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2nd Jul 2007, 01:01 AM #1Product designer retired
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Home Made Digital Height Gauge
Dear members,
I'm sure someone out there had already done this. Convert their spare 150mm digital vernier into a height gauge. They are so cheap these days.
I wish to scribe lines across a metal work piece, at a certain distance up from the base.
I figure it's probably a simple matter to use an existing 150mm digital vernier, clamp the bottom jaw in a block, then extend the top jaw out and down, to reach ground zero.
Have you done this?
All comments are appreciated,
Regards,
Ken
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2nd Jul 2007, 06:13 AM #2
Tricky part is holding it in such a way that it is at a right angle to the surface below it. Given that a decent one could be had on fleabay for $50, why would you bother?
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/HEIGHT-GAUGE-...QQcmdZViewItem'What the mind of man can conceive, the hand of a toolmaker can achieve.'
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2nd Jul 2007, 06:58 AM #3Deceased
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Have a look at this post, maybe it will cost you less...
http://www.woodworkforums.com/showthread.php?t=51932
niki
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4th Jul 2007, 10:31 PM #4
Here you go try this link.
http://www.metalwebnews.com/howto/gage/gage.html
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4th Jul 2007, 10:48 PM #5
Of course, the other way to do it would be with a set of odd leg calipers..
'What the mind of man can conceive, the hand of a toolmaker can achieve.'
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5th Jul 2007, 12:41 AM #6Product designer retired
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Hi Kev,
This almost exactly what I had in mind, but will incorporate a different scriber at the bottom, and add a fine adjustment clamp and screw to the mast above the vernier body. Should be as good as a bought one!
Thanks for your efforts,
Ken
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10th Jul 2007, 12:25 AM #7
You're welcome
Here's another website with a more involved home made Vernier Height gauge .
http://homepage3.nifty.com/amigos/index-e.html
Kev"Outside of a dog a book is man's best friend ,inside a dog it's too dark to read"
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