On Tuesday 17 November 2015 10:46:22 John Kasunich wrote: > You're working wood. You don't need a gage block. Just something > with a consistent length. Could even be wood, as long as the grain is > lengthwise. > > Carefully cross-cut two pieces of wood square and smooth, a bit under > 6" long. Measure each one with your 6" calipers. Then glue them > end-to-end and clamp so that the glue layer is squished to darn near > zero thickness. Write the sum of the two measured block lengths on > the resulting chunk and go with it. > That I hadn't considered, good idea. Thanks John K.
> On Tue, Nov 17, 2015, at 10:20 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Tuesday 17 November 2015 08:32:12 John Thornton wrote: > > > Use a gauge block like 12" high and the depth pin on your calipers > > > to measure the difference between the gauge block and the wood > > > piece. > > > > Nice idea, John, but I don't have any blocks. I need to fix that I > > guess. > > > > > On 11/17/2015 6:59 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: > > > > I need a digital caliper that can measure a foot. > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > > >---- -------- _______________________________________________ > > > Emc-users mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > > > Cheers, Gene Heskett > > -- > > "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: > > soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." > > -Ed Howdershelt (Author) > > Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > >---------- _______________________________________________ > > Emc-users mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
