Converting inches to meters or vice versa check this website

[Gabby]

http://www.onlineconversion.com/

Hope you find this useful. If someone has better links feel free to add them here for others to use.
Gabby

[tux_linux]

is it this hard?

1 inch = 2.54cm
1 feet = one dozen inch = 12 x 2.54cm = 30.48cm
1 yard = 3 feet = 3 x 12 x 2.54cm = 91.44cm

And in general you should get to metric values as fast as you can. It's so much simpler.

But I think there was a initiative in the 1860's which didn't get through - nobody knows why: Metrication in the US @ wikipedia
But even the NASA can't get it right: clickedy @ NASA-Watch

regards
Torsten

[Marcellarius]

the second problem is the thickness of the wood.

in Holland we have the plywood thickness: 3.6, 5.5, 9, 12, 15, 18, 22, 25
and MDF: 6, 8, 10, 12, 16, 18, 22, 25, 28

The most common sizes of plywood sold in the United States are 3/4", 1/2" and 1/4".
However, that's not exactly correct.
A 3/4" sheet of plywood is really 23/32" (and is now typically labeled as such).
Similarly, 1/2" should be correctly labeled as 15/32" and 1/4" labeled as 7/32".

inch	*/32	mm
1/1 =	25,40 =	25.40
3/4 =	18,25 =	19,05
1/2 =	11,90 =	12.70
1/4 =	5,50 =	6.35

so quit a challenge to convert a pattern were you put pieces together.

[Russ C]

Here is a chart you can use. Also while you are there, check out the rest of the site. Allot of good information. 

Millimeter-Fraction-Inch Chart

[Gabby]

Dog gone! I was just trying to make it easier for us "older" folks that grew up on "Imperial" measurements, and don't know or really give a darn about metric, but need to convert all that gobbledygook (spell check even recognised that as a word) to something we can understand and measure with the tools from the hardware store that still come in feet and inches, here in the USA.
Gabby

[Merlin]

Don't worry Gabby, we in NZ converted to metric and yes I do believe it is easier.
But I never convert between the two, If a pattern or plan is in metric I cut/make it in metric and if in imperial I make/cut it in imperial.

A couple of years back (more than I care to remember) I done the convert thin g and balls up completely, never again.
Stick with one or the other.

***Merlin***

[julief]

I'm with Merlin.  I use whatever the pattern was created in.  It is much easier to use measuring tools that are in metric that to convert every measurement into metric.

[Dawie]

Don't worry Gabby, we in NZ converted to metric and yes I do believe it is easier.
But I never convert between the two, If a pattern or plan is in metric I cut/make it in metric and if in imperial I make/cut it in imperial.

A couple of years back (more than I care to remember) I done the convert thin g and balls up completely, never again.
Stick with one or the other.

***Merlin***

Totally with you on this one Merlin only once did the conversion thingy and made a total mess of things. Have a nice tape measure with both measurements, so just the thickness is not the same as Marcel stated but that's normally not a big problem to overcome.
David

[ChuckD]

I watch a little TV mostly educational  but a lot of them refer to KM which I think is 7/10's of a mile.  Is that correct?

[UHMNL]

I have a ruler what has on one side mm and the other side inches.
A scoll saw blade is 130 mm or 13 cm. Here in the US they call it 5 inches that is incorrect
it is. 5 by 1/8  inch. All Baltic Birch comes in meters or cm.The kids in school would learn a lot faster when using mm.
FD Mike

[Gabby]

I watch a little TV mostly educational  but a lot of them refer to KM which I think is 7/10's of a mile.  Is that correct?

Here is whar the conversion table showed!
1 kilometer = 0.621 371 192 24 mile
Gabby

[Crabbyboater]

Mike, you're right about kids learning faster if we used the metric system here, as it is much simpler once you understand it.  I studied radio and electronics for a few years and almost all of it was using the metric system, powers of 10, etc.  The problem is getting people to learn a new system.  That's why the conversion effort here failed in the '70's.  Our minds immediately try to convert back to gallons, feet, inches, etc., making the process more complex.  It's a bit like trying to teach an old dog new tricks..lol.

[UHMNL]

People would scream if gas stations put up the price in liters.
FD Mike

[Marcellarius]

People would scream if gas stations put up the price in liters.
FD Mike

AAAAGGHHHHH, I scream because I look at the gas price in liters  

1 gallon = 3,78 Liter // 1 euro = $ 1,37 so:

1 Liter gas95= ? 1,68 * 3,78= ? 6,35 = $ 8,77 p/gallon !
1 liter Super plus= ? 1,75 * 3,78= ? 6,61 = $ 9,06 p/gallon !
1 liter diesel= ? 1,39 * 3,78= ?5,25 = $ 7,20 p/gallon !

[Gabby]

My take on all the controversy is it's a matter of what you grew up with, much as language. We all know about different cultures being unable to make certain sounds. I personally can envision what an inch or a foot or fractions of them looks like with pretty close results. However I can't visualize metric measurements. I still have to pull out my tapemeasure  which has both scales in order to see what is being described.
It's a PITA=pain in the posterior, 
for me!
Gabby