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FYI; This is an answer if you are looking for a cheap depth gauge. Fidgety, but it works. Pierre? ?https://www.banggood.com/Audew-0-25_4mm-LCD-Digital-Vehicle-Tyre-Tread-Depth-Gauge-Measuring-Caliper-Tire-Repair-Tools-p-1204755.html?rmmds=email_recommend&currency=USD&utm_source=emarsys&utm_medium=mail_automail48_email&utm_campaign=newsletterai&utm_content=leander&sc_src=email_5236423&sc_eh=bd178df90349bf781&sc_llid=53647&sc_lid=243364224&sc_uid=MvJcEYwu6q&cur_warehouse=USA
 

Pierre,
If a tire tread depth gage works for you, use it.
As for me, I will choose a depth micrometer any day.
 

On Wed, Apr 13, 2022 at 04:43 AM, OldToolmaker wrote:
Pierre,
If a tire tread depth gage works for you, use it.
As for me, I will choose a depth micrometer any day.
There's a big difference between $10 and $150+ for most of us.
 

This IS a depth micrometer. It's accurate to two decimal places. It's just being sold as a tire tread gage. Assuming it's properly made (not a guarantee with Banggoods stuff), I see no reason why it can't?be used.

Mike Taglieri?

On Wed, Apr 13, 2022, 7:43 AM OldToolmaker via <old_toolmaker=[email protected]> wrote:
Pierre,
If a tire tread depth gage works for you, use it.
As for me, I will choose a depth micrometer any day.

 

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??????????????? It is definatly a depth micrometer. I have been working to adapt one to the tailstock of my Cumins. You could have? one on every axis for less than $20. Sometimes better is the enemy of “good enough”.??? Bill in Boulder CO

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From: Miket_NYC
Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2022 19:57
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [7x12MiniLathe] Depth gauge

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This IS a depth micrometer. It's accurate to two decimal places. It's just being sold as a tire tread gage. Assuming it's properly made (not a guarantee with Banggoods stuff), I see no reason why it can't?be used.

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Mike Taglieri?

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On Wed, Apr 13, 2022, 7:43 AM OldToolmaker via <old_toolmaker=[email protected]> wrote:

Pierre,
If a tire tread depth gage works for you, use it.
As for me, I will choose a depth micrometer any day.

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Bill,?

I don’t have any active links I can click on visible in any of my posts. So I am unable to see the depth gage. I wonder if there are some issues in my group settings.
Dick
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Mike,
I didn’t say it can’t be used. I said I personally prefer a depth micrometer. My response was not negative.
 

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Yes.? A “depth micrometer” is a different measuring tool.? A “depth micrometer” would be the mechanical style micrometer scheme with the rotating barrel.? The Bangood device is, however, a real “digital depth gauge” (in the same sense as a “digital caliper”).? It is just a pretty cheap one and being marketed with a tip on it suitable for checking tires.? But it would be completely usable for machining within its limits.

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It does seem to have a plastic base (cheap) instead of a machined and ground metal base.? It seems to have the identical head on it that I have on a cheap 4” Chinese digital caliper (very handy size sometimes – but it became unreliable so I recently bought a Mitutoyo 4 inch).

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If I didn’t already have a depth micrometer and wanted something inexpensive, I would probably try one of these.? It is easy to check them.? You can make a setup with gage blocks but most won’t have those.? So instead you set a flat piece you have measured on another flat piece and measure the step.? Not ideal, but probably fine in the world of mini-lathes.? In the case it might read slightly off, it should read slightly off at all positions as an offset error.? You would just have to remember that offset.

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Chuck K. ?

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From: OldToolmaker via groups.io
Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2022 5:35 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [7x12MiniLathe] Depth gauge

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Mike,
I didn’t say it can’t be used. I said I personally prefer a depth micrometer. My response was not negative.

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??? ??? you can always use your caliper for depth gauge . Some places even sell bases to mount on the caliper . Theres several examples on this amazon page . Pretty simple to meke .

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On 4/13/2022 9:35 PM, Bill Williams wrote:

??????????????? It is definatly a depth micrometer. I have been working to adapt one to the tailstock of my Cumins. You could have? one on every axis for less than $20. Sometimes better is the enemy of “good enough”.??? Bill in Boulder CO

Sent from for Windows 10

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From: Miket_NYC
Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2022 19:57
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [7x12MiniLathe] Depth gauge

?

This IS a depth micrometer. It's accurate to two decimal places. It's just being sold as a tire tread gage. Assuming it's properly made (not a guarantee with Banggoods stuff), I see no reason why it can't?be used.

?

Mike Taglieri?

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On Wed, Apr 13, 2022, 7:43 AM OldToolmaker via <old_toolmaker=[email protected]> wrote:

Pierre,
If a tire tread depth gage works for you, use it.
As for me, I will choose a depth micrometer any day.

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in the original post the URL got mangled. :


This one should work.


On Apr 14, 2022, at 5:04 AM, OldToolmaker via <old_toolmaker@...> wrote:

Bill,?

I don’t have any active links I can click on visible in any of my posts. So I am unable to see the depth gage. I wonder if there are some issues in my group settings.
Dick
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