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Diamond
- Joined
- Sep 25, 2011
- Location
- Garbsen, Germany
One of my favorite test indicators (Käfer, long probe, big dial, 0.01mm/division) was given to me a few years ago by a friend, who rescued it from the trash at work. It had been tossed because it failed calibration. He showed me the chart, where one point was a slightly out of the acceptable range. It's worked very well for me.
This evening I was using it and started getting really wacky non-repeating results. After five minutes of head-scratching I realised that the long probe had come partway unscrewed. It has a small flat for tightening, and I still have the little tool for that. Is it OK to just tighten it? Or do I need to support the bearing section at the same time? If so, how?
This evening I was using it and started getting really wacky non-repeating results. After five minutes of head-scratching I realised that the long probe had come partway unscrewed. It has a small flat for tightening, and I still have the little tool for that. Is it OK to just tighten it? Or do I need to support the bearing section at the same time? If so, how?
