Has anyone see one of these in person?: Link is outrageously long, so: Go to www.potterybarnkids.com Type "slide rule" in the search blank. Apparently, one...
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Mark Armbrust
cadet1620
Feb 2, 2011 10:52 pm
Direct link: http://www.potterybarnkids.com/products/slide-ruler/ "Can be hung vertically and horizontally." I bet it's one piece of wood. Definitely a shame...
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Anthony
alowder_80524
Feb 3, 2011 1:06 am
Hi all, I know this is going to sound stupid but does anyone know of a website that not only teaches you the use of a SR but also the math behind it, I know it...
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w9ya
Feb 3, 2011 1:07 am
Hey it's got a Ln scale !! - Bob F. ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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FRANCIS CARSON
traff11
Feb 3, 2011 1:10 am
That is SO cool. I would have never thought to look at Pottery Barn for such a thing. Frank Carson ... From: andreKP To: sliderule@yahoogroups.com Sent:...
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Cyril Catt
newcastleewc...
Feb 3, 2011 1:14 am
Bob F. wrote "hey it's got a Ln scale" But it has NOT got a cursor! so it is fairly useless as a workable slide rule! Cyril Catt [Non-text portions of this...
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William Brohinsky
onlyocelot
Feb 3, 2011 1:42 am
The scales are very very weird. It almost looks like the designer had a slide rule in front of him/her, and decided to take bits and pieces to use as models,...
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William Drylie
wldrylie
Feb 3, 2011 2:49 am
Hi Tony; I have been using a slide rule from 1964 till present. It is all I use at work, being all I ever needed in installing and repairing steam turbines ...
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Butch
squared47
Feb 3, 2011 2:49 am
I have three metal Reiss SR's and one is an Elektro. Don't remember what I paid for it but if I paid this much I certainly would remember. ...
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Mark Armbrust
cadet1620
Feb 3, 2011 3:09 am
... Looks like it's patterned from a Pickett 1010 demo rule http://tinyurl.com/6fztbqv --Mark...
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Les Burel
squared47
Feb 3, 2011 3:53 am
No you don't need a cursor for a lot of problems on a SR. ... From: Cyril Catt <ccatt10@...> Subject: SR Slide Rule sighting - sort of… To:...
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Cyril Catt
newcastleewc...
Feb 3, 2011 4:01 am
Les Burel wrote: No you don't need a cursor for a lot of problems on a SR. You're quite right, Les. For example, air pilots' circular flight computers do...
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sliderulenut
Feb 3, 2011 4:22 am
Hi, Tony, I don't know for sure what you are struggling with but as you have a Versalog, you may want to take a look at the hardbound Versalog manual. It has...
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Robert Wolf
c5609938
Feb 3, 2011 5:56 am
Hi Tony, My answer may sound stupid but this is not my intention. ... rather than "how-to-use-it". There are few websites. I would personally recommend this...
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Les Burel
squared47
Feb 3, 2011 8:27 am
Begin first with the AB( is the square of the CD) and CD (the square roots of the AB) scales. Learn the relationship between those four scales and how they...
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Les Burel
squared47
Feb 3, 2011 8:40 am
Lets not forget the virtual slide rule. http://www.antiquark.com/sliderule/sim/virtual-slide-rule.html ... From: Robert Wolf...
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Les Burel
squared47
Feb 3, 2011 10:19 am
With a Mannheim you don't. In fact, you don't need an inverted scale. Note; I didn't say "all" problems can be solved without a cursor. Les ... From: Cyril...
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Robert
radamspse
Feb 3, 2011 10:19 am
Hi Ron and Peter, A bit late but I also have a Berger M2150, mine however does not have the inch and cm measurement scales. I cannot recall any other slide...
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Graeme Walker
graemethemiller
Feb 3, 2011 10:20 am
When you have looked at the virtual slide rule, look at the GALLERY on the top of the page. There is lots of further information, including instructions, about...
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Stefan Vorkoetter
smvorkoetter
Feb 3, 2011 12:42 pm
... Not all of them. Jeppesen's CR series of rules have cursors (with some interesting hairlines on them). See my article,...
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Rod
rodlovett
Feb 3, 2011 1:23 pm
Hi Bob, Two K scales seems to be fairly (very) rare. The only other one I know of is the "Texas Speed Rule" - Pickett 905 Regards, Rod...
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Anthony Lowder
alowder_80524
Feb 3, 2011 4:53 pm
Hi all again, I appriciate all the info you guys gave me and I will check into them but from the responses I got I guess that I didnt make it clear what I was...
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krazykyngekorny
Feb 3, 2011 4:53 pm
Here are some links to online tutorials. http://sliderulemuseum.com/SR_Course.htm http://www.antiquark.com/sliderule/sim/sr-calcs-by-example.html ...
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andreKP
Feb 3, 2011 9:47 pm
... Yeah, but a cursor would be easy to make if the rest of the SR were proper. Even if it was one piece of wood, a little woodworking skill could turn that...
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Eriugena
eriugena2002
Feb 3, 2011 9:48 pm
Hello, The Faber-Castell 2/82 also has two K scales. --David -...
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Hugh Aguilar
hughaguilar96
Feb 4, 2011 12:10 am
The only "higher math" that you really need to use a slide-rule, is an understanding of logarithms. The other scales on the slide-rule are essentially just...
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Zvi Doron
zvidoron@...
Feb 4, 2011 12:10 am
I actually find the LL scales very useful for non engineering issues like the depreciation of my cars etc. ... From: Les Burel To: sliderule@yahoogroups.com ...
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sliderulenut
Feb 4, 2011 12:13 am
Hi, Tony, it appears that you may need more help. Try one of the XXX for Dummies. Replace XXX with algebra, trigonometry, calculus, etc. I generally don't like...
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Hugh Aguilar
hughaguilar96
Feb 4, 2011 5:37 am
My goal is still to build aluminum 10" slide-rules using my software. In the meantime though, I also think that a wall-size slide-rule would be the easiest ...
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edeanbutler
Feb 4, 2011 11:37 am
I would like to know what the experts in this group would see as an ideal collection of the most sophisticated, complex math/engineering slide rules – say...
