Hello All! First post and an Engineer so go easy on me.
I work in the canning industry and we typically use thin metal plates with very shallow holes with chamfered edged to hold cans while they are being seamed.(see attatched) The diameters of these plates are critical but are pretty difficult to measure. Any tips on how to get a repeatable diameter measurement?
I was thinking that opening a 4 jaw universal chuck with square nosed jaws might allow me to get a measurement. Especially if they had a step in them like I show in this image. I would prefer to use hardened jaws to get more accurate measurements but I don't suppose there is a good way to add a step to hardened jaws. So I might have to just turn down some soft jaws.
Do you think this would work? Any recommendations on how to better measure this diameter? Any recommendations on chucks with low backlash? Any recommendations for square nosed soft jaws?
Thanks!
Ben
I work in the canning industry and we typically use thin metal plates with very shallow holes with chamfered edged to hold cans while they are being seamed.(see attatched) The diameters of these plates are critical but are pretty difficult to measure. Any tips on how to get a repeatable diameter measurement?
I was thinking that opening a 4 jaw universal chuck with square nosed jaws might allow me to get a measurement. Especially if they had a step in them like I show in this image. I would prefer to use hardened jaws to get more accurate measurements but I don't suppose there is a good way to add a step to hardened jaws. So I might have to just turn down some soft jaws.
Do you think this would work? Any recommendations on how to better measure this diameter? Any recommendations on chucks with low backlash? Any recommendations for square nosed soft jaws?
Thanks!
Ben