[simpits-tech] DONE!

[Dave]

Gene Buckle wrote:
> On Thu, 23 Apr 2009, Dave wrote:
>
>   
>> Gene
>>
>> I don't wish to be picky but you say you are using 2" x 4" but when
>> making the base up you mark a centre line at 1 3/4" which means a width
>> of 31/2 inches not 4. This may lead to some confusion. I believe what
>> you are using is whats called CLS in the UK which is 3 1/2" x 1 1/2". If
>> we ask for 4 x 2" here we are likely to get just that, which may cause
>> problems.
>>
>>     
>
> This may be the case for the UK, but in the US a "2x4" isn't that and 
> hasn't been for decades. :)
>
> So you're saying that if you go into the UK equivalent of a Home Depot and 
> asked for a 2x4 you'd actually get a board that was 2" x 4"?
>
> g.
>   
>
If you tell someone who knows no better that they need 2x4 they will ask 
for 2x4. If they can't find it in their local DIY superstore they may 
try a timber merchant ( where it would be cheaper anyway), they will be 
sold 2x4 or its metric equivient 100 x 50 which is still the wrong size. 
If you only plan to sell in the US then no prob but elsewhere it may be 
different. No criticism just an observation.
The pits are fantastic both in design and construction and may well 
encourage many more lunatics over to the dark side of cockpit construction.

Thanks for all your hard work.

Dave