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Below are some items that you might consider for your measuring in machine work. They are mostly Starrett. Other companies make comparable style stuff, but Starrett, from my experience is really the best. If it gets broken they will usually fix it for about half the price of new. So unless I mention otherwise assume the items are Starrett. Starrett listed two numbers in their catalog. It is like they had an old system, that maybe goes back 100 years, and then needed to upgrade for modern digital age, so where both numbers are given I list them.
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Outside Micrometers No. 436 Series in a 0-1". This comes in many different styles and features. I would recommend getting it with Carbide faces. The other features only have remote use, like friction thumb screw adjustment, locking device. |
The Flexible Post Indicator Holders with magnetic base. The one I recommend is #657T/EDP No. 52760 This will hold either of the indicators suggested here. |
Dial Indicator #25-441. This is a white face dial, and red and black can be substituted. It reads .001 increments with a .100 dial and has a full travel of 1-inch. What I use with this indicator on a regular basis is where I change the style of the contact tip. It unscrews with a #4-48 thread and you can purchase an aluminum ring with 14 variations screwed into the ring that allow you to take one out and interchange it with the standard one on your dial indicator.
Contact Point Set #25R/EDP No. 50153 |
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McMaster Carr also carries all these items I think, and if you have their catalog they reference Starrett numbers. One more item is a large three-legged disk that allows you to "tram the head" of a Bridgeport in without removing the vice. I have not seen this item anywhere, except from the manufacturer directly. I purchased mine from them directly, I think the cost was about $250.00 or so. On the bottom of the unit, cast in is the following "ACCUDYNE EZ-TRAM.COM" Look here on the web to find this. It is not a must tool for a Bridgeport, but it certainly makes using one more convenient. I have been purchasing machine shop related tools, cutters, hardware, etc, from Victor Machinery Exchange, for 20 years or so. It is a small company that you can actually call and talk with the owner Marc Freidus directly. Check them out for their reasonable prices and great service, either on line or call and ask for a printed catalog. |
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