From: Snag_one@msn.com   
      
   On 6/27/2024 9:01 PM, Bob La Londe wrote:   
   > On 6/27/2024 5:59 PM, Jim Wilkins wrote:   
   >> "Snag"  wrote in message news:v5kuvs$2vope$1@dont-email.me...   
   >>   
   >>    I could have done this without them , but I never let an opportunity   
   >> to buy tooling go to waste .   
   >>   
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   >> I rarely pass up on measuring equipment, especially second hand. And   
   >> sometimes, years later, I really do need it, like a Mitutoyo 146-102   
   >> Groove Micrometer I got cheap from a seller who didn't know what it   
   >> was, and I needed a week or two ago. IIRC I was the only bidder on the   
   >> gauge block set with a couple of common sizes missing. MSC had them   
   >> for ~$16 each, accurate to better than 10 microinches.   
   >>   
   >   
   > I have a Starrett can lid micrometer.  Never know when I might need it.   
   > I could wind up at Libbey chopping green beans and sealing lids.  LOL.   
   >   
      
      Ummm , we can green beans ... and tomatoes , and peaches and ... but   
   not in tin cans , just Mason (tm?) jars . My paternal grandmother had a   
   "canner" that actually used metal cans . I don't remember details  but I   
   know she was using metal cans and lids .   
   --   
   Snag   
     It's great to be straight !   
      
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