Handy Conversion Chart
Thursday August 14, 2008
As a woodworker, you've probably done this a hundred times. You need to calculate the completed width of half a dozen boards of various widths when the boards are glued up. Or perhaps, you've got a set of plans that are dimensioned in decimal notation, but your tape measure only shows increments of 1/32". Maybe the plans are in metric, and you need to convert to inches (or vice versa).
What do you do? Let me guess. You find a scrap piece of stock and a pencil and start to scribble all over the poor board until you find a passable answer. (Not that I've ever done such a thing, mind you...)
Well, while it won't take away all of the calculations, perhaps our handy About Woodworking Fraction/Decimal/Metric Conversion Chart will help. This free downloadable chart can be printed and placed on a wall in your shop for quick access when you need to make a conversion between fractional, decimal and metric increments.
Download the chart for your shop today. It sure beats scribbling all over a piece of scrap wood.
What do you do? Let me guess. You find a scrap piece of stock and a pencil and start to scribble all over the poor board until you find a passable answer. (Not that I've ever done such a thing, mind you...)
Well, while it won't take away all of the calculations, perhaps our handy About Woodworking Fraction/Decimal/Metric Conversion Chart will help. This free downloadable chart can be printed and placed on a wall in your shop for quick access when you need to make a conversion between fractional, decimal and metric increments.
Download the chart for your shop today. It sure beats scribbling all over a piece of scrap wood.
Comments
I love these conversion charts. But, when I measure something with my electronic calipers, many times I get measurements like x/128.
What’s a quick way to convert this measurement to the fractional information on the charts?