[quote=Edchris177]Don’t even bother trying to convert units of measurement. Many brand name tape measures have both scales, & a good metal meter stick is not expensive. It will be way easier to simply mark out 25mm instead converting that to just slightly less than an inch.
Remember, it really doesn’t matter what the units are, as long as you have a measuring device marked in those units. If plans say, cut a piece 3 gronks long, you simply mark out 3 gronks, using your gronk measure stick, & cut.
Even worse, simple conversions can be done in decimal format, but you can’t find those markings on any device, you have to go to 8ths, 16ths, etc.
Once you use metric, you will appreciate how logical it is, the entire system is decimal, it counts in units of 10, & can be taught to any grade fiver in a few minutes. A millimeter is small, 10 of them is a centimetre, multiply by 10 again, you have a meter. We all know “cent” equals 100, milli equals a thousand, & the terminology is the same for all units of measurement.
A millilitre is 1/1000 of a litre, That same milli litre of water weighs 1 gram, one litre of water, (1000 millilitres), weighs 1 kilogram. A thousand of those kg equals 1 tonne. Easy peasy[/quote]
