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21st Sep 2020, 10:01 PM #1Golden Member
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Edge Finder
I want to buy my B in L an edge finder for a xmas present and haven't a clue what is a good one or a bad one. He is a tool maker by trade and does not tolerate cheap and nasty and when I went to look on Ebay there are different price points but also different specifications as well. I have looked at Ebay and then at this Video From Suburban tooling and he sure looked astounded at how accurate the electronic version was after explaining the run out issue. Is Ebay the wrong place to buy something like this? TIA
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21st Sep 2020, 10:44 PM #2Gear expert in training
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I assume you mean an electronic one because any toolmaker surely has (at least) one mechanical one already.
Depends how much you want to spend, but Vertex make good quality that isn't crazy expensive https://www.gettoolsdirect.com.au/ve...er-vps20b.html
Haven't used it myself, but I have used some of their other products and they're definitely a step or 2 above the bargain basement stuff from China.
That being said, we have an ebay special at work that seems to do just fine. Unless you're chasing microns, I don't think there's going to be a huge difference
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21st Sep 2020, 11:17 PM #3Golden Member
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Elan, thanks for the reply, B in L is retired and learned his trade in the days before stuff like even mechanical edge finders were routinely used or perhaps unavailable for all I know so he was taught to do it using other methods such as holding a piece of paper up to the edge and gauging how close he is via the tension needed to drag the paper out from the edge. We are talking of an apprenticeship started about 55 years ago in a pattern shop so he has never bothered to buy such a thing just doing what he knows works for him. I am trying to drag him into the 21st century but it is hard work at times. He spent about 35K on a new mill last year (he already owned a 1970's Bridgeport from new) so I think a new edge finder will go well with it.
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21st Sep 2020, 11:46 PM #4Gear expert in training
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Nothing wrong with a slip of paper, we still do that at work sometimes; standard 80gsm paper is very consistent at 0.1mm / 4 thou
Well if you want to keep it basic there's nothing wrong with these https://www.machineryhouse.com.au/M692
Or you can go fancy and get the Mitutoyo version https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Mitutoyo...4AAOSwwqVcTMBj
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22nd Sep 2020, 01:03 PM #5Most Valued Member
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I have an electronic and a starrett mechanical ...i grab the starrett all the time...smaller and easier
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23rd Sep 2020, 01:17 PM #7Most Valued Member
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Starrett or Fischer, both us made. Fischer are carried by little machine shop.com and make one that .akes a rumbling noise when it finds the edge which can be handy in deep bores etc.
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24th Sep 2020, 04:42 PM #8Most Valued Member
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24th Sep 2020, 07:54 PM #9
Hi Guys,
This is a Laser centre and edge finder that I made using a laser pointer from Aldi a few years ago. I find it very convenient to use on both the mill and lathe.
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This is the article that I used to build it.
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The elastic band is used to depress the button to switch on the Laser and hold it on.Best Regards:
Baron J.
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3rd Oct 2020, 08:55 PM #10Most Valued Member
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That video is just flat out wrong a few times. Mostly about spindle runout effecting the reading if I remember correctly.
I like wigglers but maybe I'm old fashion
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Well I haven't watched the video so maybe he has changed it.
I have pointed out the mistakes in the past.
But assuming the video hasn't been changed here a couple of videos that show that spindle runout doesn't effect some center finders, the coaxial indicator and wiggler being two of them.
In the first video the indicator is mounted in a boring head with little runout, its show that the part(which granted you cant see so will have to take my word for it) is pretty well centered.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMgiTwtDa-Y
Second video show the boring head moved about 5mm to give 10mm spindle runout.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsS0CiLZZcw
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