Thread: Razors are measured in eights...

Yes, I feel metric is the best, and easiest way to measure. I have some machinist and carpenter friends who abhor it. As I build things, I prefer the millimeters and centimeters. Fractions are more difficult for me to figure, since I don't use them regularly.

The only thing that makes logical sense is binary - it's the most minimalistic and doubling and halving is as simple as it gets.
That's why measuring razors in 8ths makes a lot of sense regardless of the base unit. My favorite razor size is 2cm, so I'd rather the base unit be cm instead of inch.

As far as time goes, Swatch tried to push a 10-base system in the late 90s as part of a marketing campaign. They divided the day into 1000 parts each called 'beat', though it hasn't really caught up. http://www.swatch.com/zz_en/internettime/

Originally Posted by sharptonn

Yes, I feel metric is the best, and easiest way to measure. I have some machinist and carpenter friends who abhor it. As I build things, I prefer the millimeters and centimeters. Fractions are more difficult for me to figure, since I don't use them regularly.

About 0.60% of our clients now order textiles from us in metric and rest order in SAE. I do a lot of crazy conversions on fabric, like grams/sq meter to ounces/sq yard and the like. Some want to know fabric break strength in pounds per inch, others want newtons per centimeter... nuts. My own shop manager can't work anything from metric. I need to convert all euro-orders into SAE.

Bright spot? -40C and -40F are the same thing.

Regardless, I still think of all my razors in 16ths.

Originally Posted by MisterMoo

Also, why do we not have metric time? 100-seconds per minute, 100-minutes per hours and 10-hours per day. This has bothered me for years.

hopefully this may help...

Originally Posted by gugi

The only thing that makes logical sense is binary - it's the most minimalistic and doubling and halving is as simple as it gets.

but of course...

There are some glitches when you do convert to metric Gimli Glider 30 years later | Interlake Group . Nothing like landing a Boeing 767 on an abandoned runway with the fuel tank lower than empty.

The cure for the metric/SAE conflict is the use of adjustable wrenches, just ask any millwright.

Bob

Doesn't much matter either way to me, I lucked out as an American kid growing up all over Europe my brain is ambimetric

Except speed as measured when driving, that just doesn't compute so well for some reason for me..

Originally Posted by Birnando

To answer the question the video asks in the title; Yes, very much so.
The world is moving towards metric more and more every day.
It's gonna take a wee bit longer to get those thick-sculled Americans on board, but on board they will come.
Might as well just take the jump straight away....

I have an American made car with all metric fasteners and a European made car with all imperial fasteners...

Originally Posted by Splashone

I have an American made car with all metric fasteners and a European made car with all imperial fasteners...

There is nothing worse then working on anything mechanical that was made/assembled in two different countries, one using Metric and one using SAE, or having aftermarket parts that have different sizes

Another fun exercise is converting temperatures from C to F.