How thick is a mil.?

[Paul Horan]

Unless it is one million dollars - that is pretty thick
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: JOddino 
  To: discussion at nsrca.org 
  Sent: Friday, April 23, 2004 3:27 PM
  Subject: Re: How thick is a mil.?


  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".  
  Jim  
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    From: mike mueller 
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    Sent: Friday, April 23, 2004 1:14 PM
    Subject: Re: How thick is a mil.?


     Now that I know I can't believe I didn't know. Mike

    edbon85 at optonline.net wrote: 
      Half the thickness of 2 mil, couldn't resist : )
      1 mil is .001 inch, one thousand on an inch.
      Ed M.

      ----- Original Message -----
      From: mike mueller 
      Date: Friday, April 23, 2004 11:13 am
      Subject: How thick is a mil.?

      > Ok I took out the metric converter and I think I have the math right.
      > Could one of you smart dudes check this?
      > A micron is 1000th of a millimeter, correct?
      > A millimeter is about .039+", Correct?
      > 25 microns is about .001, correct?
      > Then what's a mil.? And how thick is a mil?
      > I need to order 1 mil. vinyl and i'd like to know.
      > TIA, Mike
      > 
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