<DIV> If you asked around I think it would surprize you that most people don't know what a mil is. Thanks for all the info. Mike<BR><BR><B><I>JOddino <JOddino@socal.rr.com></I></B> wrote:
<BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">
<META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1276" name=GENERATOR>
<STYLE></STYLE>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Depends on who you are talking to. An artillery gunner would say a mil is a thousandth of a radian. I think at one time a tenth of a penny or a thousandth of a dollar was also called a mil. So the real answer is "a thousandth of something". </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Jim </FONT></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=mups1953@yahoo.com href="mailto:mups1953@yahoo.com">mike mueller</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=discussion@nsrca.org href="mailto:discussion@nsrca.org">discussion@nsrca.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, April 23, 2004 1:14 PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: How thick is a mil.?</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV> Now that I know I can't believe I didn't know. Mike<BR><BR><B><I><A href="mailto:edbon85@optonline.net">edbon85@optonline.net</A></I></B> wrote:
<BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">Half the thickness of 2 mil, couldn't resist : )<BR>1 mil is .001 inch, one thousand on an inch.<BR>Ed M.<BR><BR>----- Original Message -----<BR>From: mike mueller <MUPS1953@YAHOO.COM><BR>Date: Friday, April 23, 2004 11:13 am<BR>Subject: How thick is a mil.?<BR><BR>> Ok I took out the metric converter and I think I have the math right.<BR>> Could one of you smart dudes check this?<BR>> A micron is 1000th of a millimeter, correct?<BR>> A millimeter is about .039+", Correct?<BR>> 25 microns is about .001, correct?<BR>> Then what's a mil.? And how thick is a mil?<BR>> I need to order 1 mil. vinyl and i'd like to know.<BR>> TIA, Mike<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> ---------------------------------<BR>> Do you Yahoo!?<BR>> Yahoo! Photos: High-quality 4x6 digital prints for 25¢<BR>><BR><BR>====================================# To be removed from this lis! t, go
to http://www.nsrca.org/discussionA.htm<BR>and follow the instructions.<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
<P>
<HR SIZE=1>
<FONT face=arial size=-1>Do you Yahoo!?<BR>Yahoo! Photos: <A href="http://pa.yahoo.com/*http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=23765/*http://photos.yahoo.com/ph/print_splash">High-quality 4x6 digital prints for 25¢</A> </FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><p>
<hr size=1><font face=arial size=-1>Do you Yahoo!?<br>
Yahoo! Photos: <a href="http://pa.yahoo.com/*http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=23765/*http://photos.yahoo.c
om/ph/print_splash">High-quality 4x6 digital prints for 25¢</a>