Beware of having the machine shop "mike" your crank unless you trust
their work. I moved to a new city, did not know of any good shops,
and had a crank "miked" at the local machine shop. They said the
crank needed to be turned. I broke down and purchased my own
micrometer. The crank checked standard. I guess the shop needed the
business.
As far as cost, I purchased a 2-3" Mitutoyo micrometer for $80 from
"Travers." High quality for a reasonable price. Now if I could only
justify a bore gauge......
John
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Subject: Micrometer responses
Author: jibrooks@JUNO.COM (Jack I Brooks) at smtp
Date: 12/15/96 11:56 PM
Thanks to everyone for their input on micrometers. It appears that I was
looking in all the wrong places. My usage will hopefully be a one shot
deal so I will be checking harbor freight, whitney and all the other
recommended sites. I may even take up the offer from one respondent for
a loaner.
I also found out the traffic on shop-talk is significantly lighter than
triumphs so I put in a subscription request to join this list tonight.
Thanks again.
Jack Brooks
Hillsdale, New Jersey
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