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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>As a lifer in
the paint industry and having to write specs, etc, for how to paint, as well as
inspect and test the finished product, 1 mil is .001 inch, one thousand of an
inch in our world.</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Chris
Larson</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>D7</FONT><BR></DIV></FONT>
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<A title=Rcmaster199@aol.com
href="mailto:Rcmaster199@aol.com">Rcmaster199@aol.com</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 4:04
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: How thick is a mil.?</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT lang=0 face=Arial size=2
FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10">Not if its written on a check. A $mil in
pennies, that's a different matter <BR><BR><BR>
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TYPE="CITE">Subj:<B>Re: How thick is a mil.? </B><BR>Date:4/23/2004 5:33:00
PM Eastern Daylight Time<BR>From:<A
href="mailto:phoran@vvm.com">phoran@vvm.com</A><BR>Reply-to:<A
href="mailto:discussion@nsrca.org">discussion@nsrca.org</A><BR>To:<A
href="mailto:discussion@nsrca.org">discussion@nsrca.org</A><BR><I>Sent from
the Internet </I><BR><BR><BR><BR>Unless it is one million dollars - that is
pretty thick</FONT><FONT lang=0 style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" face=Arial
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TYPE="CITE">----- Original Message ----- <BR><B>From:</B> <A
href="mailto:JOddino@socal.rr.com">JOddino</A> <BR><B>To:</B> <A
href="mailto:discussion@nsrca.org">discussion@nsrca.org</A>
<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, April 23, 2004 3:27 PM<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: How
thick is a mil.?<BR><BR><BR>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><FONT lang=0 style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff"
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BACK="#ffffff">Jim </FONT><FONT lang=0
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TYPE="CITE">----- Original Message ----- <BR><B>From:</B> <A
href="mailto:mups1953@yahoo.com">mike mueller</A> <BR><B>To:</B> <A
href="mailto:discussion@nsrca.org">discussion@nsrca.org</A>
<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, April 23, 2004 1:14 PM<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re:
How thick is a mil.?<BR><BR><BR>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></B></I></B></I>
wrote: <BR>
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TYPE="CITE">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 <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>>
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