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color:black'> I have acquired lots of machinery from old tool and die =
shops. To
do credible work you need both a mill and a lathe and a lot of support =
tooling.
Can be a time waster in that one of three experiments is good to go. Re =
the
downbearing gauge I bought one from one of the suppliers years ago and =
returned
it because of the low precision bubble vial. Your best bet would be a =
simple
jig with a place to temp. mount a machinist's level. A good one is =
accurate to
.005 per foot and a REALLY good one goes .0005 per foot. Question is =
(and this
goes back to the vector discussion in recent threads) what do you want =
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measure, which two surfaces to you want to relate to each other ? Even =
S&S
once specified thickness of a NEW coin for down bearing gauging, or was =
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etiquette.</span></font></p>
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