02-16-2016, 06:30 PM
If you are trying to figure out what to get, a dial test indicator would be first in line. You would use it all the time for things like indicating a vise, indicating a part in a 4-jaw or faceplate on the lathe or tramming the head on a mill. Dial indicators are used for things like soft stops on the lathe, or precisely positioning the table on a mill if you don't have a digital readout.
Tom
Tom