Is there a screw size tester you can buy like Lowes/HD/Ace has?
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Titus
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ghlkal
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I'd like to have a similar one too (thanks for the post alkemyst)
Anything else besides what Titus posted?
sammerdog
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rocketman
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Titus
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I like that one!
JB740i
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Me too. Gonna save that for purchase someday soon.
Defender Chassis
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JB740i
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Thanks for the pic. I saw it on Amazon but couldn't find a pic in a quick google search.
Does it not cover as much as the board listed above?
ersatzs2
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You want to check this thread here (pardon the pun)
http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=24901
http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=24901
RbrtAWhyt
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Keep
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Or you could put your money towards a set of taps and dies. I use mine to check thread size and pitch occasionally and it works well....
Think of it as multitasking with tools...
And they usually come with a thread count gauge as well.
ProGun3400
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Call me el-cheapo but why not make your own? 
jake00
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thats what I'd do
Mike of the North
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I just saw this on-line. http://www.rockler.com/product.cfm?page=21999&utm_source=NL&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=V9783
I bought mine from Grainger. One of the best garage investments I have made.
http://www.grainger.com/Grainger/items/1TU58
http://www.grainger.com/Grainger/items/1TU58
I've got a set of Thexton thread gauges. There are 4 plates in the set. I got them from my Snap-On guy about 10 years ago. I USE THEM ALL THE TIME.
I did a quick google search and found them here for $7.95:
http://www.toolsource.com/universal-thread-gauge-p-54414.html
I can't vouch for the seller, but the picture is accurate.
Joe Mamma
I did a quick google search and found them here for $7.95:
http://www.toolsource.com/universal-thread-gauge-p-54414.html
I can't vouch for the seller, but the picture is accurate.
Joe Mamma
volvo
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While at Tech school ( 1971 ) machine professor has wooden crates full of nuts/bolts/fittings ASE/USS/Weather head/metric, we had to know them all by sight to pass.
IE 3/8 coarse x 1.5" grade 8 right hand thread,
Also has to read a cam when handed to you, which lobe was intake and exhaust and direction of rotation.
Had to torque a head bolt in a bare block, then he came around with a big *** mal and broke off the bolt. You t without damaging the threads. After you were done he re torqued a new head bolt in the block, it had to hold so the block was not junk.
When I asked if we had to tell Him what size wrench it took also , he said " No , that was between you and GOD "
While at Tech school ( 1971 ) machine professor has wooden crates full of nuts/bolts/fittings ASE/USS/Weather head/metric, we had to know them all by sight to pass.
IE 3/8 coarse x 1.5" grade 8 right hand thread,
Also has to read a cam when handed to you, which lobe was intake and exhaust and direction of rotation.
Had to torque a head bolt in a bare block, then he came around with a big *** mal and broke off the bolt. You t without damaging the threads. After you were done he re torqued a new head bolt in the block, it had to hold so the block was not junk.
When I asked if we had to tell Him what size wrench it took also , he said " No , that was between you and GOD "
Get the set from Rockler .. free shipping this week if you enter in code V9783
JB740i
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I got one similar to that recently that I'd seen on here. Not quite as convenient as the ones mounted to a plate IMO but certainly cheaper.