Improving the center foot on the Schaff downbearing dial indicator....

[Ron Nossaman]

> ASAP. But imagine a half-round going sideways across
> the top of the string, at 90 degrees to the string's
> length. That, I believe, should be the contact point
> for the string whose bearing is being measured, and
> would make it far, far easier to align the stationary
> feet on the speaking and waste ends of the string,
> without the measuring contact slipping off the side of
> the string ( as it does very readily with the ball
> bearing tip ). I don't know if a tip like that is in
> the 22 pice set I ordered, but for $12.00 ( including
> shipping ) I figured it was worth a look-see. 
> ( Or there might be one I could modify. ) 
>      Thump

Touching the ball tip to the wheel of a bench grinder will 
make it flat enough in seconds.
Ron N