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Re: Aluminum 2x4 bricks
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lugnet.cad
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Fri, 5 Apr 2002 22:31:10 GMT
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In lugnet.cad, Franklin W. Cain writes:
> In lugnet.general, Bram Lambrecht writes:
> > Since the design I based the part on is based on 1/16" = 4 LDU...
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> Bram,
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> The metric I use is 1 LDU = 1/64". Here's how I derived it.
> The classic 2x4 brick is one and a quarter inches long (1.25")
> and is 80 LDU long. Thus, 80 LDU = 1.25" = 5/4". Dividing both
> sides by 80 gives 1 LDU = 5/320" = 1/64". Hope this helps!
Which is my round-about way of saying, "Your figures/calculations
look OK to me"... :-/ No idea why it isn't working for you. Sorry...
Franklin
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| (...) Someone, long ago, posted measurements they took which have a better basis for accuracy in my view. The memory is hazy but I think what they did was build a very long wall, ensured it was linear, and measured stud center to stud center across (...) (23 years ago, 5-Apr-02, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Aluminum 2x4 bricks
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| (...) Bram, The metric I use is 1 LDU = 1/64". Here's how I derived it. The classic 2x4 brick is one and a quarter inches long (1.25") and is 80 LDU long. Thus, 80 LDU = 1.25" = 5/4". Dividing both sides by 80 gives 1 LDU = 5/320" = 1/64". Hope this (...) (23 years ago, 5-Apr-02, to lugnet.cad)
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