Forewarning: I am a hobbyist. I lack knowledge and experience in many things but have an above average capability to learn.
My son is interning at a plant that has a small machine shop. They had several of these, brand new, never opened, that they were tossing in the garbage. He managed to save this set for me. I checked the 0-1" pin with a known reference and it was a good .040" off from what any of my outside mics read. I'd like to have them calibrated. But I don't know where to begin or what it would cost. If it isn't cost prohibitive to take them or send them someplace, I don't mind doing that. I'm $0.00 into a $400 set of depth mics.
I do not have a set of gauge blocks to try this on my own. If it's easy enough to get reasonably close (+/ .001" is close enough for what I do), maybe I will just find a set of gauge blocks and do it myself? Or is that a fool's errand?
I'd appreciate some measured advice from those more in the know.
Thanks.
My son is interning at a plant that has a small machine shop. They had several of these, brand new, never opened, that they were tossing in the garbage. He managed to save this set for me. I checked the 0-1" pin with a known reference and it was a good .040" off from what any of my outside mics read. I'd like to have them calibrated. But I don't know where to begin or what it would cost. If it isn't cost prohibitive to take them or send them someplace, I don't mind doing that. I'm $0.00 into a $400 set of depth mics.
I do not have a set of gauge blocks to try this on my own. If it's easy enough to get reasonably close (+/ .001" is close enough for what I do), maybe I will just find a set of gauge blocks and do it myself? Or is that a fool's errand?
I'd appreciate some measured advice from those more in the know.
Thanks.