Re: Gauge blocks

On 6/27/2024 9:01 PM, Bob La Londe wrote:

On 6/27/2024 5:59 PM, Jim Wilkins wrote:

"Snag"  wrote in message news:v5kuvs$2vope$1@dont-email.me...
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   I could have done this without them , but I never let an opportunity
to buy tooling go to waste .
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I rarely pass up on measuring equipment, especially second hand. And sometimes, years later, I really do need it, like a Mitutoyo 146-102 Groove Micrometer I got cheap from a seller who didn't know what it was, and I needed a week or two ago. IIRC I was the only bidder on the gauge block set with a couple of common sizes missing. MSC had them for ~$16 each, accurate to better than 10 microinches.
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 I have a Starrett can lid micrometer.  Never know when I might need it. I could wind up at Libbey chopping green beans and sealing lids.  LOL.
 

   Ummm , we can green beans ... and tomatoes , and peaches and ... but not in tin cans , just Mason (tm?) jars . My paternal grandmother had a "canner" that actually used metal cans . I don't remember details  but I know she was using metal cans and lids .
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Snag
  It's great to be straight !