Re: Depth mike

On 6/26/2024 3:33 PM, Jim Wilkins wrote:

"Bob La Londe"  wrote in message news:v5i4pg$2bc2r$1@dont-email.me...
 Makes perfect sense to me.  Not sure about them being flat though.  I'll go double check both of my sets when I have another minute.
Bob La Londe
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The rods for my Starrett are flat across the end.

I went and looked.  I was in the back shop slitting some stock to width, and I was right there.  The Craftsman set is flat.  The Shars set is definitely radiused on every rod. I recall using the Shar's to get some dimensions for the rails on a handgun frame and I had to sweep it back and forth to make sure I was getting the dimension.  With a square end I would not have had to do that.
I thought I had a benefit to the radiused end in my mind, but when I think through it doesn't seem to add up.  Maybe just ease of grinding to length being just a theoretical single point instead of a perpendicular flat.
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Bob La Londe
CNC Molds N Stuff
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