds.

And yes, it is a dumb question

[Jinx]

Yep they're called 32ths of an inch; 1/32 inches

[eccles]

it all depends what increments is split up into.
16th of an inch is quite popular, but you can have 10ths, 1/8ths, 32nds.

we use 16ths and tenths mostly in work.

[B17NNS]

srebbe64 said:

quarter, eighths

[motco]

thou or 'tenths' (of thou). Think the Yanks have a weird sub-multiple but then that's over there

[Corpulent Tosser]

In engineering terms we generally refer to the 'thou' they are very small, i don't know how many in an inch but there must be millions of them

[alfaman]

In production/engineering it used to be "thou" , short for "thousandths" ..... my old feeler gauges are in "thou".


edit : 40 "thou" is about 1 millimetre

>> Edited by alfaman on Friday 10th February 11:28

[billb]

srebbe64 said:

half, quarter, eighths, sixteenths, thirty seconds. And yes, it is a dumb question

ah good point - yes its friday brain not here! having said that is there no actual name for the bits a search on google says they used to be called lines are they still?

[JoolzB]

There isn't a name for the little blighters.

[whatever]

I notice that this thread has got a "O/T" icon against it...

What, exactly, does a thread have to be about to get "O/T" in TP&P?

Hang on - it's motor related, that's why it's O/T here!

[billb]

well there should be


in ye days of old:

"The basic English unit of length was the yard of three feet, or the fathom of six. Each English foot was divided into 12 inches, and each inch into 3 barleycorns or 12 lines."

[chassis 33]

JoolzB said:

There isn't a name for the little blighters.

Yes there is...FRACTIONS...

Fractions of an inch...

Regards
Iain

[motco]

chassis 33 said:

JoolzB said: There isn't a name for the little blighters. Yes there is...FRACTIONS... Fractions of an inch... Regards Iain

There's no need to be fractious!

[JoolzB]

chassis 33 said:

JoolzB said: There isn't a name for the little blighters. Yes there is...FRACTIONS... Fractions of an inch... Regards Iain

Eh? That's fraction of an inch?

[Parrot of Doom]

They're called 'fractions'. Interestingly fractions are often more accurate measurements than decimal.

[hugoagogo]

Parrot of Doom said:

They're called 'fractions'. Interestingly fractions are often more accurate measurements than decimal.

hows that work then?

[xiphias]

GET METRIC! Bloody useless units inches are..

[MilnerR]

Parrot of Doom said:

They're called 'fractions'. Interestingly fractions are often more accurate measurements than decimal.

How?