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General Category => Pattern Requests. => Topic started by: bteeters on October 18, 2010, 09:35:26 pm

Title: METRIC HELP
Post by: bteeters on October 18, 2010, 09:35:26 pm

i have a pattern for a rocking horse that is in metric.  Anyone have and Ideal how i can covert it.?

Title: Re: METRIC HELP
Post by: dgman on October 18, 2010, 09:45:12 pm

Hey bteeters, try this..http://translatorbar.com/unitconverter.php?utm_source=adwords&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=metric%20chart&utm_campaign=2001_Metric_system

Title: Re: METRIC HELP
Post by: GrayBeard on October 18, 2010, 11:04:57 pm

That's a good one and there are lots more...just Google...

'conversion, metric, English'

~~~GB~~~

Title: Re: METRIC HELP
Post by: jimbo on October 19, 2010, 02:26:39 am

Buy a metric ruler
Jimbo

Title: Re: METRIC HELP
Post by: boxmaker on October 19, 2010, 08:01:29 pm

bteeters, I had a box pattern once that was metric, I built it with the metric measurements. It kinda feels awkward at first because we are used to inches and feet, but It actually wasn't that hard to do, like Jimbo said buy a metric ruler or look at the numbers on the other side of your measuring tape, they may be metric. Or you could always use the converters as mentioned.

                                                               Mark

Title: Re: METRIC HELP
Post by: jimbo on October 20, 2010, 02:31:16 am

As I say buy a metric ruler it used to be linial in NZ and the politics changed it now we have to measure up in both, [for us oldies that is]
Jimbo

Title: Re: METRIC HELP
Post by: Dawie on October 20, 2010, 04:09:20 am

Living in a country where we only use metric I have the opposite problem, but I have found that it is easier to work with the given measurements than to try and work with the convertions. Especially metric to inches can come up with some very odd numbers. I have a tape measure with both on it and that helps a lot.
David

Title: Re: METRIC HELP
Post by: sciesaw on October 20, 2010, 07:46:58 am

I have found that a converter is not always a 100% exact calculation.
So if you are making something where a precision fit is critical I would suggest staying with the metric measurements.

Just my 2 cents

Brian

Title: Re: METRIC HELP
Post by: julief on October 20, 2010, 08:15:26 am

I agree, it is easier to use the measurements given in the plans.  Many tape measures and rulers are both standard and metric.  It's one less thing to think about while your making something.

Title: Re: METRIC HELP
Post by: bteeters on October 21, 2010, 07:45:00 pm

Thanks for all the response