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got the 3-4" tonight all starrett 436

a little update ordered the fowler 1.4-6" .0001 dial bore gauge and the master set up kit and got starrett 436 0-3" 3 piece set in wooden box .0001 micrometers tonite just need 3-4" now. got a couple spotted. thanks again for all the help

the hf one's are worthless because you have to have a strong magnifying glass to read them where the marks are still there. the marks are not cut into the metal just kind of etched on metal these were given to me years ago and I just threw them in the bottom drawer of my tool box.

i'd be more confident with new but anything used I would have it in hand before I could buy

i'm planning on getting the blocks and set up stand. they won't be used enough to were anything out. although a ring in the right size would be great. I have not heard of Lufkin other than I think I have a tape measure around here somewhere with that name, is it the same outfit.

first off thank you to everyone for the responses. its been a great help to talk to folks with hands on experience. shocker998md I would love a sunnen but even used ones are a lot of money for one or two at the most sbc's a year. and thanks for the try lxcam but i'm looking for the .0001...

thanks lxcam i'll check msc. mainly for bore and teaching grandson getting a motor ready for his first truck and want him to learn what it take to put it together. matt matt I've seen the reference bore but will probably just be for bore and bearings and use specs to set up gauge with a set up...

thanks .I haven't tried travers and I don't want anything digital although I have an igaging digital caliper that is really great i'll get the gauge blocks and probably a set up stand the dial bore gauge at .0001 is really hard to set up with a micrometer , not that it can't be done but much...

been to all the online places looking for someone with experience with any of the different brands. all the online places tell you is there stuff is the best. thank you for the reply

hello all i'm in the market for a dial bore gauge and micrometers. dial bore gauge in the 1.4 to 6 in. range in .0001 increments mitutoyo has one that's close but pricey around $400.00 I found a set by shars for about $200.00 but have never heard of them. anyone know anything about shars or...

meter has a bare copper wire coming down from meter to a rod in the ground. from the meter to shut off with 2 fuses, three black wires. 2 hot, one with a white piece of tape. outta the shutoff with fuses 2 black wires from one fuse. 2 red wires from the other fuse. and 2 white wires and 2 bare...

the meter is on the house and also feeds it

coming from my meter I have 4 wires red , black. (both hot) white , and bare(common) at every connecting point the white and bare are connected together. the only place I have a bare wire going to a rod in the ground is at the meter and I can't see what its hooked to inside the meter

so my panel that has the bare ground hooked to the common is fine just hook my red and black as hot use the white to the third post and to the common/ground

so leave the common on the common bar and put in another bar just for the bare ground wires and run a bare wire from that out side to a rod in the ground. so what do I hook to my common on the 220 plug the white or the bare and where does that go in the box to the common or the ground .and can I...