Cadillac Engine Conversion

[Cheyenne Dave]

In the article by Keith Nordell, a notation was used I am not familiar with, in reference to both strap and plate: a degree symbol followed by the inches symbol. What does this denote?

Also, why did Keith turn his M-37 upside-down to photgraph his engine compartment? Seems like a lot of work for a creative point of view! ;-)

Merry Ho-Ho's!

DAB

[Bob Hansen]

degrees, minutes, seconds
each degree is divided into 60 minutes [i.e. 60' ) and each minute is divided into 60 seconds [i.e. 60"]

[Cheyenne Dave]

...and this relates to strap and plate steel in what way, exactly? The sign was given no numerical value. Make it plain... I'm just a po carpenter!

While your at it...In "Rescue Mission" by Carter and Sandra Davidson, the Ohms sign is used to describe a depth of water. Whats that about? Must be you guys have a lot more keys on your keyboards than I do! I don't have a"degree" or "ohm" key...

[Gordon Maney]

I have to explore this further, but I think what you have discovered is something that happens when text is taken from one application to another. An example, if you take text from an e-mail into Microsoft Word, and then back into an e-mail, you can get character substitutions such as you describe. I do not have a magazine here in front of me to examine the exact items you mention, but I think that is what happened.

What this reveals is a failing on my part to have properly proof read the material in the final form, a matter for which I apologize and also say to you that I appreciate it being pointed out.

I must be far more dedicated to the prevention of such matters, and do thank you so very kindly for your sensitive raising of this issue.

Perhaps others have encountered this in their electronic daily life and have suggestions to offer me....

[PhilS]

Originally posted by Gordon Maney
I have to explore this further, but I think what you have discovered is something that happens when text is taken from one application to another. An example, if you take text from an e-mail into Microsoft Word, and then back into an e-mail, you can get character substitutions such as you describe. I do not have a magazine here in front of me to examine the exact items you mention, but I think that is what happened.

I was wondering about the same thing. I've seen the conversions that you mention but usually there's a one for one incorrect character substitution.

The printed text looks like this:

<b>Using º" strap, 4" wide</b>, then further down in the article, <b>and a piece of º" plate</b>

In this case it looks like more is missing than a character or two.

Phil

[Cheyenne Dave]

Gordon, I hope I didn't cause you alarm...I was begining to worry that I'd slept through some important classes! Now that you mention this, I guess I've seen this in one form or another... sometimes in replying to an e-mail. I guess you will see more of this as we submit articles electronically, as opposed to submissions written in pencil on a grocery bag...


Hope you enjoyed Christmas at Mom's!

[Gordon Maney]

Don't feel you caused me alarm. What we need to see more of is me doing a closer job of proofing. I admit to failings in that area sometimes when I am functioning in the 2-3 AM zone....

embrace technology....