[meteorite-list] Ad Announcing the "Count" cube Scale / Orientation cube

Mon Mar 15 00:48:03 EDT 2010

Hi Shawn and List,  I do not intend to  sound sarcastic.  It is a sincere 
question when I ask if a standard scale  cube size has been established.

In meteorites we have perhaps become  accustomed to 1 cm but that might be 
a result of what was first marketed to this  community.  In other fields are 
different sizes the norm?

I have  seen many objects used for size reference and since I started this 
I was asked  by a well respected meteorite expert if I could make a small 
scale cube.   They only work with relatively small features.

I tried to rise to the  challenge, I even found 1mm letter punch stamps but 
the small size couldn't  stand the stamping process.  The cubes just 
crushed.  That and I  wasn't good at keeping the cube dimensions constant at the 
very small  size.

Tom

In a message dated 3/14/2010 10:31:32 P.M. Mountain  Daylight Time, 
photophlow at yahoo.com writes:
Hi Tom,

I think with  the naming thing is cool, I like it, but what can be 
confusing is the standard  size being converted to the "new" inch size from the 
standard cm size which is  used with metal cubes. Yes, you did convey to the 
viewers the "new" inch size by  only inscribing INCH on one side. Now when the 
viewer wins the "new" inch cube  he/she will only be able to use the inch 
side that is inscribed because if the  other sides are used people will think 
that its a cm cube size which is the  standard size that has been used in 
orientation cubes for many decades. Now by  introducing a new orientation cube 
size this could make things confusing on  referencing the size of a 
meteorite in relation with the "new" inch orientation  cube.

Shawn Alan  

[meteorite-list] Ad  Announcing the "Count" cube Scale / Orientation cube
Starsinthedirt at  aol.com Starsinthedirt at aol.com 
Sun Mar 14 23:56:59 EDT 2010  

Previous message: [meteorite-list] Ad Announcing the "Count" cube Scale  / 
Orientation cube 
Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [  author ]  

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----
Hi  Shawn, I am having fun with the whole naming thing. 

The one inch cube  has "1 INCH" stamped on it on the "T" side. 

It is my understanding that  a scale cube can be any size that is 
appropriate to represent the sample. No  rules. Many are not marked and the 
size of 
the reference item (cube or  otherwise) is conveyed to the image viewers in 
the text accompanying the  photo. 

Tom 

In a message dated 3/14/2010 9:50:33 P.M.  Mountain Daylight Time, 
photophlow at yahoo.com writes: 
Hi Tom and List,  

I like the direction your going with the wooden orientation cubes,  however 
I have a question. You had said...... 

"First off, I want you  all to know I am not taking this 
seriously, just having fun with it."  

Now when you say your just just having fun with this and not taking this  
seriously, is this in reference to the sizes of the new orientation cubes?  
Why I ask is because when I was looking at some of the images that you had  
posted on eBay with the new inch orientation cubes, I wasn't able to tell  
which one was the inch cube and which on was the cm cube.I think this could 

cause problems with documenting the size by using the inch orientation 
cubes  
instead of cm cubes for reference of size. I feel there is a reason why in  
science and meteorite science the metric system is used as a standard  
practices for measuring/documentation, if there wasn't standard size in  
measuring, science would be a mess. 

Now I think if you made the inch  orientation cube ornate looking and 
pushed the humor by altering it so it  doesn't resemble the cm wooden 
orientation 
cubes, I could see people not  getting confused with the inch orientation 
cube and they would see the humor  in it. 

Shawn Alan 

[meteorite-list] Ad Announcing the "Count"  cube Scale / Orientation cube 
Starsinthedirt at aol.com Starsinthedirt at  aol.com 
Sun Mar 14 19:48:40 EDT 2010 

Previous message:  [meteorite-list] Hayabusa sets sights on planet Earth 
for June return  
Next message: [meteorite-list] A 6th reason to document meteorites  
Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ]  

----------------------------------------------------------------------------

---- 
Hi List, First off, I want you all to know I am not taking this  
seriously, just having fun with it. 

About a month ago I came up with  the "Martin" cube. A wood centimeter 
scale / orientation cube that would  look good next to historic meteorites. 
Hence the nick name "Martin Cube".  

Well as it happened, I had just sent Count some Martin cubes when he  made 
his fantastic record setting 14.7 Kg Nevada chondrite find. I got to  
thinking the little centimeter cube would look rather insignificant next  
to the 
monster. So I made some 1 inch cubes. 

(I wanted to stay  metric but I also wanted to keep to even numbers or the 
whole scale easy  size reference thing goes out the window. One inch is 
about 25mm.) 

I  listed some on eBay in sets of three cubes; 1 Martin Cube, 1 new style 
cube  with "CM" to designate centimeter and 1 Count Cube (The big one!). 

The  link is at  

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260569117864&ssPageName=S

TRK:MESELX:IT 

Thanks, Tom  

----------------------------------------------------------------------------

---- 

Previous message: [meteorite-list] Hayabusa sets sights on  planet Earth 
for June return 
Next message: [meteorite-list] A 6th reason  to document meteorites 
Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [  author ]  

----------------------------------------------------------------------------

---- 
More information about the Meteorite-list mailing list  

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----

Previous  message: [meteorite-list] Ad Announcing the "Count" cube Scale / 
Orientation  cube 
Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ]  

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----
More  information about the Meteorite-list mailing  list

______________________________________________
Visit the Archives  at 
http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html
Meteorite-list  mailing  list
Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list   