Thread: Rescued metrology.

My daughter, who is a mechanical engineer for a large engineering firm, rang me to ask if I wanted this before it went into the skip.
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Starrett 150mm - 300mm outside micrometer.
The lock was tight and the guys didn't like using it.
Took me 5 minutes to repair the lock. Someone had used pliers or multigrips to turn the locking wheel and raised a burr on the side of the wheel.
Now I just have to find something over 150mm to measure.
I told her to call me before anything else went into the skip.

Nice to know that she thinks of you like that. Ask your daughter where the rest of the pieces are?
If they're going to throw stuff away, it has to be complete.
Nice score and recovery of a lovely piece of kit.
Kryn

Very thoughtful of your daughter.

Most children these days only call the Dad when they need money Let alone even care to know what your hobbies or interests are.

nice thing to have, but yes what to measure with it at that size.

We had a 0-150mm starrett of similar design, donated to our metalwork/maintenance shed at the local woodworking group. Cant knock the gift/thought etc, and it included all the test bars and different anvils but every bit apart from the micrometer body had been rusted and they were all around .018" short - so basically close to useless. (we get lots of gifts like that).

Originally Posted by KBs PensNmore

Nice to know that she thinks of you like that. Ask your daughter where the rest of the pieces are?
If they're going to throw stuff away, it has to be complete.
Nice score and recovery of a lovely piece of kit.
Kryn

I think that's it. It has 150mm to 300mm stamped on the body. You only get the other bits if you pay for the 0-300 kit. Standard box I guess.

The empty slots are for the setting standards.

Thanks Techo, they'd be nice to have. I guess the machinists can still use those.
I've been informed the Starrett has been replaced with a new Mitutoyo of the same size.

Here's hoping someone mistakes the Miti for the old Starrett and chucks it into the skip

Originally Posted by Zsteve

nice thing to have, but yes what to measure with it at that size.

We had a 0-150mm starrett of similar design, donated to our metalwork/maintenance shed at the local woodworking group. Cant knock the gift/thought etc, and it included all the test bars and different anvils but every bit apart from the micrometer body had been rusted and they were all around .018" short - so basically close to useless. (we get lots of gifts like that).

That sound like one of two problems. The mic was dropped or jammed up and forced off or the thimble was removed and returned in the wrong place. First is more difficult to remedy and the second easier. If it was mishandled and opened up even if closed again you may have issues with the anvils lining up or coming together properly. It might be fixable but not necessarily economically.

Pete