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From: Snag <Snag_one@msn.com>
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Subject: Re: Gauge blocks
Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2024 21:17:09 -0500
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On 6/27/2024 7:59 PM, Jim Wilkins wrote:
> "Snag"  wrote in message news:v5kuvs$2vope$1@dont-email.me...
> 
>    I could have done this without them , but I never let an opportunity
> to buy tooling go to waste .
> 
> ---------------------------
> I rarely pass up on measuring equipment, especially second hand. And 
> sometimes, years later, I really do need it, like a Mitutoyo 146-102 
> Groove Micrometer I got cheap from a seller who didn't know what it was, 
> and I needed a week or two ago. IIRC I was the only bidder on the gauge 
> block set with a couple of common sizes missing. MSC had them for ~$16 
> each, accurate to better than 10 microinches.
> 

   I'm a Tool Whore ... and she understands me . But after being married 
for over 50 years she's still a mystery to me .
-- 
Snag
  It's great to be straight !