From: none@none.com99   
      
   On 6/15/2024 6:16 PM, Jim Wilkins wrote:   
   > "Bob La Londe"  wrote in message news:v4l1bu$3l339$1@dont-email.me...   
   > I've got a 12" and a 24" dial caliper.  Off brands, well not Starrett or   
   > Mitutoyo anyway.  Mostly I use them for roughing in larger mold blanks   
   > to length.  Once in a while I wish I had something longer.  I can use   
   > the mill as a measuring tool, and I can use gage blocks and 123/246   
   > blocks to block up the end of a part, but what I really want is a half   
   > decent (or doesn't totally suck) 36 inch caliper. Its much faster than   
   > cranking the mill table back and forth or setting up blocking to measure   
   > with a smaller tool.   
   >   
   > Well, I guess I'll want in one hand and save pennies in the other...   
   > Bob La Londe   
   > --------------------------------   
   > https://www.wttool.com/caliper-extender-attachment-23843?gad_source=1   
      
      
   Oh, heck.  I could make that, and pretty quick too.  Or atleast a   
   version of it.   
      
      
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