I'd always wanted a thread pitch micrometer, today I scored this VIS made in Poland one, with all the interchangeable anvils for $75. You can see what appears to be one set of anvils missing, but I don't believe that pair was ever shipped out with a 1-1" micrometer. Can you imagine trying to make a 2 TPI thread on a 1" or smaller piece of stock?
I wish I could have afforded a like-new Mitutoyo digital electronic one that also showed up on Craigslist here, but now way I could swing the asking price of $650.
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I'll clean it up and check the calibration, but it appears to be in perfect condition. It's old enough that the quality of VIS tools was very good back in the 1970's when this was probably made. These days I don't see any new BIS brand tooling, so they may be out of business.
The seller was a 80 year old fellow who was selling off all of his small shop in southern NH. He had already sold a good many tools, but I did get this and some older Valenite milling cutters that I can now trade in for brand new Walter cutters for free. Having paid $75 for three cutters, the new ones of the same size would total over $1200 if I had to buy them.
I wish I could have afforded a like-new Mitutoyo digital electronic one that also showed up on Craigslist here, but now way I could swing the asking price of $650.
I'll clean it up and check the calibration, but it appears to be in perfect condition. It's old enough that the quality of VIS tools was very good back in the 1970's when this was probably made. These days I don't see any new BIS brand tooling, so they may be out of business.
The seller was a 80 year old fellow who was selling off all of his small shop in southern NH. He had already sold a good many tools, but I did get this and some older Valenite milling cutters that I can now trade in for brand new Walter cutters for free. Having paid $75 for three cutters, the new ones of the same size would total over $1200 if I had to buy them.