Good demonstration, I have sadly ignored my surface gauge for many years. I like the use of the 123 block for squareness, simple and quick. Enjoyed the video, cheers!
One of the first thing i bought in my apprenticeship back in '84. Got several of the tall boys. We call thaos shelf gages Cadillac gages. Nice to see you in shop beeen back in shop some too . May even make some videos soon. God bless stay safe MIKE !
The video came up in my feed. I'd left a comment about a month back and have acquired 2 General surface gages, as in the video, since then. The first one was reground by its previous owner. Did a nice job. The second one is completely stock. The General is heavier than a B&S 621 or a Starrett 57/257A and works great as a base for a bench magnifier, which is how I use it. Old eyes. It's more rigid than the Lufkin 520/522. Slides around beautifully after stoning. I'd recommend it. Comparable to a B&S 621. And it's inexpensive. Why fight it?
Way back when I bought that in 1964, I was a starving apprentice. Even though it's not a top brand, I've been very happy with it. And you're right it's just slightly bigger than the starretts, B&S etc. tc, Mike
Thanks for showing Mike. Great description of some of its uses. Handy too on a mill or lathe for certain indications instead of a magnetic base. Regards from Australia.
Yes Mike it has become my go to for height stand and I do like how handy it is on the machine. The Cadillac height gauge I have is the split type you have the option of under or over on each inch. I cant thank you enough for the stand.
Nice run thru Mike. I think my gage block is very similar to yours... including the rod with the hooked end. Scribed lines invariably easier to see after adding some blue, even when light. I do like my height gage too and that gets used most - when that is I even manage time in the shop any more! :)
It's nice to hear from you Chris. I hope all is well with you and winter isn't too harsh in your location. Now days I see guys using their calipers for layout lines. I'm hesitant to do that with mine. I understand there are calipers with carbide tips for that purpose. Thanks for your comments. Tc, Mike
Around Christmas things were pretty tricky with extreme lows, wind etc - not a fun 5 days! Expect you had it pretty rough too. Health continues down hill - particularly back etc - trying to adapt to hobbling! I think calipers OK like the way Clickspring uses his - but that's on brass usually and very light on bluing. All best. :)
Just watched a 8 yr old video about rebuild cylinder 5 1 and was like that cylinder turned to easy for this guy and thought to myself is this guy still making videos and looky here you did one 2 hrs ago , what are the odds.
I’m glad you mentioned the slip pins as I was watching your video to work out what they actually were. I’m just curious as to why you’d want to set something up parallel on the surface plate?
3:05 - Does the indicator holder comes with the surface gauge or test indicator? 5:05 - good to know that it's not great for accurate scribing, what other scribing methods is better? 13:23 - Would it be ideal to slide the surface gauge on the edge side of the granite surface plate since it's not finished/lapped?
3:05 sometimes yes sometimes no. You can find anything you are missing on line. 5:05 depends on accuracy requirements. Generally there are better methods. I prefer hand tools such as scriber, square, compass etc. 13:23 I slid along the surface place as a demonstration only. I can't think of an occasion to actually use an edge of a surface plate. All the best to you, Mike
I have one where at the end of the mast , opposite to the ball end there is a small ~1/2" disk that is shaped to, looks like, 60deg angle and is sharp, screwed into the end. Shaped like that --> No clue what that is for. Anyone have an idea?
Hi again Mike I did reply to your latest email with pictures. Just in case you missed it, check the junk folder as I may have sent it from a different email address. If you still do not have it please let me know and I will send it again. Regards.
