Tool of the Week

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John Lucas

>Mark

I agree. I live with my dial calipers and my thichness calipers. Grizzley had a sale once on the calipers used to check dimensions. I bought about 15 inside and outside type calipers for duplicating spindle dimensions. They hang on a board right above the lathe. One of these days I'm going to color code them so I can mark the spindle dimensions in color. That way I'll never get them mixed up and turn the wrong size spindle.

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Fred L. - North Carolina

>Measuring tools are a necessity. I agree with the ones you mention in your post. I get a lot of use out of my calipers. In addition to my dial and digital calipers, I use the old type a lot as gauges for small pieces.

I should add a precision ruler, and a dial indicator to measure runoff.

FredL

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TDaniel

>Mark, I agree. I just bought a new caliper that I had seen used in Maine. I do not know the brand but it has "Made in France" on it and I got it at Highland Hardware. You screw it down onto the wall and spring it open to remove it, then it goes back to the setting to show you the wall thickness. I really like this one. Those guys in Maine do know a couple of things.

TD

Loose leg transfer caliper

Bob Hackett

>Starrett still makes them,if you have deep pockets.

Must have been either Mac or Dave Lancaster who showed you those neat little gadgets.You can also buy the on Ebay like my brother in PA did(I wouldn`t part with mine),you just have to know how to tell them from standard calipers.Chances are the seller won`t know they`re any different.

Mainely,Bob

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Doug

>TD, sounds like a nice tool. My catalog from Highland Hardware doesn't show one.

Re: Loose leg transfer caliper

Dave Peebles Lyons,Ohio

>Hi Bob,

I was just watching the AAW Techniques video from 1995. Dave was using that on the tape. It looks like a real handy device.

I bought that tape years ago, and just found and watched for the first time a couple of days ago. :) If I live long enough, I'll get around to everything....

Dave

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Peter Teubel

>I use a bowl caliper available from Craft Supplies USA. Direct reading in millimeters. Works for bowls 8" deep.

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Pete Kekel - Kentucky

>Can't imagine Mac actually using calipers. You might have seen them there, but to see them being used it must have been at Lancasters.

I think Lee Valley carries a caliper for large hollow forms that operate in the same way.

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Jeremy Osner

>I agree -- calipers are useful and fun. When I bought my lathe and first tools, I also got inside, outside and vernier calipers. I had several dividers in different sizes already.