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Show me your homemade bowl thickness gauges !
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I saw a really slick bowl thickness gauge for sale at our favorite lathe supply store. It is $70... and I thought it can't be that hard to make one just like that.
So... I thought I would come to this forum and ask you guys to show whatever creations you have made. 
01-13-2018, 07:22 AM
I have this pair of calipers from Penn state industries
01-13-2018, 12:15 PM
(This post was last modified: 01-13-2018, 12:17 PM by MidwestMan.)
(01-13-2018, 07:22 AM)Dusty Workshop Wrote: I have this pair of calipers from Penn state industries Thank you Dusty for the replies. I have a similar tool as this photo, but it is made so cheaply, at the points, the metal flexes out to the side and doesn't give an accurate reading. I like your first message with the drawing/sketch, it's on my "to do" list. Thanks. 
01-13-2018, 02:01 PM
(01-13-2018, 06:54 AM)Dusty Workshop Wrote: From Pintrest That is about the exact some one I drew up several years ago and have never gotten around to getting the steel to bend it or make the sleeve to put the other rod in. I was going to make the curved lip at 3/4" tho.
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01-13-2018, 03:09 PM
Arlin you don't need a tube.
You could use a pen blank. Drill a hole through it the same diameter of your dowel. Then drill a small hole next to that the diameter of your wire. A thick coat hanger wire would work for the wire. |
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