What is .010" in fractional inches?

grifff · #1 02-12-2010, 02:52 PM

My math skills are escaping me and I don't have a set of feeler gauges. I do have a ruler that measures down to 1/64". What is the closest 64th that I can use to measure .010"?

It doesn't need to be perfect!

Thanks.

Milky · #2 02-12-2010, 02:55 PM

.01=1/100 so I suppose 1/64 would be the closest.

Hoover · #3 02-12-2010, 02:59 PM

1/64 = .0156" ...so in one sense it's close, but in another sense it's almost an order of magnitude off!

grifff · #4 02-12-2010, 02:59 PM

I guess I will have to eyeball it.

Thanks anyway.

hdracer · #5 02-12-2010, 03:03 PM

Most business cards are about .009 to .012 a sheet of note book paper is .005-.006

Jaco who? · #6 02-12-2010, 04:42 PM

It will be slightly more than half the 1/64th measurement, since one over 64 = 0.0156 and one over 128 = 0.0078, or to get rid of the confusing decimal places strictly for comparative purposes, they're 15 and a little over 7 and a half, give or take. Nerdy post of the day prize.

David1234 · #7 02-12-2010, 04:46 PM

A guitar string? High E in a set of 10's is meant to be 0.010.