Speedwagon8

From everything I've seen, you all use a dang mix of measurements. So what's up, what do you use?

ALi-B

iTrader: (1)

Measurement of what though?

Some stuff is imperial measurement....some stuff is metric....if it is metric, use the imperial measurement anyway

Speedwagon8

See, this is why I'm confused on what you use.

I've seen mentions(in various places) of MPH, but KM for distance. Bars for pressure, but hp for power.

AlanS

I guess you've just landed in the UK, right?

Shark Man

Ok,

We always use MPH and Miles

Psi on our tyres, Bar on our boost


Other stuff can be both (we are "supposed" to use metric under EU regulations, but nobody bothers )

Gallons(UK) and Litres

Kilograms and Pounds

Feet and Metres

I'm Not sure if that helps

Speedwagon8

Wow..
No, I haven't landed in the UK. I was just curious.

And why would you obide by EU regs anyways? Didn't Tony Blair tell them to go stuff it when they wanted you to ditch the pound? (smart move I think, too)

johnfelstead

no he didnt, he would ditch it in a second if he could get away with it.

harvey

iTrader: (48)

Engineering drawings can be in inches or in milimeters and clearances are still given in thou. ie thousandths of an inch.
It gets worse when you go to Southern Ireland. They have just changed to speed limits in KPH, most distances are in kilometers but older ones are still in miles and most of the car speedos are in MPH as are the audometers.

burgers22

Er..... pints?


Or halves for the ladies...............

GU5

What about tyres, a complete mixture of imperial and metric

speedking

3m of 2" by 1" please

Bartop

For large amounts we use a bucketful, heaps and shedloads and for smaller amounts a touch, tadge and smidgeon..

Brit_in_Japan

The UK is a strange hybrid of units right now. I first went to school in the '70's and was only ever taught in metric units, so why the hell are we still using obsolete units? Most of the engineering world uses metric and I am including the UK in that.

The only imperial unit I would keep is the pint of beer, the rest are anachronisms and should be done away with.

sjfozzy

Small,
Medium
Large
and
Liar!!

Barmyclown

Hears one for you. The toolkit for the kit I work on at the moment is solely metric, as all the nuts and bolts are metric on said piece of kit, apart from the bit of coax with a 9/16 inch spanner head.

ALi-B

iTrader: (1)

When working on Land rovers with a metric tool kit:

3/8" = 10mm
1/2" = 13mm
5/8" = 16mm
3/4" = 19mm and a big hammer

Kevin Groat

And when ordering pipe where else could you order 20 metres of 2 inch pipe?

Bubba po

The Foot is a good, useful measurement. It is flexible for everyday use and everyday arithmetic. The metric system is in base ten, with factors of 1, 2 and 5. The foot has factors of 1,2,3,4 and 6, and that means it is easily divisible by thirds, quarters, halfs, sixths and twelfths, unlike metric. I like the foot, me.

ALi-B

iTrader: (1)

I could never Fathom yards though

Bubba po

Then you're being DOUBLY awkward, Ali.

captain ted

So in answer to the origional question,

whatever we like at the time!

6 pot

PMSL

blueone

What about the Whitworth standard, I seem to remember my Dad mentioning something about an old motorbike of his using this system.