Re: Outdoor Welding

"Bob La Londe"  wrote in message news:103pkof$12a0h$1@dont-email.me...
Another trick if you are using HSS, or if you are very careful using
*carbide is to use a precision dowel pin, gage pin, shank of an end
mill, 123 block, gage block, etc.  Start with your cutter slightly less
than your precision dimension fromt he stock, and slowly move it until
your gage just slides between.  This is "maybe" more accurate than
paper, but I treat it the same since the preload of the lead screws is
in the opposite direction.
I prefer an edge finder, a tool height setter, and pre-measured tool
heights, but you never know what kind of situation you may find yourself
in.
* If using a sharp carbide cutter you have to take a lot of care to make
sure you do not chip a cutting edge using the slip gage method.
Bob La Londe
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Good advice.
I use the items you mentioned and drill shanks as spacers to set the lathe and mill stops for depth of cut when the tool contacts the original surface if caliper jaws won't fit. Like hobby machines, my 1960's antiques don't have DROs.