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The Z axis hand wheel on my B&S 2B surface grinder is only graduated in 1/2 thousands and rather than guesstimating on 10ths I found myself mounting my mag base on the column with my tenths indicator. This got old quick. I've got a couple of tenth's indicators I wasn't using so I made up a permanent mount with a fine screw adjust that I can easily/quickly swing in and out and position it when needed.
The 1/2" round rod is out of an old dot matrix printer that was scrapped out. I made it fairly heavy because when measuring 10ths you want a very rigid setup. I basically copied the design used on my vernier height gauge. The large dial Mitutoyo tenths indicator is accurate, very easy to see/read and has some decent travel.
Works great!
Ted
The 1/2" round rod is out of an old dot matrix printer that was scrapped out. I made it fairly heavy because when measuring 10ths you want a very rigid setup. I basically copied the design used on my vernier height gauge. The large dial Mitutoyo tenths indicator is accurate, very easy to see/read and has some decent travel.
Works great!
Ted