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Member postings for Paul Hanson

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Thread: Metric vs Imperial - Practical or Traditional?
06/11/2010 09:34:51
This thread is interesting - the debate seems to go which is better for one person or another and historical facts, knowledge about wierd units etc
 
I think we are missing an important point - what does it look like for a newcomer coming into the hobby? I am a newbie and I have to admit it all looked pretty daunting and off putting (do I buy a metric or imperial machines or drills bits etc).
 
It's all straight forward for the experts - it looks less wonderful for new recruits (who increasingly will be metric oriented only)
Thread: Safety
16/11/2009 15:26:27
This is a very good suggestion - as someone who belongs to the spare/time cash, have a go brigade (although without either the time or the cash!)  I welcome this.
 
Basic safety is a must and although I think I am fairly sensible in practical arena (machines etc) I have little knowledge on the materials side.
 
Can I suggest that the administrators give this a category of it's own that contains threads rather than being a thread - otherwise it's visibility is only as good as when the last item was posted.
Thread: Metric vs Imperial - Practical or Traditional?
11/11/2009 09:05:46
This a fascinating debate.  I want to make an observation as someone fairly new to the hobby.
 
All of the comments are talking about the present (and the past!) - no one has mentioned the future.
 
How do we attract more people into the hobby? People like myself who are of a generation only schooled on Metric. People like myself with no previous engineering background. I fully appreciate those with a traditional frame of mind - their wisdom and practical experience has been invaluable to a newbie like me. But I have to say when I got into this area I was mortified at how much imperial was still around. I am not commenting on which system is best but where the future is.
 
I am not saying that Model Eng should try to become hip and nintendo friendly (turbo cad for the DS anyone?) but if we carry on like this it's a dying art.
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