When is a Cue Considered Warped?

[boogieman]

metrology

It's a fun little beast.

I've been in a CMM job for about 6 or 7 years. We have no metrologist, i.e. we are the metrologist. The science of measuring is pretty fascinating. I try not to think about it much outside of my day job but it's burned into my head at this point. You have to dig into the theory to be 100% certain with your results. Make them bulletproof and able to stand up to any amount of scrutiny.

The difference between being curious about the theory and process behind measurement makes a huge difference in actually getting highly accurate measurements. Any guy can stick a "tape measure" on something but I'd rather trust the results from a guy who knows how to use one three different ways.

 

[DeeDeeCues]

It's a fun little beast.

I've been in a CMM job for about 6 or 7 years. We have no metrologist, i.e. we are the metrologist. The science of measuring is pretty fascinating. I try not to think about it much outside of my day job but it's burned into my head at this point. You have to dig into the theory to be 100% certain with your results. Make them bulletproof and able to stand up to any amount of scrutiny.

The difference between being curious about the theory and process behind measurement makes a huge difference in actually getting highly accurate measurements. Any guy can stick a "tape measure" on something but I'd rather trust the results from a guy who knows how to use one three different ways.

I spent a bunch of time at a company that owned over 20 laser tracker that measure true position to less than 0.005" over 230'. You'd better have curiosity just to know what happens over that distance in order to achieve the best results.

 

[7stud]

1.000 is one.
0.100 is one tenth.
0.010 is one one-hundredth
0.001 is one one-thousandth.

Ergo 15*0.001=0.015= fifteen thousandths.

Or, let's work backwards:

tenths....hundredths...thousandths
.0           1              5

.015 is made up of 5 thousandths and 1 hundredth. 1 hundredth is the same as 10 thousandths, giving you 10 thousandths plus 5 thousandths, which is equal to 15 thousandths. I think Tom1234 must think decimals work this way:

oneths....tenths...hundredths
.0           1         5

...which is pretty disturbing. I wonder if Tom1234 believes that 0.1 is a oneth or one? Then what is 1.0? Ten? For fuck's sake.