The engineer in my absolutely hates it when people use the numbers off a particular loos gauge as the reading. There is a conversion scale on the side of that thing for a reason. lbs or kgs tension is THE measurement to use to make notes or communicate that reading. It is the only measurement that is scientific and standard.
Does that mean the engineer in you doesn't absolutely hate it when people use units of weight (lb) and mass(kg) when they should use units of force (lbf and N) to measure tension? After, all, force units are the measurement that is "scientific and standard".
I agree, just give me the KGS or LBS setting.... as I found out yesterday there are a few different Loos gauges in the market and each of them have a different scale.... But as person put to me recently "it needs to be dumbed down because people don't want to think anymore."
Isotope.... I am not an engineer, but close.... I love to work on cars and such... hells bells, I'll rip out my VW engine and rebuild it for fun even though it just got broken in from the last rebuild... In my years I have always thought torque and tension (which is what I believe I am measuring with the diamond wires) are two different things.... Is this not the case
As a side note, in college when taking German, we had to translate a book chapter from English to German.... I decided to do the chapter from "How to Keep Your VW Alive.... specifically the engine installation procedure.... had to convert all the Pounds to Newtons setting using paper and pencil.... Pocket calculators we're just coming into the market and we're selling for $100 plus.... Yes..... I am that old!!!!!