Irma Pretorius of Wire to Jewelry has a nifty wire-gauge calculator that you can add to your own blog, website, social networking profiles, etc.
Irma says of her Wire Gauge Calculator Widget:
“The wire gauge calculator converts
- millimeter to inch and gauge
- inch to gauge and millimeter
- gauge to millimeter and inch.
At first I thought this calculator would only be of use to jewelry designers / makers using the metric system (like me), who need to translate inch or gauge to millimeter.
(By the way, who is using the metric system? According to Wikipedia – “Until recently Myanmar, Liberia and the United States didn’t use the metric system”. The rest of the world uses the metric system.)
As time went by, I realized that it is not just metric system users who will find the wire gauge calculator useful.
For instance, anybody with international customers (or who wants to attract international customers) can use it to describe their jewelry in all of the measuring systems.
This includes anybody with a website who sells jewelry, tutorials, or materials.
I use the calculator when I set up tutorials and describe my jewelry for my website.
I always mention the gauge, millimeter and inch when I give wire measurements, because the visitors to my website are from all over the world.
It is important to me that they understand what I am explaining and not get stuck with conversions in order to follow what I am writing.
Want to take this handy tool with you?
You are welcome to use the Wire Gauge Calculator-Converter here and bookmark the page.
Or even better, you can take it with you – just click on the “get widget” button at the bottom of the calculator, and follow the instructions to take the widget to your own blog, website, favorite social networking website… iGoogle, Blogger, TypePad, etc.
That way you’ll know where to find it next time you need it!”
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Irma Pretorius is the creator of the wire gauge calculator widget.
She also shares her jewelry ideas and instructions on her Wire to Jewelry website.
{ 3 comments… read them below or add one }
LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE this! Thank you!!
–Erin
Nice find, Rena, thanks for sharing the wire-gauge calculator. I can’t keep gauge equivalents in my head, so this is a wonderful tool!
–Dave
at Rings & Things
Yes, I never would have thought of creating a nifty tool like this myself, but it’s definitely cool – and lovely of Irma to share it!
@Dave – changed your “fine” to “find”. ;o)