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Post by mohs on Apr 2, 2023 13:03:20 GMT -5
Don't get me started on a system of measurement with a base that divides by 3 vs one that doesn't, 5 is a mostly worthless prime number when it comes to geometry. 3 is the golden number. However, when it comes to engineering without troublesome repeating decimals, sexagesimal base 60 that the Babylonians used is arguably the best system, with the French re-invention of base 10 being the laziest and most worthless, even the assumptions they used to compute their base for volume and weight turned out to be in error, yet it remains, along with their history of the guillotines for those who objected. So yeah, freedom... But that argument doesn't belong here. Since our slabs are a mix of for us and stuff to sell, we have a variety of thicknesses, but mostly around 1/4 inch. In the FranTom 18 saw that is 7 turns, the FranTom 14 is 6 turns, Mojave/Royal style 10" is either 4 or 5 depending on what side of 1/4 we want. Now keep all that straight when slabbing plus whatever else I'm preoccupied with... Whenever I get the 16" HP going it will probably be 5 turns, if I recall. For my intarsia and doublet/triplets or quartz caps I go as thin as .080" to 1/8" We don't need no stinking mathematicians! Chop
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