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I cannot find a conversion table for:

If something is 100 mils thick, how does that translate in inches?

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Chuck Billow

Chuck Billow

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See this unit of measure conversion program – Google Search.

Joe

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Edited by WyllyWylly to make link active. Thus spake the “gods of the forum.”

Joe:

duh… and I thought I had tried google http://www.digitaldutch.com/unitconverter/index.htm%5B/url%5D worked great…

BTW… Whenever I try to use the TagPanel in Firefox, the tabs/windows/pop-up blockers screws all around, and the panel hides from me… so I just entered the link… the panel (I) works fine in IE, but I haven’t yet gotten it to cooperate in Firefox….

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Chuck Billow

Chuck Billow

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Ya oughta ask yer questions in the correct forum, Chuck…

In MY Firefox, I don’t have any popups blocked nor do I have any extensions or add-ons for doing so. BUT, in my Tools, Options, Advanced window there are two places where I’ve told FF to open a new TAB (see attachment). When I’m composing a post and click the TagPanel link it opens a new tab. Anything I select in there is added to the text field of the “composing” tab. Works OK for me.

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Al:

Sorry bout that… you’re right.. I’ll try harder

The gods of the forum’ll probably move this, but… what version are you using? My screen looks different…

Chuck

Chuck Billow

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I’m still running 1.0.7 but I see your screen has the same content that I was highlighting, so go ahead and give it a try. Nah, after all this, I’m not gonna move the thread. It’s already been moved once, so we’ll just let it rest for now…

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Al:

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after all this, I’m not gonna move the thread
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A veritable Prince among Men!

Undoubtedly I have some extension that's causing an issue, 'cause I've got pretty much the same "check marks" as you do, but, as stated, I end up having to switch over to IE to get the TagPanel to behave.

I'll try to isolate the issue and let you know — (another thread / form perhaps?)

Chuck

Chuck Billow

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Al:

I found the extension — “Tabbrowser Extensions –.

I’ve set something in the tab handling… I’ll figger it out… thanks.

Chuck

Chuck Billow

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Al:

I found it:

It’s in the way you tell TBE “never use new windows” or “only when I say so” or “normally”…

Chuck

Chuck Billow

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Chuck

A few months ago Rudi posted this:

Conversion Functions

It may come in useful for the future

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Multiply mils by 1000 to get the measurement in inches.
Slim

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Slim:

TX

Chuck

Chuck Billow

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Chuck,
To be correct I should have said that a mil is one-one thousandth of an inch. i.e. 1 mil = .001 inches
Slim

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Slim:

‘Sokay… you were clear enough… even for me, and I hear rumors now and again about my being a bit obtuse… Don’t believe ’em.

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Chuck

Chuck Billow

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Edited by HansV to make URL clickable – it’s as easy as putting before and after it – see Help 19.
By the way, HTML ignores leading spaces and extra spaces between words.

Chuck,
This is a conversion program that will convert just about anything to what you want. Try it out.
http://www.megaconverter.com[/url%5D

Sorry this did not come out as a clickable link. Guess I do not know how to make a link clickable on this forum. But you can type the address in to reach the site.
Regards,
Slim

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Slim:

Thanks…

I’ll bookmark that one.

Chuck

Chuck Billow

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Hi Chuck

I find Convert to be a very useful litle program.
I’ve got it on most of the computers in our office and on both of our home computers.
Oh yeah…………it’s FREE.

Have a Great day!!!
Ken

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Ken:

Good Find…

Thanks,
Chuck

Chuck Billow

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Ken/et al:

I downloaded “Convert”… it says that 1 mill equals .0015 inches… a fair variance from 1/1000 of an inch…

Now, my (sometimes working) good sense tells me that mils are probably metric. So, if so, it’s 1/1000 of what?

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Chuck

Chuck Billow

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A mil is not the same as a mill, Chuck.

A mil is a unit of length equal to one thousandth (10-3) of an inch (0.0254 millimeter). It may also represent a milliliter; one cubic centimeter or a unit of angular measurement used in artillery .
A mill is an abstract unit of currency.

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Thanks Charlotte…

I guess I half-expected it to be a metric animal…

Chuck

Chuck Billow

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Here in Oz when a builder or engineer describes something as ‘100 mils’, they are talking about millimetres (aka mm or millimeters). This can also be thought of as 10cm (aka centimeters or centimetres). There is approx 25.4mm in one inch so depending on your need for accuracy I would convert it as:
100 mm = 4 inches

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At least someone else out there that could take it to mean different things…

Chuck

Chuck Billow

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Mils are also an angular measurement used in the military. 1mil is the angle subtended by 1 metre at a distance of 1 kilometre. There are approx. 6,400 mils in a circle.

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Steve:

That one got by me…. Tat means there are 17.78 mils per degree of a circle…

What’s it used for?

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Chuck

Chuck Billow

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Originally it was used for artillery spotting I believe, but now all military bearings and such-like are in mils. (At least in the British Army anyway)

This looks like a reasonable article on the subject. The use of the outstretched arm to measure mils is a useful trick.

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Steve:

OK, thanks for that mental stretch…

Chuck

Chuck Billow

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I just tried it here and it correctly gave 1 mil = 0.001 inch.

Have a Great day!!!
Ken

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Ken:

You’re right… don’t mind me, I’m just a bit obtuse it seems….

It is a handy app, ain’t it?

Thanks,
Chuck

Chuck Billow

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