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Moore & Wright # 961, 1" micrometer.
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Snap!
My grandfather was an engineer and I remember him showing me how he could measure the thickness of a sheet of paper. This isn't his micrometer - a brother has that - but it's close enough.
And just to show that the trade isn't all in one direction, here are two more:
A 25-50mm Starrett and a half inch Brown and Sharpe. Every home should have one!
PS - What's the purpose of the extra (user-made?) pointer on yours?
My grandfather was an engineer and I remember him showing me how he could measure the thickness of a sheet of paper. This isn't his micrometer - a brother has that - but it's close enough.
And just to show that the trade isn't all in one direction, here are two more:
A 25-50mm Starrett and a half inch Brown and Sharpe. Every home should have one!
PS - What's the purpose of the extra (user-made?) pointer on yours?
Is it show us your micrometer day?
Here’s mine, mint condition, never used, still boxed with case and spanner! Bought from my old company in the mid 80’s when they closed the tool store.
A Starrett 436 1in
I don’t really now why I bought it or when I will ever use it but having kept it for 40 years it has a kind of sentimental value.
Here’s mine, mint condition, never used, still boxed with case and spanner! Bought from my old company in the mid 80’s when they closed the tool store.
A Starrett 436 1in
I don’t really now why I bought it or when I will ever use it but having kept it for 40 years it has a kind of sentimental value.
duke
Old Oak
I suspect would be set to the desired dimension , but I wouldn't rely on it as it could be easily nudged when taking a measurement.
NickM
Old Oak
As my dad would say: it will come in handy even if you never use it!Is it show us your micrometer day?
Here’s mine, mint condition, never used, still boxed with case and spanner! Bought from my old company in the mid 80’s when they closed the tool store.
A Starrett 436 1in
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I don’t really now why I bought it or when I will ever use it but having kept it for 40 years it has a kind of sentimental value.
Doug
Old Oak
duke
Old Oak
duke
Old Oak
Ok, the game is on! I'll raise you four more micrometers and three vernier calipers. That's it I'm all in.
Lons
Old Oak
I have the odd one or two, here are some of them among other stuff. my verniers are elsewhere as in regular use.
As far as I know the 961 is .001" reading scale. The 961B suffix has .0001" reading scale.
But as with all Manual Micrometres the accuracy of measurement is down to the operator, its calibration, wear etc.
This small shop-made micrometer is a real curiosity. It is made of brass, copper and steel with some parts soldered together. The measuring screw is 6.7 mm diameter and has a pitch of about 44½ TPI or 0.57 mm, which is not any standard size that I have been able to discover. It has a circular vernier scale that allows readings of 1/100 th of a turn to be taken. It is capable of accurate measurement but is not exactly convenient to use as the turns reading needs to be multiplied by a conversion factor to obtain a figure in mm or thousands of an inch. Maybe this multiplication would have been done using log tables, which is rather a tedious operation as I well recall.
Gents, I think we have clear proof that old measuring devices are too nice to throw out, or turn down if thrown out by someone else.
And if one design did everything, there'd be no need for all this splendid variety, would there!
And if one design did everything, there'd be no need for all this splendid variety, would there!
duke
Old Oak
duke
Old Oak
Lons, are the left bottom items go and no go gauges? I once owned a starrett combination square set and would like to buy one but they go for nearly $600. I keep looking.
Pete Maddex
Old Oak
Not wanting to be left out here is my £15 from a charity shop Moore and Wright.
Moore and Wright by Pete Maddex, on Flickr
Pete
Moore and Wright by Pete Maddex, on FlickrPete
Pete Maddex
Old Oak
A NSK 0-25mm
Box, spanners and magnifier.
NSK Micrometer by Pete Maddex, on Flickr
All
Micrometers by Pete Maddex, on Flickr
Pete
Box, spanners and magnifier.
NSK Micrometer by Pete Maddex, on FlickrAll
Micrometers by Pete Maddex, on FlickrPete
duke
Old Oak
I like the digital readout on the Mitutoya.
I was naively thinking that the bargains were only for those of us willing to still work in inches, but a brand new metric mic from M&W, for the price of a battery -eating Chinese caliper is a hell of a good deal!
Lons
Old Oak
Yes as far as I know anyway. I have more in other sizes.
toolsntat
Nordic Pine
Well done Doug for digging this out, it was great to see the two of you venture down to the wilds of Fleckney for our Working Weekend.
For clarification this has the capacity to measure 100mm and reads in metric.
I only know of one other similar example.
Cheers, Andy