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Darren:

--- Quote from: sbwhart on March 26, 2009, 04:47:20 PM ---

Is the merser clock gauge missing its stylus if so I've got some I can let you have.


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Well spotted that man...  :clap:

Eyes like a hawk...cept it's a Verdict not a Mercer  :thumbup:
Not that that should make any difference.

Now then these rings, are they available or do you make one yourself?
Micrometer, yes, silly me, of course, though a ring would be handier if you used it a lot, which I doubt....  :ddb:
Is it just me, I love old tools, some new ones too....how about you guys, do you have the disease too  :lol: :lol: :lol: 

bogstandard:
Darren,

The setting rings are precision ground and usually come with the tooling. Not a thing you knock up yourself.

I wasn't doubting the accuracy or quality at all, just general concensus nowadays, that with precision instruments, Mitutoyo is the force to be reckoned with.

I use whatever comes to hand, except for my Mercer and Verdict DTI's and of course my Starrett edge finder. Most stuff generally available nowadays is perfectly acceptable for what we do, but I think everyone has their own little favourites.

Bogs

Twinsquirrel:
Darren,

Is this the sort of sale you go to?

"Salisbury market
Every Tuesday sales of finished cattle, sheep, cull cows, store cattle, calves, produce, farm deadstock, bric-a-brak. Commencing 10:30am, Pigs 7th April, 5th May & 2nd June"

This is really close to me I've just never even thought to go down there.

David

Darren:
That's the sort of place David, though how much Bric-a-brak is something you'll have to find out on the day.Also you'll need to go a few times to get a feel. If nothing is there one day it could be full another.
My farmers auctions also have 4 tools and equipment sales a year as well as the monthly general auction.
I went one sunny day a few moths a go and bought so much I had to buy a trailer as well to get it home. Next time there was hardly anything worth having. You just never know.

There are also others in the area, but I tend not to go to all of them, just now and again.

Car boots can be rewarding as well, but you'll have to get there early. With mine, not that I've been for a couple of years now , you need to be there around 6am.
Go when the public normally goes and you're wasting your time as it's all over by 8am. Most people don't realise this.

(it used to be my main income at one time for quite a few years)

Basically, I put these posts up to show what is out there and what can be found. If it helps then all well and good. I have made a good life out of finding stuff (not rich, just very rewarding in other ways) but now take a back seat mostly.

Darren:
I wasn't knocking Mitutoyo John, far from it. More the cheap end is catching up fast these days.

There was a time when you got what you paid for, now the gap seems to be closing rapidly.
Esp when some big names are nothing more than branding exercises of the same gear as the budget market.
It's getting hard to know which way to look in some respects. Then in others does it really matter.
We don't need the ultimate in accuracy, but then who does.

I can't help thinking that when two surfaces move against each other then it's time to re-calibrate or factor in a tolerance.
How accurate is accurate? Diff temps, wear, acceptability, etc etc.

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