there's probably thousands of these out there that have been in
use for years . I don't know why they stopped making them in the
first place for how popular they are . But in today's world if it
ain't fancy & in color it's a deal breaker for some . The
folks that have them want to keep them . I'm interested to see?
what the price will be .
animal
On 3/28/24 10:01 AM, Charles Kinzer
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Yes.? It is amazing how the
manufacturer fails to show how it works and what it is for.
It has a wheel inside (and a
lot of gears) such that the wheel runs along a surface on your
machine and the position is shown.? The mechanical knob is in
tenths of inches up to six inches of travel (and then
repeats), the dial with the needle is in thousandths.? Both
the mechanical knob and the dial can be zeroed.? So, it shows
how far something has traveled, such as a lathe saddle.? Not
unlike a plunger style dial indicator in function - but with a
lot more range like a DRO would have.
A concern with this is that
there is an opening in the housing for the wheel to protrude a
little to contact the machine surface (such as the front of a
way) and there is the risk of swarf finding its way inside
which isn't good.
Here is a YouTube on it.
Charles E. "Chuck" Kinzer
I looked at the link, but cannot figure out what it
does. Any help?
Tom
