http://ibls.org/mediawiki/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=File%3A2014-03-29_15.00.57.jpgFile:2014-03-29 15.00.57.jpg - Revision history2026-10-01T23:20:59ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.39.2http://ibls.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=File:2014-03-29_15.00.57.jpg&diff=4354&oldid=prevDnevil: I use my dial calipers as a poor man's DRO (digital readout). I take an initial measurement with the dial calipers. With each cut I decrease the dial calipers by that amount. I continue taking 20 mil (0.020 inches) cuts across the tread until I am with...2014-03-31T04:29:32Z<p>I use my dial calipers as a poor man's DRO (digital readout). I take an initial measurement with the dial calipers. With each cut I decrease the dial calipers by that amount. I continue taking 20 mil (0.020 inches) cuts across the tread until I am with...</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>I use my dial calipers as a poor man's DRO (digital readout). I take an initial measurement with the dial calipers. With each cut I decrease the dial calipers by that amount. I continue taking 20 mil (0.020 inches) cuts across the tread until I am withing 40 mils of the final measurement. Then I stop the lathe and take a measurement, and slowly "sneak up" on the final measurement, taking 10 or even 5 mil cuts. Photo by Daris A. Nevil, 2014.</div>Dnevil