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I know they have clays and such for shaping around profiles and measuring. Does anyone know of a material that under a little bit of pressure can form around profiles?
I am trying to get an accuracte picture of a thread form while its in machine to make sure my grinding wheel has not lost its profile. So in my mind I would have a garlic press type lever that could push a sample of material into the threads while keeping a reference face parallel to the normal view of the thread. That way the material would not be fluid enough to ooze out of the rest of the thread channel, and if it did could be quickly ground, sliced off to give me something to measure.
Silly putty forms too well, JB-Weld would possibly work as long as I had a flat surface to reference on my grinder to clean up any "flashing", but would need to wait for it to set.
Thanks
Jim
I am trying to get an accuracte picture of a thread form while its in machine to make sure my grinding wheel has not lost its profile. So in my mind I would have a garlic press type lever that could push a sample of material into the threads while keeping a reference face parallel to the normal view of the thread. That way the material would not be fluid enough to ooze out of the rest of the thread channel, and if it did could be quickly ground, sliced off to give me something to measure.
Silly putty forms too well, JB-Weld would possibly work as long as I had a flat surface to reference on my grinder to clean up any "flashing", but would need to wait for it to set.
Thanks
Jim