You're working wood. You don't need a gage block. Just something with a consistent length. Could even be wood, as long as the grain is lengthwise.
Carefully cross-cut two pieces of wood square and smooth, a bit under 6" long. Measure each one with your 6" calipers. Then glue them end-to-end and clamp so that the glue layer is squished to darn near zero thickness. Write the sum of the two measured block lengths on the resulting chunk and go with it. On Tue, Nov 17, 2015, at 10:20 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Tuesday 17 November 2015 08:32:12 John Thornton wrote: > > > Use a gauge block like 12" high and the depth pin on your calipers to > > measure the difference between the gauge block and the wood piece. > > Nice idea, John, but I don't have any blocks. I need to fix that I guess. > > > On 11/17/2015 6:59 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: > > > I need a digital caliper that can measure a foot. > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >-------- _______________________________________________ > > Emc-users mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > > Cheers, Gene Heskett > -- > "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: > soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." > -Ed Howdershelt (Author) > Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users -- John Kasunich [email protected] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
