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#1 2008-01-23 22:03:08
- Golgofrinchian
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PVC Shakuhachi standard measurments?
Using the guide pinned above I went shopping for PVC at the local Home Depot hardware store. In the US they dont have metric measurements. I bought a 3/4" drill bit which is 9.53mm ( I was going for 10mm). The PVC for sale only comes in 1/2", 3/4", 1", and 1 1/4". Which size coordinates with the 20mm that is in the recipe?
Thanks,
Joe
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#2 2008-01-23 23:40:33
- edosan
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Re: PVC Shakuhachi standard measurments?
Golgofrinchian wrote:
Using the guide pinned above I went shopping for PVC at the local Home Depot hardware store. In the US they dont have metric measurements. I bought a 3/4" drill bit which is 9.53mm ( I was going for 10mm). The PVC for sale only comes in 1/2", 3/4", 1", and 1 1/4". Which size coordinates with the 20mm that is in the recipe?
Joe. I hope you meant (and purchased) 3/8 inch and not 3/4 inch for the 10mm.
For the record: 20 millimeter = 0.787 inch (3/4" = .750)
10 millimeter = 0.393 inch (3/8" = .375)
Here's a link to a conversion page: http://www.onlineconversion.com/length_common.htm
Heaps of these may be found by Googling "conversion: inches to metric" or "length conversion" or similar.
Google is our friend (mostly...)
eB
Last edited by edosan (2008-01-23 23:41:04)
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#3 2008-01-24 07:34:53
- Golgofrinchian
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Re: PVC Shakuhachi standard measurments?
Whew...
Yes, I bought the 3/8 drill bit and the 3/4 pipe. Thanks for the conversion, I wish I had google while I was at the store 
. I was beginning to wonder if I was going to have to specially order the pvc. I'm not all that great at math. I am more of a graphic artist. I might not have figured it out anyway.
Thanks for the reply,
Joe
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#4 2008-01-25 16:02:54
- udo.jeromin
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Re: PVC Shakuhachi standard measurments?
edosan wrote:
Heaps of these may be found by Googling "conversion: inches to metric" or "length conversion" or similar. Google is our friend (mostly...)
It gets even better: on google enter "20 mm in in" and you'll get the result.
Works with all sorts of units: try "3/4 in in mm", "100 usd in gbp", ...
Cheers, udo.
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#5 2008-01-25 17:51:54
- edosan
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Re: PVC Shakuhachi standard measurments?
Brilliant (danged German engineers )!!
Just be sure to omit the quotation marks, or you'll get a million examples of the phrase within them.
eB
Zen is not easy.
It takes effort to attain nothingness.
And then what do you have?
Bupkes.
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