Author Topic: Micro DRO made from tyre tread depth gauge (Read 93583 times)

PekkaNF · « **Reply #50 on:** August 10, 2011, 10:24:04 AM »

Quote from: doubleboost on August 07, 2011, 07:03:43 PM

... and it goes both ways ...John

Like AC/DC or like Machester screw driver?

Pekka

Pete. · « **Reply #51 on:** August 11, 2011, 04:28:06 AM »

Just got an email marking mine as despatched (Stilldrillin's link, user i.d. ejoytune).

raynerd · « **Reply #52 on:** August 11, 2011, 06:50:29 AM »

lol, me to. Got an email this morning saying:

Quote

Dear eBay Member: XXXXXXXX,

Thank you for your email.

Sorry for our last wrong message,It's not for you.

BuyerID: XXXXXXXXX ItemID: 36038239XXXX address: XXXXXX Shipping Date: 2011-08-08

Your product had been shipped out on 8th-AUG,HOPE you can receive it asap.

If you have any other questions, please feel free to let us know . We are very glad to help you.

Welcome to our ebay online store!

Have a nice day:)

Best regards,
Customer Service Dept.
eBay Seller
2011-08-11

I`m actually a bit annoyed because I went and purchased another couple off another ebay user after I got yesterdays email! And on another thought... is mine one of the inferior ones????!!

Pete. · « **Reply #53 on:** August 13, 2011, 05:45:10 AM »

Got mine today - fast update versions too!

raynerd · « **Reply #54 on:** August 13, 2011, 05:56:17 AM »

Yea, one of mine just arrived!

Chris

Pete. · « **Reply #55 on:** August 13, 2011, 09:08:56 AM »

Half-way through modding one of these. I haven't discarded the spring just flattened it out to give a light pre-load.

Managed to get 30mm of travel on mine

EDIT: here it is. Couldn't find a rubber band of the right size so I had to make a band from dressmaker's elastic (tried to get the elastic out of the wife's knickers but she wasn't in a forthcoming frame of mind

).

Advantages are that you get a much longer travel than by using the spring, and the elastic is a lot lighter in spring weight so there's no chance of pushing the readout along against the magnetic force when the spring gets bound.

Disadvantages - well it's very Heath Robinson but seems to work well. Magnets came from a hard disk and were cut in half with an angle grinder.

dickda1 · « **Reply #56 on:** August 13, 2011, 01:16:09 PM »

Pete,

Bought 4 of them via Hong Kong a while ago for $4 a piece delivered and have been trying to figure out how to mod them for my lathe. I like your idea of loading them from the back. Putting a spring on the front wastes about a 1/3 of the possible travel.

My only concern is that I am sure to get these things covered in swarf. How to protect the inner mechanism?

-Dick

Marauder · « **Reply #57 on:** August 14, 2011, 04:46:17 AM »

Ok Guys/Gals,As i had tried at 2 different EBay sites and had no luck getting any delivered to me with the above problems........Can some one please put the site on here for me,The EBay site that are still selling them £5 ones.Thanks." Allen "

Stilldrillin · « **Reply #58 on:** August 14, 2011, 05:50:26 AM »

Allen.
My man's still selling.....

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Digital-LCD-Tyre-Tread-Depth-Brake-Shoe-Pad-Gauge-0-1-/360385983921?pt=UK_Hand_Tools_Equipment&hash=item53e8adb5b1

David D

ksor · « **Reply #59 on:** August 15, 2011, 02:29:52 AM »

Quote from: Stilldrillin on August 14, 2011, 05:50:26 AM

Allen.
My man's still selling.....

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Digital-LCD-Tyre-Tread-Depth-Brake-Shoe-Pad-Gauge-0-1-/360385983921?pt=UK_Hand_Tools_Equipment&hash=item53e8adb5b1

David D

Yeah, but not to Denmark ... what have we done to be excluded !

crankshafter · « **Reply #60 on:** August 15, 2011, 07:15:09 AM »

Quote from: ksor on August 15, 2011, 02:29:52 AM

Quote from: Stilldrillin on August 14, 2011, 05:50:26 AM
Allen.
My man's still selling.....

