A large subject area covering micrometer, digital calliper, angle gauge through to the simple ruler.
Old snug new snug, I bought a snug and I made a snug. A beautiful find at a car boot. I actually bought two of them for a couple of pounds, then they just sat [more…]
This was bought for me as a present, what a fantastic present, a Moore & Wright dial test indicator and a homemade stand. Must admit that I’ve been staring at it for a number of [more…]
The brass and black main body of the Veritas marking gauge makes it very distinctive, this is the fine adjust version and so the thumb wheel lock for the body and the threaded lock/fine adjustment. [more…]
The “Scriber from Scrap” is a simple project made from leftovers that is great for those new and old to engineering. Some time ago I bought a solid carbide 3mm diameter end mill to remove [more…]
A review of a DIN 875 Flat Square, an engineers square. Must admit that I saw this small flat square and immediately had to buy one. The number of times I have been working on [more…]
I wanted to improve my accuracy with respect to marking out parts for machining and so asked for a Soba Optical Centre Punch for Christmas. Opening the case I got hit by a very strong [more…]
Marking out angles or divisions on a board can be difficult to do accurately. Incra Rules are designed to solve that issue by cutting the fine divisions through the thin steel plate used to make the measurement device. The [more…]
Must admit that I bought this as a bit of a gimmick as I already have a perfectly functioning digital caliper – machine-dro.co.uk Digital Caliper. The treat with this one is the large display and [more…]
A review of a digital caliper from machine-dro.co.uk Digital calipers have been around for a long time, but being a bit old fashioned I’ve kept to a vernier caliper that was bought for me by [more…]
This the Wixey Digital Angle Gauge, a small digital angle gauge – really no more and no less than what it says on the box. Specification: Resolution: 0.1 degree Range: +/- 150 degrees Repeatability: +/- [more…]
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