Hello everyone.
Lately I have noticed that I more and more often really need to use pin gages, but since they don't even seem to exist over here I don't have access to them locally.
I have searched around and I mostly find imperial sets, and the metric i find don't seem to come in the right sizes, and if they do they are more expensive than the imperial ones.
So, my question is: Are the increments between the gages small enough that I would be able to find a good fit in a metric hole with a set of imperial gages? What I'm talking about is a set of .251-.500 inch because I read in another thread that that's the size of set some of you guys use.
Weird question perhaps, but anyway..
Thanks,
Albert
Question on pin gages
- sandahlpipe
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Re: Question on pin gages
As long as the increments are hundredths of an inch or maybe 1/10th of a millimeter, you should be able to find one to fit inside any mortise without an issue.
Re: Question on pin gages
answer is yes... I use mainly metric drill bits...
logically thinking though.. .when you get 190 to 250 pin gauges between .251 and .5 .. the answer is of course
logically thinking though.. .when you get 190 to 250 pin gauges between .251 and .5 .. the answer is of course
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- Jthompson1995
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Re: Question on pin gages
The .251 to .500 set I got actually had 250 pieces, each one thousandth of an inch larger than the last. That should have a pin to fit any hole you need in that range. I got the .126 to .250 set as well and have used them to expand a loose tenon with success.
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Re: Question on pin gages
Thanks guys, that's what I thought.