Unfortunately, one has to be cautious of common "technical slang" in an international community. Yes, common in US machinist's talk is for a 'mil' to equal 0.001 inch. I am not certain of the origin and even though I looked it up at Wikipedia, I still don't have any answer to why 'thou' is equal to 'mil' (even though I use and understand that unit myself).
73, Don W3FPR On 1/3/2012 12:05 AM, Matt Maguire wrote: > Here a "mil" is ovbiously not referring to a millimetre, otherwise the LEDs > are sticking up 5cm! So, I did a google search, and discovered that in the > Imperial measurement system, it can also refer to one thousandth of an inch > (0.0254mm). > > That means 50 mils = 1.27mm, which makes much more sense. You learn something > every day :-) > > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
