I got a free manual set with practical classics I seem to recall as part of a subs deal,
http://www.technologystudent.com/equip1/vernier3.htm
http://www.technologystudent.com/equip1/vernier3.htm
The History Man":1w8xl3p6 said:Apologies but this has just triggered a long lost memory from my engineering apprentice days. What were those little books of conversion and thread tables called?
MADJEZ":2ue59pt5 said:After trying several time to get a measurement on a Saracen seat tube our engineer decided that
Saracen probably didn't have anything THAT accurate when they built it
I agree,cheap digital verniers are never to be trusted.I suppose Im just an old school engineer but a secondhand Mitutoyo caliper can be got for 20-30 quid and the only way it gives a false reading is the person misreading it.The History Man":hdyu7v8h said:The History Man":hdyu7v8h said:Apologies but this has just triggered a long lost memory from my engineering apprentice days. What were those little books of conversion and thread tables called?
ZEUS :facepalm: getting old
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