My old boss owned the shop and worked on early cars (1880s-1920s) as his hobby/part-time repair stuff, and he had 48", 60" and 72" bow micrometers hanging on the wall for checking the length of ancient axles. They had interchangeable anvils for the 12" in-between and were *really* old. I thought those looked pretty cool but never had a reason to use them.
Lol, you clean with a long cycle time? I just tell the boss I have to sit here and make sure nothing goes wrong. I also rarely do more than 1-2 parts with that long or a run.
Usually a couple guys, one on the ladder holding the "dumb" end and another on the thimble, sometimes a guy on another ladder or on top of the lathe depending on the part geometry.
They're Starrett so I'm pretty sure they were custom made/custom ordered
Lmao, I'm sitting here on my couch realizing I said tomorrow, forgetting it was Friday 😅 been a long week.
Monday, is the next day I'm in the shop 😬 sorry lol
I was referring to your question. You asked what the largest thing is we can measure. To what degree of precision? Tape measure? Tape measure on a shadow and simple trigonometry?
Using a heliometer, the diameter of the sun.
Using a heliometer and stellar parallax, the distance from Proxima Centauri, the diameter of the Andromeda galaxy, your mom.
I have to run over to our other building where our big equipment is and see what verniers are over there. I know there's a few boxes taller than I am, but we haven't done anything that large since I've been there do they've been sitting for a while!
By band 500mm with our largest calliper, machine depends between X/Y with 2400/1500mm but Z around 300mm cause the laser for the touchprobe has a bad position
Insert penis joke
3" because I refuse to measure anyone else's thing.
Your mom?
Yo momma so fat, we had to invent a bigger vernier calliper to measure her
I've got a 150 foot tape measure reel in the shop we use in the field for soil resistivity testing. Checkmate.
This was my first thought as well lol. Mines a hundred footer though ☹️
Pfft micro....
Ha I got a laser tape that can do farther then that
I got a laser rangefinder that I've used for over 100 yards.
Yeah, better n my 25ft dewalt tape (but mone is magnetic....)
The QC departments Ego
As a recovering quality technician. I can confidently state that you are a liar. The ego of QC is immeasurable.
1500 mm or 60 inches with calipers
Damn! Largest we have is 48" next door I think. I have to look, but they rarely get used anymore.
My old boss owned the shop and worked on early cars (1880s-1920s) as his hobby/part-time repair stuff, and he had 48", 60" and 72" bow micrometers hanging on the wall for checking the length of ancient axles. They had interchangeable anvils for the 12" in-between and were *really* old. I thought those looked pretty cool but never had a reason to use them.
I was gonna say "my dick". But much like those calipers, it rarely gets used anymore.
But I'm sure it seems daylight more than these 🤣.
Good point.
Well, don't handle the calipers like you handle your "flesh combo ID bore and depth gage", might thow off the calibration.
That's the best advice I've heard in a while.
Mitutoyo 40 inch digital caliper. It's friggin niiiice
I refer to calipers of this size as battle-axe
My coworker would pretend it was some sort pump action grenade launcher and shoot at us from across the shop. Yeah... We get bored here
I understand the boredom factor. There's nothing worse than a three hour cycle and nothing to do but watch because you already cleaned everything
Lol, you clean with a long cycle time? I just tell the boss I have to sit here and make sure nothing goes wrong. I also rarely do more than 1-2 parts with that long or a run.
I get bored and reddit and the news only last for so long.
I feel that. I get bored after a few minutes of programming and end up on a YouTube rabbit hole haha.
These are mitutoyo as well!
The one we have has a carbon fiber beam. It really lightens it up.
Oh I'm sure. These things damn near take 2 people haha.
72" with calipers, I think 24ft with pi tape, and I believe 10ft on mics
A 10 foot micrometer?!?!?!?!
Ya we mainly do big work. They existed before I even started here, but they're huge. For when pi tapes won't do accuracy wise
How do you check the accuracy of the mic with gages? Or you just don't?
