rocketgeek101
Well-Known Member
Those are cool! I especially liked the angle one... Perfect for marking body tubes!:grin:
Honey, come watch this video, just saying, they are cool!!!!
I have the 6" angle rule from "General".I'm going to get the Angled Rule next.
I made it through the whole clip too, and while I confess I looked up the products, besides being cool, and perhaps having a purpose in my rudimentary wood working kit, what would you use this for in Rocketry?
Fins- ok, so maybe you would measure and layout a fin planform, but...don't you layout and cut one, and then use that as a template for the others? So, even if you're off by a 32nd of an inch, the error is neutralized?
Tubes - the right angle device would be useful for measuring tube length, but not for marking lines- those intermediate holes on the edge will scallop your line.
Centering Rings - would be GREAT for accurately marking CR diameters, but that's the easy part- the harder part is cutting.
Not trying to talk smack about the product, definitely is amazing, but I need to know more how you plan to use it so I can get on board!
I made it through the whole clip too, and while I confess I looked up the products, besides being cool, and perhaps having a purpose in my rudimentary wood working kit, what would you use this for in Rocketry?
Fins- ok, so maybe you would measure and layout a fin planform, but...don't you layout and cut one, and then use that as a template for the others? So, even if you're off by a 32nd of an inch, the error is neutralized?
Tubes - the right angle device would be useful for measuring tube length, but not for marking lines- those intermediate holes on the edge will scallop your line.
Centering Rings - would be GREAT for accurately marking CR diameters, but that's the easy part- the harder part is cutting.
Not trying to talk smack about the product, definitely is amazing, but I need to know more how you plan to use it so I can get on board!
I live with a dictator. I'm also the official food taster. My life is in her hands. She has three rules and they don't measure crap:Rulers are individuals that rule over a country or group of people.
Rules are measuring devices.
I live with a dictator. I'm also the official food taster. My life is in her hands. She has three rules and they don't measure crap:
1) No rockets in the master bedroom or bathroom(s)
2) No science experiments in the kitchen (any more...)
3) Rocket 'crap' is NOT on an Interior Designer's wish list
She made me write she is a wise and merciful dictator. Where's a ruler when you need one?
2) No science experiments in the kitchen (any more...)
2) No science experiments in the kitchen (any more...)
Rulers also lose their value when you start to need higher precision; "17/32 plus a little" is at the edge of usability. They work really well at the scale and precision of hand tools (length of the last thumb joint or width of a finger), but fall short for CNC work (thousandths of an inch or hundredths of a millimeter).That said, here's a different point of view for some perspective:
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