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From: Snag <Snag_one@msn.com>
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Subject: Re: Gauge blocks
Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2024 19:09:28 -0500
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On 6/27/2024 5:30 PM, Jim Wilkins wrote:
> "Snag"  wrote in message news:v5keu4$2sp2r$1@dont-email.me...
> 
>    Am I really going to need to allow for millionths of an inch ? I'm
> looking at an 81 piece set from Shars , a grade B with the deviation
> table for under a hundred bucks . Looks like the biggest variance is
> .000034" , or about a third of a ten thousandth . I can't see any
> project that I might get needing that kind of precision ...
>    I'm considering buying the set just because I've kinda wanted some
> and I think they'll get me closer to perfect in my upcoming depth mike
> project . Since they can trace back to a national standard I can also
> use them to check all my other micrometers , none of which have been
> calibrated for at least 40 years , and in some cases longer than that .
> 

   I could have done this without them , but I never let an opportunity 
to buy tooling go to waste . Already told the wife , her response was 
"Well , if you need them you need them ." because she knows how much 
money I've saved us over the years by doing repairs to "stuff" .
-- 
Snag
  It's great to be straight !