Pr3ssure Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 I know the micrometer, but I'm not sure about the other stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 The other one is an inside micrometer with the extra rods for measuring different size cylinders. Looks like a nice set and valuable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pr3ssure Posted December 26, 2018 Author Share Posted December 26, 2018 Alright, thanks. I kind of had that thought but I wasn't so sure. They are starrett. My dad got a bunch of starrett tools off craigslist for a good deal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swedefiddle Posted December 27, 2018 Share Posted December 27, 2018 Merry Christmas, The inside Mic should read 0-.500". The collar is .500". By using one/either of the stems and the collar/sleeve, you can adjust to within .500 of your required/wanted range of measurement. Generally the body base is 2.000", add the lengths and with/without the sleeve. It is just a multi-piece jigsaw puzzle Micrometer. A little mathmatics in your head and presto, an Inside Micrometer. Not used for Blacksmithing, necessarily, but still useful. Neil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted December 27, 2018 Share Posted December 27, 2018 Swedefiddle evidently is not doing his smithing to 'tenths'! Myself I try to work to the "thickness of a worn shilling" a typical blacksmith tolerance around the start of the 19th century. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLAG Posted December 27, 2018 Share Posted December 27, 2018 T. P., Glad to see that you are back. (in good form). Question: Where can I acquire a "worn shilling"? SLAG. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted December 27, 2018 Share Posted December 27, 2018 I once had some nicely worn ones I picked up when I bought a bunch of silver coins at pawnshops as I was buying them at bullion cost to make a pectoral cross for a friend out of 30 pieces of silver and wanted old worn not easily identifiable coins from a wide range of countries. (some had Queen Victoria barely visible on them...) Unfortunately I now need another myself..."half the thickness of a worn Euro" just doesn't have the same cachet... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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