Both digital and non-digital, there are several tools to measure the angles that you have to know. This can be important to enrich your idea and ability to solve different problems during work sich each of them is used for different purposes. So, this page may help you decide which one is suitable for you. … Read more
Vernier caliper is a type of caliper that makes use of the vernier scale to measure length, width, outside diameter, inside diameter, depth, and step. This vernier scale enables you to read in a resolution of 0.001″/0.02mm. It is commonly designed for a maximum measuring range of 6″ range. But you can also find the longer … Read more
Reading a dial indicator means calculating or interpreting the value shown by the scales. The calculation or interpretation results in an easy-to-understand number. Basically, reading a dial indicator is easy. All you have to do is simply adding the reading value of the inner scale and the outer scale. Inner Reading + Outer Reading = … Read more
How to know that the dial indicator is always in proper condition? We can opt to perform a dial indicator calibration to analyze whether the dial indicator is in a good condition or not. Calibration is a process where the measured values compare the standard value and find the tolerance range. In this process, a … Read more
When buying a dial indicator, it’s vital to know some types of dial indicators. One of the advantages of recognizing them is to prevent picking one that is not suitable for you. If you are new in this case, this post should be one of your priorities to read first. Before you read further, make … Read more
A micrometer is a precision measuring instrument that gives you a chance to measure down to a 0.00005″ (0.001 mm) resolution. That being said, it gives you a significantly better resolution rather than using a caliper that has a typical 0.001″ resolution be it vernier, dial, or digital caliper. In addition to its advantage, the … Read more
As the name suggests, a dial indicator is a measuring tool that possesses a dial scale reading. There are a rotating pointer and a circle scale of equally-distanced numerical markings (positioned at the edge). It’s easy to note that there are 2 pointers (long and short) and 2 scales (outer and inner) on the dial. … Read more
There are some points we can identify in the case of dial indicator vs test indicator. This identification leads us to deeply understand whether to use the dial indicator or the test indicator when facing a certain measuring challenge. If you are new and on your way to buy a new dial indicator or test … Read more
Test indicator is recommended to use when it comes to measuring runout with a higher degree of accuracy. It also overcomes the measuring challenge when unable to measure the runout perpendicularly. Therefore, it’s not weird that a test indicator is mostly applied in the machine shop. You can also apply it to woodworking projects. There … Read more
A dial indicator is one of the measuring tools people mostly use in the workshop. Mounted on the stand base, we use it for things in regard to milling and lathe machines. Besides, people also apply it in engine building as the readout scale of a bore gauge. It’s able to amplify a tiny hard-to-observe … Read more