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  • coastbilt 8" outside caliper with micro adjustment screw.

    From pyotr filipivich@21:1/5 to All on Thu Dec 29 09:14:38 2022
    Fun and games with search engines. Entered
    coastbilt 8" outside caliper with micro adjustment screw
    add
    -digital -micrometer

    so of course, the first things are micrometers, digital, electronic
    displays, and no way to say "nope, nope, nope, nope, not even close".

    Arrgh.

    Anyway I managed to break the adjustment thingie. I gather when they
    said "micro adjust" they really mean "micro". Wondering if parts are available. The Company is listed as suspended by the state of
    California.

    Me thinks I'd be best served by keeping an eye open at the hock shops.
    --
    pyotr filipivich.
    Discussing the decline in the US's tech edge, James Niccol once wrote
    "It used to be that the USA was pretty good at producing stuff teenaged
    boys could lose a finger or two playing with."

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  • From Leon Fisk@21:1/5 to pyotr filipivich on Thu Dec 29 13:27:14 2022
    On Thu, 29 Dec 2022 09:14:38 -0800
    pyotr filipivich <phamp@mindspring.com> wrote:

    Fun and games with search engines. Entered
    coastbilt 8" outside caliper with micro adjustment screw
    add
    -digital -micrometer

    so of course, the first things are micrometers, digital, electronic
    displays, and no way to say "nope, nope, nope, nope, not even close".

    Arrgh.

    Anyway I managed to break the adjustment thingie. I gather when they
    said "micro adjust" they really mean "micro". Wondering if parts are >available. The Company is listed as suspended by the state of
    California.

    Me thinks I'd be best served by keeping an eye open at the hock shops.

    There's one on Ebay right now for ~$27 shipped:

    https://www.ebay.com/itm/284836531147

    and a few more using this search:

    https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_nkw=coastbilt+outside+caliper

    --
    Leon Fisk
    Grand Rapids MI

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  • From pyotr filipivich@21:1/5 to All on Thu Dec 29 16:04:01 2022
    Leon Fisk <lfiskgr@gmail.invalid> on Thu, 29 Dec 2022 13:27:14 -0400
    typed in rec.crafts.metalworking the following:
    On Thu, 29 Dec 2022 09:14:38 -0800
    pyotr filipivich <phamp@mindspring.com> wrote:

    Fun and games with search engines. Entered
    coastbilt 8" outside caliper with micro adjustment screw
    add
    -digital -micrometer

    so of course, the first things are micrometers, digital, electronic >>displays, and no way to say "nope, nope, nope, nope, not even close".

    Arrgh.

    Anyway I managed to break the adjustment thingie. I gather when they
    said "micro adjust" they really mean "micro". Wondering if parts are >>available. The Company is listed as suspended by the state of
    California.

    Me thinks I'd be best served by keeping an eye open at the hock shops.

    There's one on Ebay right now for ~$27 shipped:

    https://www.ebay.com/itm/284836531147

    Thanks.

    As I said to my wife "I need this for what?" I mean 'exactly' and 'precisely?" So it is not a high priority for me.
    At least for now.
    --
    pyotr filipivich
    "With Age comes Wisdom. Although far too often, Age travels alone."

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  • From Jim Wilkins@21:1/5 to All on Thu Dec 29 19:25:25 2022
    "pyotr filipivich" wrote in message news:7iasqh5ak7pfgn9bupfn3drl5ab3qp0kp9@4ax.com...

    As I said to my wife "I need this for what?" I mean 'exactly' and
    'precisely?" So it is not a high priority for me.
    At least for now.
    pyotr filipivich

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    I used my large Brown & Sharpe calipers to rough a 6" backplate to fit a 5" chuck, since it maneuvered around the toolpost more easily than the dial calipers. For roughing a broken micro adjust wouldn't matter.

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  • From pyotr filipivich@21:1/5 to All on Fri Dec 30 11:40:40 2022
    "Jim Wilkins" <muratlanne@gmail.com> on Thu, 29 Dec 2022 19:25:25
    -0500 typed in rec.crafts.metalworking the following:
    "pyotr filipivich" wrote in message >news:7iasqh5ak7pfgn9bupfn3drl5ab3qp0kp9@4ax.com...

    As I said to my wife "I need this for what?" I mean 'exactly' and >'precisely?" So it is not a high priority for me.
    At least for now.
    pyotr filipivich

    I used my large Brown & Sharpe calipers to rough a 6" backplate to fit a 5" >chuck, since it maneuvered around the toolpost more easily than the dial >calipers. For roughing a broken micro adjust wouldn't matter.

    Oh yes. checking the ones I have "this is not the broken ones!
    Now, what happened to those? Does it matter?"
    --
    pyotr filipivich
    "With Age comes Wisdom. Although far too often, Age travels alone."

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