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13th March 07, 07:05 PM
#1
And now for something completely different.
Next textbook looks to be right up my ally.
Sewing Machines.
Sewing machine history. Early machines. Machine types and purposes. Attatchment types and purposes. Sewing machine ergonomics and the human body. Upper threading. Lower threading. Timing. Tension. Cleaning. Lubrication. Removing burrs. Causes and prevention of breakdown and failures. Repair.
This shouldn't be to hard.
But I'd like to know why sewing machine history is so important... I'm not downing it, just trying to figure out why somebody who wants to be a tailor would need to know detailed history of the sewing machine.
Witty dinner conversation?
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13th March 07, 07:14 PM
#2
Heartiest congrats on your test score!!! 
I suspect things will get easier for you as you go through the course, as you'll probably be building on the terminology and foundational concepts that you've started learning in this first section, and frequently the terminology is a difficult area to master.
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13th March 07, 07:23 PM
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Wow! Congrats. When you become a famous designer, remember to call me up if you need another model. Okay?
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13th March 07, 07:39 PM
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OK, metric in a nut shell. It is all based on the unit 10, which makes it hard for me having 9½ fingers, hence why i do have to wear jeans, unzip pretty much get close enough to 10 if you get the picture! No get that thought out of your head as you are going to have to try to sleep sometime tonight!
Temperature;
Based on water.
Water freezes at 0°C, water boils at 100°C. Makes sense and easier tha farenheit, right? A nice warm day 25°C. any hotter and you'll be lifting your kilt for the heat to escape.
Measurement;
1 kilometer (km) = 1000 meters (m) (kilo means thousand),
10 decimeters (dm) = 1 meter (deci is one tenth) we never use decimeters,
100 centimeters (cm) = 1 meter (centi is one hundreth) as in 1¢ = one hundreth of a dollar.
10 millimeter (mm) = 1 centimeter (milli is one thousandth)
so 1km = 1,000m = 10,000dm = 100,000cm = 1,000,000mm.
Weight:
Again based on water.
1 liter(L) of water = 10cm x 10cm x 10cm of volume so a cube of water 10 cm long, wide and deep (1000 cubic centimeters or 1000cm³).
Now that 1 liter of water weighs exactly one kilogram (kg), which is 1000 grams (g), therefore 1 cm³ of water weighs 1 gram.
Now 1000kg (or 1000 liters of water) = 1 tonne (1 metric ton).
Clear as mud, right?
Last edited by ccga3359; 13th March 07 at 07:47 PM.
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13th March 07, 07:41 PM
#5
 Originally Posted by ccga3359
OK, metric in a nut shell. It is all based on the unit 10, which makes it hard for me having 9½ fingers, hence why i do have to wear jeans, unzip pretty much get close enough to 10 if you get the picture! No get that thought out of your head as you are going to have to try to sleep sometime tonight!
Yeah... I get the picture. I think I'm gonna be crying myself to sleep tonight...
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