Re:[ATM] Dial Indicators

[Ulhas Deshpande <ulhas_ngp@sancharnet.in>]

I have a "Mitutoyo" dial indicator which has a 50 mm range with 0.01 mm 
accuracy. Got it from a test bench that the local engineering college was 
selling as scrap. Perhaps you can look up the firm.
Ulhas
> I am looking to purchase a dial indicator for a
> Foucault tester I am building. I have found 3
> manufacturers (on EBay) - Westward, Fowler and Chicago
> Dial Indicator Company. These have 1" travel, 2 - 2
> 1/2" dials and 0.001" precision. I couldn't bear to
> buy the cheaper Chinese models. Can anyone comment on
> which of these three would be the best? Or perhaps,
> for this purpose, the cheaper Chinese dial indicators
> will be OK?
>
> After a 25 year haitus, I have purchased 6, 7 and 8"
> used pyrex blanks to start making (practicing) mirrors
> again.
>
> Thanks,
> Jim Johnson
>
>

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