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Digital-LCD-Tyre-Tread-Depth-Brake-Shoe-Pad-Gauge-0-1-/360385983921?pt=UK_Hand_Tools_Equipment&hash=item53e8adb5b1

David D
Yeah, but not to Denmark ... what have we done to be excluded !

ksor.
Here is one option.
http://www.machine-dro.co.uk/25mm-digital-tyre-tread-depth-gauge-.html
Think they send to Denmark.
CS

Corvus corax · « **Reply #61 on:** August 15, 2011, 07:19:19 AM »

Quote from: ksor on August 15, 2011, 02:29:52 AM

Quote from: Stilldrillin on August 14, 2011, 05:50:26 AM
Allen.
My man's still selling.....

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Digital-LCD-Tyre-Tread-Depth-Brake-Shoe-Pad-Gauge-0-1-/360385983921?pt=UK_Hand_Tools_Equipment&hash=item53e8adb5b1

David D
Yeah, but not to Denmark ... what have we done to be excluded !

Here you go, an Asian seller who will ship anywhere:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Digital-Tyre-Tread-Depth-Break-Pad-Gauge-Caliper-0-25mm-/320740979385?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4aada6f2b9

ksor · « **Reply #62 on:** August 15, 2011, 09:13:29 AM »

I found one in UK !

ksor · « **Reply #63 on:** August 15, 2011, 12:31:15 PM »

NO - I didn't - he just send me a massage, that he can't deliver to Denmark !

What is wrong with posting to Denmark from the UK ?

Sometimes I see the same in Germany.

Is something special papers to fill in or what .... I just don't understand !

Bluechip · « **Reply #64 on:** August 15, 2011, 01:35:49 PM »

Hi Ksor

Revenge for Danegeld maybe ? ....

BC

steam oil · « **Reply #65 on:** August 15, 2011, 02:02:09 PM »

Amazon have them for £4.99
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Wolf-Digital-Tread-Depth-Gauge/dp/B004CZ3X3K/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&qid=1313431073&sr=8-10

Brian

ksor · « **Reply #66 on:** August 15, 2011, 02:20:51 PM »

Quote from: steam oil on August 15, 2011, 02:02:09 PM

Amazon have them for £4.99
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Wolf-Digital-Tread-Depth-Gauge/dp/B004CZ3X3K/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&qid=1313431073&sr=8-10

Brian

but still they will NOT send to Denmark

I don't get it !

dickda1 · « **Reply #67 on:** August 15, 2011, 03:29:49 PM »

Here's where I got mine:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemVersion&item=330590145322&view=all&tid=570505047014

-Dick

Stilldrillin · « **Reply #68 on:** August 15, 2011, 03:33:26 PM »

Quote from: dickda1 on August 15, 2011, 03:29:49 PM

Here's where I got mine:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemVersion&item=330590145322&view=all&tid=570505047014

-Dick

Not at that price, I hope!!

David D

dickda1 · « **Reply #69 on:** August 15, 2011, 04:41:41 PM »

Stilldrillin,

Yep. I got 4 delivered from Hong Kong for just under $16 including postage. Sounds totally nuts doesn't it?

Bought a fair amount of electrical components from Hong Kong. Most of the time the postage was quite a bit more than the price of the merchandise, but in total still cheaper than here in San Francisco.

-Dick

ksor · « **Reply #70 on:** August 16, 2011, 01:26:49 AM »

Quote from: dickda1 on August 15, 2011, 04:41:41 PM

Stilldrillin,

Yep. I got 4 delivered from Hong Kong for just under $16 including postage. Sounds totally nuts doesn't it?

Bought a fair amount of electrical components from Hong Kong. Most of the time the postage was quite a bit more than the price of the merchandise, but in total still cheaper than here in San Francisco.

-Dick

Hi Dick

Would you please give a link to the store ?

You send me a link to the ITEM (Thx!) but is't sold out !

ksor · « **Reply #71 on:** August 17, 2011, 03:10:48 AM »

Thanks to all of you who will send me one, but

I think I have made a deal with "JohnC" - what worries me is, that I can't see a "JohnC" in here ... or do I sleep !

JohnC · « **Reply #72 on:** August 17, 2011, 06:31:20 AM »

Definitely here, Ksor. Sleep well!

John

ksor · « **Reply #73 on:** August 17, 2011, 07:55:59 AM »

Long to see them !

Corvus corax · « **Reply #74 on:** August 17, 2011, 10:11:19 AM »

Both mine arrived. Nice little things.
Now if I could just figure out how the hell to mount one to my 9x20 everything would be perfect. Looks like I will have to make some kind of clamp to put on behind the cross slide hand wheel. There is nowhere to stick anything magnetic and get a reading

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