Re: Gauge blocks

On 6/27/2024 5:30 PM, Jim Wilkins wrote:

"Snag"  wrote in message news:v5keu4$2sp2r$1@dont-email.me...
    Am I really going to need to allow for millionths of an inch ? I'm
looking at an 81 piece set from Shars , a grade B with the deviation
table for under a hundred bucks . Looks like the biggest variance is
.000034" , or about a third of a ten thousandth . I can't see any
project that I might get needing that kind of precision ...
   I'm considering buying the set just because I've kinda wanted some
and I think they'll get me closer to perfect in my upcoming depth mike
project . Since they can trace back to a national standard I can also
use them to check all my other micrometers , none of which have been
calibrated for at least 40 years , and in some cases longer than that .
 

   I could have done this without them , but I never let an opportunity to buy tooling go to waste . Already told the wife , her response was "Well , if you need them you need them ." because she knows how much money I've saved us over the years by doing repairs to "stuff" .
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Snag
  It's great to be straight !