Thread: On line Dial gauge.

Thanks for all the feed back an help, much appreciated , I think the point on more than 10 mm travel is a one I didn’t think off.
But possibly not a killer either on just 10 mm of travel.

As I previously said I don’t think this will be my only indicator,as I seem to be spending a lot more time on YouTube checking out metal working lathe an milling stuff lately .
Plus hear of course!!

Have just found this also on EBay


https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?m...2F123217405888

Cheers Matt.

$5 cheaper here https://www.justtools.com.au/mitutoy...-damper-2050s/

Just remember Starrett are made in China now. A lot of US guys have sent there stuff back because the quality wasn't there.
Second hand Starrett will definitely be USA made.

Hi Simplicity,

Looking for a different Mitutoyo item I happened on this: https://generaltools.com.au/product/...20mm-x-0-01mm/
Mitutoyo, 0.01mm, 20mm travel, has a lug on the back, and just over $80.

Cheers, Bill

Originally Posted by elanjacobs

That level of precision sounds daunting, but with a bit of practise it's actually not that hard to do.

That statement brings back a few memories for me.
Back in the 1980's when I was a fitter in a power station, they used to do coupling alignments on the turbine rotors to within either .0005" or .0001" (after all this time I cant remember which). This was on a 375Mw unit and the 660Mw units were pretty much the same.
I was only young and inexperienced compared to the older hands so I was never really involved in the actual alignments. You had to have a fair bit of experience (and skills) to get to work on turbine alignments and governor gear.
The younger blokes got the good stuff like flogging turbine case bolts undone with a flogging spanner and a 14lb hammer.
Funnily enough thats something I dont miss.
peter

Funny thing about indicators, they can become addictive
I was reading this thread last night and....yup.... followed a link to ebay indicator p0rn and pushed the buy button on yet another indicator......I mean how many indicators does a bloke need????
bb but it is a little beauty
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Kafer-Me...p2047675.l2557

I've got Mitutoyo, Verdict, Russian ? and SP tools ($10 on Gumtree) which I assume is a budget brand from China, a mixture of imperial and metric, I can't detect any difference in the way they operate, mostly used for centering work in the 4 jaw on the lathe. The SP tools indicator came with a magnetic base same as the one pictured - the spring thingy with the thumb screw adjustment - it is nice to be able to adjust it and find zero etc but I found it too unstable and eventually removed it and replaced with a plain length of bar.
Purchased new I didn't use the Russian indicator for a good 10 years, when I eventually pulled it out to have a go I found the foam packing had turned to goo and the lubrication in the indicator had gone hard making it sticky - just goes to show if you don't use it you lose it.

Magnetic base.jpg

Originally Posted by shedhappens

Funny thing about indicators, they can become addictive
I was reading this thread last night and....yup.... followed a link to ebay indicator p0rn and pushed the buy button on yet another indicator......I mean how many indicators does a bloke need????
bb but it is a little beauty
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Kafer-Me...p2047675.l2557

This is could be difficult to explain

Cheers Matt.

I went through my dial and test indicator buying many years ago and then stopped as I have way to many.
Giroid test indicators are nice units as is Mititoyo etc

Originally Posted by elanjacobs

$5 cheaper here https://www.justtools.com.au/mitutoy...-damper-2050s/

Thanks again everyone.

It’s on its way, I just hit the Buy button.

Cheers Matt.