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Hello, total newbie here, just so you know.
I recently acquired an Asian lathe of basically unknown manufacture. The time has come to begin amassing measuring tools.
Everything I've done before has been done with a cheap (maybe better than Hazard Fraught, but unknown because it was given to me in an unmarked box) dial indicator. If it needed that. I have a couple of rulers graduated in 64ths too...
Anyway... I was looking at FleeBay and saw some "vintage" and "antique" machinist measuring tools (levels, micrometers, etc.) and was wondering if they were worth a shot. Is a machinist level from 85 years ago going to be so out of whack that I can't use it? What about squares, micrometers, dial calipers, and dial indicators?
Just trying to be a successful cheapskate, and not just a cheapskate! Thanks for the help!
And mods, if this is in the wrong spot, please move it. Thanks!
I recently acquired an Asian lathe of basically unknown manufacture. The time has come to begin amassing measuring tools.
Everything I've done before has been done with a cheap (maybe better than Hazard Fraught, but unknown because it was given to me in an unmarked box) dial indicator. If it needed that. I have a couple of rulers graduated in 64ths too...
Anyway... I was looking at FleeBay and saw some "vintage" and "antique" machinist measuring tools (levels, micrometers, etc.) and was wondering if they were worth a shot. Is a machinist level from 85 years ago going to be so out of whack that I can't use it? What about squares, micrometers, dial calipers, and dial indicators?
Just trying to be a successful cheapskate, and not just a cheapskate! Thanks for the help!
And mods, if this is in the wrong spot, please move it. Thanks!