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Indicator/Grizzly Rod or Interapid Indicator to chamber barrel
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<blockquote data-quote="Trickymissfit" data-source="post: 1368820" data-attributes="member: 25383"><p>Now if you have not bought the indicator yet, then please allow me to chime in. </p><p></p><p>I've been raving about the Interrapid indicator for twenty plus years. Just the best period, unless you get into the super high end Federal electronic indicator attachment for their electronic level ($5200.00 in 1980). Plus you have zero need for that kinda accuracy. </p><p></p><p>If you turn an indicator upside down after setting a zero point, you've lost everything. That's why you want the Interrapid or the Brown & Sharpe Best Test. They both have similar accuracy with no lag issues. 100% of the rest will. I'd almost swear the B&S is built by Interrapid and put in a different case. They have exactly the same feel (very important). Now I own a couple long wand Interrapids, and perhaps a half dozen of the standard wand Interrapids. I used mine daily, and they absolutely had to be right due to what I used them for. Honestly, I'm not a fan of the Interrapid .0001" indicators. They're just extremely touchy about movement. Harder to get them to settle down and stay that way. Most of the time I used the Interrapid .0005" indicators. But Oh you say I'm working down to two tenths!! Big deal, you need to learn to split the lines. The five tenths indicators is 100% easier to use. Remember that after you get down to five tenths or less, you start tracking movement of the needle. No movement of the needle will put you right where you wanta be. </p><p></p><p>I'm a machine builder, and trust me I thought nothing of splitting one tenth. No big deal once you get in the right frame of mind with the right equipment. Your lathe on a perfect day and with a perfect setup is probably going to be over .00075" error. Don't worry as they all are! I had a Monarch EE that I scraped and rebuilt everything on it. Added a 50 millionth set of scales, and set it on 12" of re-enforced concrete. It was as strait as any lathe I'd ever seen. Guess what? It was a three or four tenths machine at best. Nature of the beast. Just don't expect 50 millionth accuracy.</p><p>gary</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Trickymissfit, post: 1368820, member: 25383"] Now if you have not bought the indicator yet, then please allow me to chime in. I've been raving about the Interrapid indicator for twenty plus years. Just the best period, unless you get into the super high end Federal electronic indicator attachment for their electronic level ($5200.00 in 1980). Plus you have zero need for that kinda accuracy. If you turn an indicator upside down after setting a zero point, you've lost everything. That's why you want the Interrapid or the Brown & Sharpe Best Test. They both have similar accuracy with no lag issues. 100% of the rest will. I'd almost swear the B&S is built by Interrapid and put in a different case. They have exactly the same feel (very important). Now I own a couple long wand Interrapids, and perhaps a half dozen of the standard wand Interrapids. I used mine daily, and they absolutely had to be right due to what I used them for. Honestly, I'm not a fan of the Interrapid .0001" indicators. They're just extremely touchy about movement. Harder to get them to settle down and stay that way. Most of the time I used the Interrapid .0005" indicators. But Oh you say I'm working down to two tenths!! Big deal, you need to learn to split the lines. The five tenths indicators is 100% easier to use. Remember that after you get down to five tenths or less, you start tracking movement of the needle. No movement of the needle will put you right where you wanta be. I'm a machine builder, and trust me I thought nothing of splitting one tenth. No big deal once you get in the right frame of mind with the right equipment. Your lathe on a perfect day and with a perfect setup is probably going to be over .00075" error. Don't worry as they all are! I had a Monarch EE that I scraped and rebuilt everything on it. Added a 50 millionth set of scales, and set it on 12" of re-enforced concrete. It was as strait as any lathe I'd ever seen. Guess what? It was a three or four tenths machine at best. Nature of the beast. Just don't expect 50 millionth accuracy. gary [/QUOTE]
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