Weight for the BOM - Chief Delphi

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Re: Weight for the BOM

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Originally Posted by lukevanoort

Indeed, a quarter inch is not a half inch, but the equation for the area of a circle is pi*radius^2, and drill bits are measured in terms of diameter. So, a half inch bit has a quarter inch radius, and thus the area of the hole is pi*.25^2.

Heh.

Yep. You're right.

I think I should probably put down me calc book and go find a nice grade school geometry book.

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