Talk:Gauge blocks

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I'm thinking of changing the tolerance specs in the beginning of the article to be in μm instead of mm. This would eliminate 3 leading zeros and make the numbers easier to read. However, I'm not familiar with common practice in this field, so I'm not sure if that would be appropriate or not. Comments? --RoySmith 13:37, 6 August 2005 (UTC)

There is a bit of overlap between the shop floor and the inspection departments but probably little understanding. The Inspection dept. would understand the micron and use it, the shop floor would recognize the micron but think in the more familiar unit. So, which camp do we aim at? Probably both ;-)

The use of μm makes good sense but the Micro page, while useful, is a tad dry. For those unfamilar with the unit I think there needs to be at least one example conversion to assist with a quick comparison. -- Graibeard 23:47, 6 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] casimir effect

Could the adhesion between wrung gauge blocks be a manifestation of the Casimir effect? 71.116.83.87 03:14, 22 October 2007 (UTC)