Recommendations on thread gauges

[st@rk]

I'm looking for a top quality thread gauge or gauge set. I mainly work in metric but also in AF and occasionally Whitworth.

I've already got thread gauges but they're a set of octagonal discs with the threads cut all around its circumference so they cant be used to measure the thread in a recess etc.

Can anyone recommend a good manufacturer / model? I'm wanting quality so happy to spend money on the right set.

Thanks!

 

[HAP]

I have this set and the all metric set as well. They are really useful and are pretty good quality as well.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003FJW0GK/?tag=atomicindus08-20

 

[0.511MeV]

I'm very happy with Vermont Gage brand. Some of their product line is available on Amazon.

http://www.vermontgage.com/Newprices/threads/index.html

 

[sailah]

I love my brown and sharpe thread Gages. Fortunately they are vintage and you can get them on eBay for cheap.

 

[Buckgnarly]

I have this set and the all metric set as well. They are really useful and are pretty good quality as well.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003FJW0GK/?tag=atomicindus08-20

X2. I use the hell out of those.

 

[Dennis Leigh Henry]

I guess it depends on your choice of how to gage threads.. Here are a few of mine. First one is a set (red/black) I use for sorting nuts/bolts from Rockler. Second set are thread pitch gages, coupled with an OD mic, can do most other thread identification. The set in the foreground is Starrett, the set directly behind it is Whitworth and Metric (I believe I purchased those from Brookstone catalog back in the mid '70s; no maker is identified other than "Made in Germany"), with its sister set in imperial/SAE behind it. Last one is a pocket radius gage set.. Third/fourth picture is a "shop made" set I use when turning threads on a lathe. I made this set as a Senior in high school..

Dennis

 

[Dave455]

Moore and Wright 800 series are pretty much the 'industry standard' this side of the pond! They offer Metric (S.I. or ISO) Unified, Whit, B.A. or whatever you want, though you'll probably need to buy two in order to get Metric, Unified and Whit!

Don't know what the availability is like in the U.S. but you might struggle to find a Whit gauge from a U.S. maker! Starrett used to offer them (nice tools too) but not sure about now!

 

[Zeke]

I have a couple but the most useful is different nuts tacked/epoxied to a base and labeled. Make a through hole so you can check all the threaded portion of your bolt. For nuts, it's just the reverse, short bolts in a base.

 

[st@rk]

Thanks guys - I hadn't seen the style of sets on cables, but they look to be really quick to use when sorting cleaned fasteners from the parts washer.

 

[RedneckWelder]

I have a couple but the most useful is different nuts tacked/epoxied to a base and labeled. Make a through hole so you can check all the threaded portion of your bolt. For nuts, it's just the reverse, short bolts in a base

We have that style at work.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0098JILSW/?tag=atomicindus08-20

I also have a set of the leaf style.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00279NDT2/?tag=atomicindus08-20

You can get the Irwin ones at Lowes for five bucks each.

May not be top quality but good enough for checking bolts and fittings (I work with a lot of different hydraulic fittings)