frozen micrometer barrel

[mikecwik]

ive been working on this thing for months now, not steady of course and i find it more than nice to be on earth time.

id soaked it for weeks in kerosene then heated the kerosene up to two hundred and ended up breaking the adjustment tool. today i cut some tube and put a copper insert in it to clamp it in a vice and finally put the copper in a collet to hold it and that finally got it.



as you can see it was pretty messy in there. i never did try kroil on it as i said i would entirely because i never bought any.

[mikecwik]

i guess all in all for the most part having a tool that is not zero'd is of little meaning as long as this is known so it kinda was a waste of time.

[aametalmaster]

i guess all in all for the most part having a tool that is not zero'd is of little meaning as long as this is known so it kinda was a waste of time.

Not really it can still be used. If you mic a part then use that measurement to make another part it will be the same. Say you have a .499 bolt and need to turn another one if it reads .499 by the same mic you are fine. Thats a good brand of mic...Bob

[SidecarFlip]

Mike....

You could use it for a small 'C' clamp......

I probably shouldn't put a smiley face there as some buffons treat micrometers as c clamps......

I'm back by the way.....

[aametalmaster]

Mike....

You could use it for a small 'C' clamp......

I probably shouldn't put a smiley face there as some buffons treat micrometers as c clamps......

Yup and they sell them on ebay. Welcome back...Bob
They are kinda cute.

[usmcpop]

Have an old (but "like new") Starrett that locked up on me. My son finally freed it up, but it wasn't disassembled to see what the real damage is. For now it's a desk toy. What's a few thousands among old friends, eh?

[canoecruiser]

Years ago a friend had a Starrett dial caliper he was rightly proud of. Then one day his mom went looking for a wrench....

The family relationship survived but the caliper was done.

[SidecarFlip]

Yup and they sell them on ebay. Welcome back...Bob
They are kinda cute.

Interestingly, I still have one of my dad's micrometers, a Browne & Sharpe just like the one 'Clamp' in your picture but mine's intact. it's a tenths reading mike. I cringed when I saw that......

Years ago a friend had a Starrett dial caliper he was rightly proud of. Then one day his mom went looking for a wrench....

The family relationship survived but the caliper was done.

Nothing beats a 100 dollar West Virginia Socket set.........

[vicegrip]

Hmnnn .... ?
Better yet, G'nite all, and have a good Wednesday.
vg

[mikecwik]

Thats a good brand of mic...Bob

i like the brand.

Mike....

You could use it for a small 'C' clamp......

I probably shouldn't put a smiley face there as some buffons treat micrometers as c clamps......

I'm back by the way.....

i see that youre back in town. you must have email alerts for your threads!

i like to interrupt people when i know they are going to ask to borrow a tool.


"mike can i.....?"
"no you cant borrow my starrett pry bars."