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Sep 10th, 2018, 09:52 | #31 | |
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The way i was taught it all those decades ago was that a Newton was also a measurement of weight, hence the Nm torque definition. Maybe i didn't understand it correctly or maybe the teachers involved (Physics and CDT) didn't understand it so it was all learned wrongly but i passed both of those exams quite happily and then never needed to use most of what i'd learned in both in my professional life. With lb-ft, it's simple - a weight of 1lb and a bar 1 foot long will exert a torque (turning effort) of 1 lb-ft hence the same 1lb weight on a 6 ft bar will exert 6lb-ft and a 6lb weight on a 1ft bar will also exert 6lb-ft. The foreigners have confused torque, weight and gravitational acceleration to creat a unit that uses gravitational pull on the end of a 1 metre bar. The sooner we get back to using the correct torque measurement of lb-ft the better!
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Torque is force x length in any units. And weight is force. Don't start me orf re continentals. Most of 'em are good eggs init. We also have our not welcome politicians and bureaucrats and smart alecs. It's the same the whole World over .... The confuddling, for me, arrives with the concept of mass, which is not weight, not force. But an apple weighs about 4 oz and that is the force or weight known as a newton. Bramleys are good init. At a previous address I had a lovely mature Bramley tree. One neighbour became friendly when I was picking the apples. |
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Using my previous example of a 1lb weight on the end of a 6ft bar driving a socket on the end of a fastener, regardless of whether it moves the fastener or not (let's assume for a moment it is tightened to 12lb-ft so won't move with only half that) it is still exerting a turning effort or torque of 6lb-ft. On the subject of apples, i'd guesstimate most apples (eating) are about 3-4oz, i've known a couple of Bramleys that have tipped the scales at well over a pound (lb), not sure i've actually seen one that weighed 1kg (2.21lb) but going back to why we use the lb pound - THAT came over from Europe when we were invaded in the Middle Ages! Short for libre (French word i believe?), we use the lb as an abbreviation. In terms of money, we use the £ which is a slightly deformed "L" and the original Pound Sterling was a pound (lb) weight of Sterling silver. In other words, the EU in a former medieval incarnation already foisted their strange measurements on us and now they want us to change again to an even more confusing and strange set of measurements. On a final footnote on this massive swing off-topic, big apologies Joe, i think this started when i suggested the 12v electric impact torque wrench.
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Ahem. A newton is the force to accelerate a mass of 1 kg at 1 metre per second per second. ≈ 0.22481 lbf About a quarter of a pound force. An apple. QED. The history of foot and pound sounds interesting....thanks. . |
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You guys are talking old school, it's all about metric now so get with the programme
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NO!!! First, who knows what will happen when we finally Brexit - there's a good chance the proper measurements will come back so you can once again legally buy a gallon of petrol at the pump instead of having to convert it every time. Second, there's a high chance we'll be trading with the USA again (after 45 years!) and as they still use Imperial measurements (although some are slightly different and called "Federal") that's more of a reason to think real measurements will return. Third, if we ever have an EMP burst, that will wipe out virtually all electronics so almost every car made after about 1980 will no longer run (and a few from before that too!) so we won't need to worry about whether it's Nm or lb/ft but if we at least know how to set lb/ft, we can fix those older cars running contact breaker ignition and carburettors!
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Cushti! EDIT: Really. One must and has to use whatever system of units is apposite. That is the programme. . Last edited by Stephen Edwin; Sep 11th, 2018 at 16:03. |
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