04-25-2018, 10:46 AM
(04-25-2018, 08:17 AM)TomG Wrote: Taking your hobby to a new level I see, Willie. Next you'll be making your own gauge blocks.
Nice haul.
Tom
HA! Hardly Tom. It's just a work around for us poor schleps that don't have a surface grinder. (No room for one.) Any fine grinding around here has to be done by hand.
For instance I also snagged a nice size surface gauge off of ebay. The single picture that was posted for it was so dark you couldn't make out any details other than the fact that it was missing the scribe rod. The seller had it listed on a buy it now for $15 with no takers. I assumed it was most likely an old beat up Craftsman tool as I'm sure many others did as well. I decided to take a chance and make them an offer of $10 and they accepted. It was cruddy and rusted when I got it but it was all there sans the scribe. Turned out to be a Lufkin #520.
You can see that it needs some TLC and this has become my pilot lapping project to see if I can bring it back. Lots of scratches and pitting but as of now 90% of all of that is gone now. I got side tracked refurbishing the Lapmaster light but now I can get back on it. I need to drop down a grit to get down to the last the remaining pits before I can start polishing it back up again. Along the way I'll keep track of the topography with my new inspection tools and see if I can the base of this thing FLAT and perpendicular. If successful I'll have a go at that indicator stand platen. It mainly just needs a good polishing.
Willie