Finally got one of these

[BTYM]

You guys ever gone to Home Depot or another hardware store to size a bolt? Or used one of those cheap plastic size charts? Or the hard to read pitch checker? I finally bought my own thread checker!

 

[Catadj78]

Where did you get it? Price?

 

[fury9]

This is how it begins, welcome. Nice thread checker though!

 

[413dan]

i bought one last year, from grainger

 

[BTYM]

I got it from thread tool supply.com. It was $50. Free shipping

 

[mjoekingz28]

Nice. Congrats!

 

[unslow1]

Menard's stocks the ones on a cable. Both SAE and metric. $18 each They really come in handy.


http://www.menards.com/main/p-2237694-c-9545.htm

 

[BTYM]

Menard's stocks the ones on a cable. Both SAE and metric. $18 each They really come in handy.


http://www.menards.com/main/p-2237694-c-9545.htm

I used to use something similar. The ones I had were kind of ball shaped. I have no idea where they went.

 

[BTYM]

These are the ones I had before.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002MMIK1U/?tag=atomicindus08-20

 

[bshusted]

My wife got me the same one for Christmas on Amazon. I love it. Once I got it hung up, I spent another two days sorting/labeling my bolt bins.

 

[Koken]

I have one of these. Great quality, fast shipping. Best thing, throw it around your neck and take it to whatever needs measuring. SAE & Metric, male on one side and female on the other. Best part, if you need to thread check something in a tight-fixed spot, you can easily do it.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Combination...496?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item5410923278

 

[BearsFan315]

Very Nice... Wall Mounted Thread Checker

I bought a set of these from BoltDepot.com L-Gauges work great for only $2 a piece, they also sale the ones on the cable, 2 styles.

 

[Jinks]

Menard's stocks the ones on a cable. Both SAE and metric. $18 each They really come in handy.


http://www.menards.com/main/p-2237694-c-9545.htm

I have the same thing but didn't get it from Menards. Some place on the internet....<shrug> Handy, hangs next to my tool box & bench. Use it all the time!

 

[FishingMan]

Thanks for posting this. I've been meaning to buy one of these

 

[404]

That does look very nice, but who has learned to identify threads by sight? They are pretty distinctive from each other. Sit down with a sample of each and a beer, soon one will be able to tell which is which just by looking.

 

[SILVERPLATE]

Very nice. Got me a nice one from Zoro.

 

[bshusted]

That does look very nice, but who has learned to identify threads by sight? They are pretty distinctive from each other. Sit down with a sample of each and a beer, soon one will be able to tell which is which just by looking.

This can be true if you are certain that the threads are SAE or metric. Visually identifying between M6-1.0 and 1/4-20 for instance can be quite difficult.

 

[A_Pmech]

This can be true if you are certain that the threads are SAE or metric. Visually identifying between M6-1.0 and 1/4-20 for instance can be quite difficult.

Metric and SAE grade symbology is how to tell the difference.

 

[mikegt4]

That does look very nice, but who has learned to identify threads by sight? They are pretty distinctive from each other. Sit down with a sample of each and a beer, soon one will be able to tell which is which just by looking.

Yep, after looking at thousands of bolts one can learn to ID a bolt size and thread from 10 feet. I was in charge of the fastener supplies (no one else wanted the job) at a R&D facility for a company with manufacturing operations around the world. We had about a dozen Lista cabinets filled with just about every size and thread up to 30mm and 1-1/2". we had a couple of those Thread Checkers and I would on occasion find that people would jam a bolt into the wrong place by "checking the thread" with a wrench!

The best way to learn is by sorting a large pile of mixed thread/size bolts, the differences soon become obvious.

 

[Petey156]

I've always wanted one by my bolt bin and one in my work trucks, Thanks for the ideas

 

[gearhead1]

I use calipers for the diameter and thread pitch gauges for the threads. Depending on how close I am to the toolbox, I will use a tap as a thread pitch gauge.

 

[MFolks]

www.rockler.com sells what they call a "Thread Detective" One Metric(RED), and the other Imperial. both have balls, with male and female threads.

http://www.rockler.com/search/go?w=thread detective&asug=&sli_uuid=&sli_sid=