If we could just have a thread that is finer than a human hair and stronger than a steel cable.... I think the threads we now have available are excellent. Fingers (sense of touch) are a great way to measure. You can feel the difference in thickness between one and two pieces of cigarette paper. Probably even finer. Pretty amazing.
On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 4:07 AM, Thomas R. Eckert <royalcoach...@bluewin.ch>wrote: > I "Mensuren" with my Fingers, for my tying purposes it is precise enough. > > Thomas > (Von Unterwegs gesendet) > > > Am 24.02.2014 um 02:24 schrieb "wayneb22...@yahoo.com" < > wayneb22...@yahoo.com>: > > There's probably some way to optically measure it, like comparing known > line widths with a low power microscope or something. > > Hmm, has me thinking. > > Wayneb > > Sent from Yahoo Mail on > Android<https://overview.mail.yahoo.com/mobile/?.src=Android> > > ------------------------------ > * From: * Allan Fish <afi...@sbcglobal.net>; > * To: * vfb-mail@googlegroups.com <vfb-mail@googlegroups.com>; > * Cc: * vfb-mail@googlegroups.com <vfb-mail@googlegroups.com>; > * Subject: * Re: [VFB] RE: thread diameters > * Sent: * Mon, Feb 24, 2014 12:53:07 AM > > Wayne, understood. But measuring OD on crushable material is > difficult. Try it yourself. How many measurements do you average? Is the > uniformity sufficient that measurements at a given point agree with > measurements a yard away or 5 yards away or...... > > Maybe you should come up with a new standard for thread measurements - BH > Units. > > Get out yr old micrometer and go for it. > > Al > > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" > group. > > To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en > > VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VFB Mail" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to vfb-mail+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" > group. > > To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en > > VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VFB Mail" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to vfb-mail+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" > group. > > To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en > > VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VFB Mail" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to vfb-mail+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VFB Mail" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vfb-mail+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
