If you want to get real precise, here's another solution....get a Spin Index from Wholesale Tools (1709-0010) and a 5C collet to fit the shaft. Chuck the butt end and rotate the spin index, and you'll see the runout on the tip. Mount a dial indicator at the tip to actually measure it. The catalog says $49, but I paid about $30, plus $10 for the collet. You'll need different collets for steel and graphite shafts.... 0.6 inches isn't nearly as exact for shaft manufacturers as it is for machinists.
Royce -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2003 2:13 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: ShopTalk: Straightness finder In a message dated 3/18/2003 12:00:04 PM Eastern Standard Time, "Greg Zachmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >Hi Tedd, Actually it was residual bend I >would want to measure. >> >> Gregg, Get two vee blocks, one for each end of the shaft and put a dial indicator in the center. When you rotate the shaft the indicator will read the amount of runout or bend. Frank >> >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Childers, Tedd A >Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2003 11:23 AM >To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' >Subject: RE: ShopTalk: Straightness finder > > >Greg, > >The device Corey designed finds the residual bend in steel shafts (and >snip > > >
