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Measiring 4.5 millimeters question
generalzod
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Posted: Monday, September 16, 2002 - 03:42 AM UTC
On this DML Grille ausf H I have,there is a section on the hull where the directions state to cut off a 4.5 miilimeter section How does one measure a half a millimeter? I've never seen a millimeter ruler that has half sectons on it
Chad
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Posted: Monday, September 16, 2002 - 03:47 AM UTC
As luck would have it, 4.5 mm is almost exactly 3/16 inch.
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Posted: Monday, September 16, 2002 - 04:24 AM UTC
Thanks Al
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Posted: Monday, September 16, 2002 - 06:42 AM UTC
To answer your first question, Chad, I just eyeball it when it comes down to half a millimeter. It's so small, even if you had a ruler with .5mm increments, you probably wouldn't get it exact anyway.

Nic
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Posted: Monday, September 16, 2002 - 09:06 AM UTC
But you gotta try aint that what AMS is all about :-)

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