Hi everyone, I have a number of questions.
I'm thinking of buying one for testing parts I plan on making and selling. Low volume but high total count of parts and pretty much all will be unique, nothing that's going up into space or that's going to fly.
1.) I can't find any good sources of information that talk about how to use a height gage. I'm sure there are more ways than what I can think of, of measuring things with a height gage but I can't find anything that talks about using these suckers. I've searched the depths of google and came up empty. Any good books on the subject? I've dug through Mitutoyo web pages and found very little applicable material.
2.) From my research, I've concluded that vernier are out. I think a fancy 2D, motorised, air bearing monster that costs 5-10k is way above my budget and beyond my needs. So that leaves a digital readout height gage. But since I found so little info about how to use them I can't help but wonder, will a basic height gage suffice my needs? A better question is: can a combination of test indicator and height gage measure everything that the fancy, expensive, aforementioned varieties can measure? Just slower, requiring a bit of maths and perhaps with less precision?
Thanks!
I'm thinking of buying one for testing parts I plan on making and selling. Low volume but high total count of parts and pretty much all will be unique, nothing that's going up into space or that's going to fly.
1.) I can't find any good sources of information that talk about how to use a height gage. I'm sure there are more ways than what I can think of, of measuring things with a height gage but I can't find anything that talks about using these suckers. I've searched the depths of google and came up empty. Any good books on the subject? I've dug through Mitutoyo web pages and found very little applicable material.
2.) From my research, I've concluded that vernier are out. I think a fancy 2D, motorised, air bearing monster that costs 5-10k is way above my budget and beyond my needs. So that leaves a digital readout height gage. But since I found so little info about how to use them I can't help but wonder, will a basic height gage suffice my needs? A better question is: can a combination of test indicator and height gage measure everything that the fancy, expensive, aforementioned varieties can measure? Just slower, requiring a bit of maths and perhaps with less precision?
Thanks!