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<blockquote data-quote="Trickymissfit" data-source="post: 474667" data-attributes="member: 25383"><p>I turn a lot of necks, and use the Sinclair that has the dial indicator added to it. Don't buy it! Get the K&M, and be done with it. There are things I like about the Hart, but also things I don't as others have posted. I don't knowif the K&M is the last word in neck turning tools, but my next one will be a K&M.</p><p> </p><p>I don't like ball mics! I prefer a pin mic as it reads an area verses a small place in the neck I.D. If you can find a micrometer that has interchangeable anvils; that's the best one. (I had one once, and gave it away!) Somebody sells a pin micrometer with what looks like a .218" pin in it, and this is the best out there (think they are about $75). But if you have the one you can swap anvils in you can simply put a gauge pin in it for whatever size best fits your application. I also have a little "L" shaped device I built that uses a micrometer head (Sinclair stole me design about five years later). This better than a pin mic, and just sets on a pad freeing up your hands. I've also built one that uses a dial indicator (sorta like the one from Redding), but the cost of a good jewelled dial indicator is enough to buy three or four micrometers! I did another that used an wand type indicator (or the gear & rack ones), but was a pain to setup. I've seen another one that used a small V black mounted to a steel plate. It used a gauge pin clamped in the V black with a wand type dial indicator making the readings. This is by far the easiest one to use I've seen, and once you get into using gauge pins you'll never look back.</p><p>gary</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Trickymissfit, post: 474667, member: 25383"] I turn a lot of necks, and use the Sinclair that has the dial indicator added to it. Don't buy it! Get the K&M, and be done with it. There are things I like about the Hart, but also things I don't as others have posted. I don't knowif the K&M is the last word in neck turning tools, but my next one will be a K&M. I don't like ball mics! I prefer a pin mic as it reads an area verses a small place in the neck I.D. If you can find a micrometer that has interchangeable anvils; that's the best one. (I had one once, and gave it away!) Somebody sells a pin micrometer with what looks like a .218" pin in it, and this is the best out there (think they are about $75). But if you have the one you can swap anvils in you can simply put a gauge pin in it for whatever size best fits your application. I also have a little "L" shaped device I built that uses a micrometer head (Sinclair stole me design about five years later). This better than a pin mic, and just sets on a pad freeing up your hands. I've also built one that uses a dial indicator (sorta like the one from Redding), but the cost of a good jewelled dial indicator is enough to buy three or four micrometers! I did another that used an wand type indicator (or the gear & rack ones), but was a pain to setup. I've seen another one that used a small V black mounted to a steel plate. It used a gauge pin clamped in the V black with a wand type dial indicator making the readings. This is by far the easiest one to use I've seen, and once you get into using gauge pins you'll never look back. gary [/QUOTE]
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