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    Posted: November 22 2008 at 8:12pm
This is a great and very informative post if you decide to use a guard on your own head or if your barber is not sure.  It will be locked and left in this new forum for anyone looking for great info.  Thanks to all who posted the info.  Great stuff.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 20 2007 at 1:54pm
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 20 2007 at 1:34pm
Originally posted by Gristyle Gristyle wrote:

or someone just redo the info inside and clear it up because their like 3-4 posts about the guards in this thread


well pm a mod to do it.... i dont know who iz mod and who isn't so one of u guys gotta do it...
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 19 2007 at 10:41pm
or someone just redo the info inside and clear it up because their like 3-4 posts about the guards in this thread
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 19 2007 at 10:37pm
Originally posted by Gristyle Gristyle wrote:

Someone needs to make this a sticky


yeah like delete all the post with it except the ones with guard #'s and comparisions... and keep one that tells how the guards are diffenrent for different types of clippers...
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 19 2007 at 7:42pm
Someone needs to make this a sticky
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 17 2007 at 9:51am
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 13 2007 at 4:46pm
damn T Keezy, u deff kno ur guard sizes 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 13 2007 at 3:02pm
Originally posted by S.C. King S.C. King wrote:

thanks WC AND OTHERS>>> cause im thinking bout getting some clippers for christmas so i just wanted to know and i got a hair cutter now with those guards listed... just gotta get a trimmer to shape myself... which i can get sometime soon ut 4 christmas im gettin the whole ramma jamma... lol


for trimmers get da andis outline II i been had these, and for clippers cop da andis master, they da best got dem 4 mah bday, i aint cut mah hair yet cuz im wolfin but i been cuttin good on other peoples heads, also for the gaurd sizes,  whal, andis, oster, and conair all got diff numbers, like for andis i know a #2 is a 3/8 while its a 1/4 for oster
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 13 2007 at 2:26pm
Andis guards:

No. 0 - 1/16" - 1.5mm

No. 1 - 1/8" - 3mm

No. 2 - 1/4" - 6mm

No. 3 - 3/8" - 10mm

No. 4 - 1/2" - 13mm

with my kit it jumps to No. 6 guard then No. 8 guard

No. 6 - 3/4" - 19mm

No. 8 - 1" - 25mm
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 12 2007 at 6:27am
I was just about to say that. My #2 guard is 6mm, and my #3 is 9mm.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 12 2007 at 6:21am
Originally posted by Lil D.C. Lil D.C. wrote:

Dub-C 3/8=10mm.You get a B-.
 
The measurement are approximations.  Exact guard sizes differ due to clipper manufacturer specifications.  A+
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 11 2007 at 7:07pm
thanks WC AND OTHERS>>> cause im thinking bout getting some clippers for christmas so i just wanted to know and i got a hair cutter now with those guards listed... just gotta get a trimmer to shape myself... which i can get sometime soon ut 4 christmas im gettin the whole ramma jamma... lol
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 11 2007 at 4:02pm
Dub-C 3/8=10mm.You get a B-.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 11 2007 at 3:59pm
wait my bad it says that on the guards. Pretty sneaky wc lol
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 11 2007 at 3:43pm
WOW Dub-C is extremely I no he got good grades in school 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 11 2007 at 3:40pm
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 11 2007 at 12:23pm
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 11 2007 at 12:15pm
Originally posted by Gristyle Gristyle wrote:

what about 1/16 and 1/32
 
1/16 is approx. 1.5mm
1/32 is approx. 0.75mm


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 11 2007 at 12:11pm
what about 1/16 and 1/32
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