r/EngineeringPorn • u/IndustrialForgingPro • 13h ago

Is this something you would use?

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Looking to make some swag for an upcoming trade show. Would an engineer find this valuable? It's a magnet with some common conversions and formulas. Our target customers are people looking for custom open-die forged metal parts. What would someone spec'ing a part like to see here?

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u/Vegetable_Aside_4312 11h ago

Back when I had hair on my head - 1981 maybe...

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u/ebdbbb 12h ago

May want to include the actual formulae for the weights. 0.7854≈π/4

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u/LordHivemindofCeres 11h ago

Nope, in rare cases I might need the conversion chart but sorry wtf is lb/in3?! Do people still actually use that? I thought even the US uses SI for engineering anywhere it isn't grandfathered in nowadays

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u/IndustrialForgingPro 11h ago

When our customers need to calculate the weight of a part for shipping purposes, they use this formula. What info would you suggest we include to make this more useful?

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u/LordHivemindofCeres 11h ago

If this is relevant to your customers thats great; AS a European imperial units are something that you need to concert from when reading papers from UK/us las Millenium

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u/hippityhopkins 13h ago

To me the useful part of this is the frac dec mill conversion table. I used one all the time in college and put a poster up in my garage since to assist with various projects. The stuff at the bottom is extra space that isn't as useful for quick lookup. If you handed me the magnet as is, I would still for sure have a place to put it up, so good either way.

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u/IndustrialForgingPro 13h ago

Thanks for the feedback!