For most purposes, if you don’t have a temperature-stabilized lab or shop, working to “tenths” is a fiction. The main exception is comparisons between two items in the same place at the same

Thank you, Bill, for straightening out the record. Todd Sullivan (now in Richardson, TX)

Actually, with regard to the Mitutoyo digitals, the fourth place is limited to 0 or 5. This gives the same functionality as "eyeballing" halfway between the marks on a vernier caliper. It also lets

Indeed! A well respected little drilling machine … and now $1200! Dan Mitchell ==========

Calipers are questionable to 4 places but it’s nice to have that feature. Any time I get into the 4 place I rely on more technologically advanced measuring tools

Hello- Among the many items which I will most likely never get to is a Sunshine Models mini-kit for a NYC/PE Steel hopper kit. Mint kit in never been removed from mint/new packaging. Offered for $15,

Absolutely true in the GN cars Garth. We’re doing one version in this run, others in later runs. Lots of fodder there! Bill Schneider Rapido Trains

Bill, Many GN cars also received AB brakes as well, and operated up into the 1960s. In fact these were the last surviving large block of USRA boxcars in near-original

Now that I’m back from a few days off, let me clarify a couple of things on the USRA boxcar project that have been discussed here … 1 – The cars are being sold TO

I thought I was hearing the ghost of Larry Jackman. Nobody in this hobby needs accuracy beyond what is achievable with a decent quality digital caliper, which, by the way, are certifiable by a

That web site collection is a nice find Bob! Many interesting photos there for example https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Image/IM7191 Tim O' -- Tim

I have to agree with Jack Burgess and Denny Anspach. Every time I have yielded to the impulse to save a little money and buy a cheaper tool, I have regretted it. I now try very hard to resist such

Small photo from the Wisconsin History website: https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Image/IM12630 Caption: "Four men posing with the first shipment of new 1946 DeSoto automobiles as they come

Absolutely with you, Denny. When I was working for the US Navy as a machinist, we were not allowed to have digital calipers in our tool boxes. Every measuring tool we used had to be traceable back

Jack Burgess hit it on the head when he points out that you get what you pay for: the Harbor Freight and similar are commodity grade or less calipers and if one is into disposable instruments, these

For our use, these drills require a speed controller… Jack Burgess

On Jun 7, 2019, at 07:36, Daniel A. Mitchell <danmitch@...> wrote: […] > Precise power tools for this kind of work are available, but not in hobby shops or home-centers, and they are

$900 on ebay: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Cameron-Precision-Drill-Press-Watchmaker/283500490685?hash=item4201f22fbd:g:nPkAAOSwywtc7uGb There is also a used Dayton on eBay Bill Welch

I bought my Cameron Micro Drill drill press fifty years ago and use it with #85 drills. It was about $175 when I purchased it and about $1200 now. You might find one on eBay. Made in the

Excellent advice. Any drill-bit can’t operate with spindle “runout” (wobble) more than a few percent of it’s diameter. Thus a cheap drill-press with, say, 0.010” runout will work just fine