From: Snag_one@msn.com   
      
   On 6/27/2024 5:30 PM, Jim Wilkins wrote:   
   > "Snag"  wrote in message news:v5keu4$2sp2r$1@dont-email.me...   
   >   
   >    Am I really going to need to allow for millionths of an inch ? I'm   
   > looking at an 81 piece set from Shars , a grade B with the deviation   
   > table for under a hundred bucks . Looks like the biggest variance is   
   > .000034" , or about a third of a ten thousandth . I can't see any   
   > project that I might get needing that kind of precision ...   
   >    I'm considering buying the set just because I've kinda wanted some   
   > and I think they'll get me closer to perfect in my upcoming depth mike   
   > project . Since they can trace back to a national standard I can also   
   > use them to check all my other micrometers , none of which have been   
   > calibrated for at least 40 years , and in some cases longer than that .   
   >   
      
      I could have done this without them , but I never let an opportunity   
   to buy tooling go to waste . Already told the wife , her response was   
   "Well , if you need them you need them ." because she knows how much   
   money I've saved us over the years by doing repairs to "stuff" .   
   --   
   Snag   
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