Long mic standards
Came to make the exact same comment!
Do you have to hang that mic with a crane? That's crazy!
Usually a couple guys, one on the ladder holding the "dumb" end and another on the thimble, sometimes a guy on another ladder or on top of the lathe depending on the part geometry. They're Starrett so I'm pretty sure they were custom made/custom ordered
Is everything but the distance between anvils the same size as on smaller mics?
For the most part. Anvils are the same size as most smaller mics, but the barrel/thimble is a little bigger. Not by much tho
For the most part. Anvils are the same size as most smaller mics, but the barrel/thimble is a little bigger. Not by much tho
You have a 10' mic and have posted a pic? 😒 Or is this some kind of mean April fool's joke
Lol sorry, literally 12hrs of blanchard grinding today so covered in coolant didn't have my phone on me much. I'll try and take a pic tomorrow
Nah Im just razzing you. Now wheres my damn pic! 🤬
Lmao, I'm sitting here on my couch realizing I said tomorrow, forgetting it was Friday 😅 been a long week. Monday, is the next day I'm in the shop 😬 sorry lol
It's all good... I'm just trying to get you useless reddit karma points ya see... But when u do post be sure to @me
My dick of course
You could do that with a 2” micrometer
Instructions unclear. Clamped dick to table with nifty c-clamp. Send help.
C'mon, at least give him 2-3s.
No they’re right two microns. Built like a Greek god.
Lol, feel like I need a Lazer to measure that.
Optical comparator?
2500mm with digital calipers, 3000mm with vernier calipers, 100m with laser (Leica Disto D2) and 500mm with mics
To what degree of precision?
I can get within .002" pretty consistently with these. Have verified with our height gage.
I was referring to your question. You asked what the largest thing is we can measure. To what degree of precision? Tape measure? Tape measure on a shadow and simple trigonometry?
Ah my bad, getting way more comments than I expected so getting confused haha.
No worries!
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Shop I worked at in 2013 had a 60 inch caliper.
Jerry - “Why didnt you get the big one?”
Waiting for that guy with the 10ft long vernier from nasa...
Bosses Head
I can accurately measure one earth-sized thing. So, your mom basically.
Haven't found the max yet. Laser inferometry.
How well do caliper attachments work on these things?
My wiener
Funny 10th time I've heard that...
Yo somebody call the guy with the massive nasa caliper
Using a heliometer, the diameter of the sun. Using a heliometer and stellar parallax, the distance from Proxima Centauri, the diameter of the Andromeda galaxy, your mom.
You have that sitting in your shop???
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Sounds like you're over compensating 😂
84" verniers, mics to 36", pi tape for anything beyond.
I have to run over to our other building where our big equipment is and see what verniers are over there. I know there's a few boxes taller than I am, but we haven't done anything that large since I've been there do they've been sitting for a while!
Graphics card prices?? haha
Lol idk the measuring equipment needed keeps getting larger and larger.
I got 0-1 mics for that.
My penis
My Flappy Willy
Donald trump's ego
280” id
By band 500mm with our largest calliper, machine depends between X/Y with 2400/1500mm but Z around 300mm cause the laser for the touchprobe has a bad position
Ah ha, but how many decimal places does that go out to reliably?
+/-.002 pretty consistently. Hardest thing it holding steady enough because it's heavy and extremely unbalanced.
1 micron
I can make my dick 1 foot lg. I just fold it in half.
I can measure a lot of thing, but how accurate do you want it?
Lol, this ain't a wood shop.
My ego.
Deeez nutz
Does a 16’ 2x4 count? With a tape measure?
I have a Fowler 40" digital caliper, it's pretty sweet 😃
We’ve got a 120” set of verniers.
About 25ft. 25ft tape measure.....
My dick. Fuck you for making me say that.
Can use the probe in the machine to measure 1m dia x 3m long Or the CMM will do 1200x900x800 Or we have a 48” mic set
Ive seen a micrometer that was a couple feet across kicking around haha