{"id":589,"date":"2010-02-26T09:36:31","date_gmt":"2010-02-26T17:36:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.craigcorvin.com\/blog\/?p=589"},"modified":"2012-01-08T09:47:31","modified_gmt":"2012-01-08T17:47:31","slug":"blau-ring-wooden-pegs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.craigcorvin.com\/blog\/archives\/589","title":{"rendered":"Blau Ring Wooden Pegs"},"content":{"rendered":"

After buying those wooden pegs yesterday, I started wondering about the strange cryptic sizing system that’s printed within the “blue ring” and what the numbers are actually all about.<\/p>\n

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I did some research and found a post<\/a> over on the The HCC that stated that the first number is the length of the peg in 1\/8 inch increments, and the second number is the width as a gauge<\/a> measurement, the larger the number, the smaller the width.<\/p>\n

I decided to test this explanation and compare what measurements should be using this theory with actual measurements taken from a sampling of pegs, and so I broke out the vernier caliper<\/a> to take some measurements. So scientific huh? <\/p>\n

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Blau Ring 4 1\/2 – 14<\/strong>
\n4.5 x 1\/8 inch (4.5 x 3.175 mm = 14.287 mm) in length
\nby 14 gauge (1.628 mm) in width
\nActual measurements: 15 mm in length by 2 mm in width <\/p>\n

Blau Ring 5 1\/2 – 12<\/strong>
\n5.5 x 1\/8 inch (5.5 x 3.175 mm = 17.462 mm) in length
\nby 12 gauge (2.053 mm) in width
\nActual measurements: 18 mm in length by 2 mm in width<\/p>\n

Blau Ring 6\/11<\/strong>
\n6 x 1\/8 inch (6 x 3.175 mm = 19.05 mm) in length
\nby 11 gauge (2.305 mm) in width
\nActual measurements: 20.52 mm in length by 2.5 mm in width<\/p>\n

Blau Ring 7\/9<\/strong>
\n7 x 1\/8 inch (9 x 3.175 mm = 22.225 mm) in length
\nby 9 gauge (2.906 mm) in width
\nActual measurements: 24 mm in length by 2.75 mm in width<\/p>\n

In actual measurements, all the lengths are longer than what they should be by a 1\/8 inch increment system and widths are a little off as well. For example there’s no difference between the 14 1\/2 and the 15 1\/2. Both are 2 mm.<\/p>\n

The two sets of numbers are close though and the pegs are wood after all with quite a bit of variation within a box.<\/p>\n

Honestly, for lack of any information from the manufacturer, this 1\/8 inch by gauge theory of the measuring system is a good enough guide for what’s on top of and in the box. The 1\/8 inch length system could perhaps be related to heel height being measured in 1\/8 inch increments, and the wooden pegs might be drawn through a series of gauge plates in order to reduce there size during manufacturing.<\/p>\n

For now though, what the exact meaning of these two sets of numbers are and why the two measurements on some sizes are separated by a “-” and on others by a “\/” will have to remain a mystery contained within the “Blau Ring.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After buying those wooden pegs yesterday, I started wondering about the strange cryptic sizing system that’s printed within the “blue ring” and what the numbers are actually all about. I did some research and found a post over on the The HCC that stated that the first number is the length of the peg in ❯<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.craigcorvin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/589"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.craigcorvin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.craigcorvin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.craigcorvin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.craigcorvin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=589"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/www.craigcorvin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/589\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":593,"href":"https:\/\/www.craigcorvin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/589\/revisions\/593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.craigcorvin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.craigcorvin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.craigcorvin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}