Re: Justify my debt

[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ben) wrote in news:bc436b41.0312020944.2f06cde2
@posting.google.com:

> You have a 14x44 mtal lathe. A mill. Nothing fancy. Someone tells you
> to turn a 1" brass bar EXACTLY 2 feet 2 inches long +- .001".
> 
> I just bought a 29" Starrett vernier.
> 
> I believe, that without this most simple, if expensive, tool, there is
> no cheaper way to fabricate a metal bar EXACTLY 2 feet 2 inches long.
> 
> Its food for thought.
> 
> The maximum length bar you can fabricate to an EXACT length is
> determined, most cost effectively, solely by the biggest vernier
> caliper you have.
> 
> i.e., for those of us who own an 8" dial caliper and a 6" micrometer
> at biggest, cannot create a metal bar of 9.700 inches +-.001"
> 


Also accomplished via surface plate and height gauge.


-- 
Anthony

You can't 'idiot proof' anything....every time you try, they just make 
better idiots.

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