Nice fix. What I've been finding in older stuff that has plastics, the plastic gears start shattering, as the volatile's have dried out, and embrittled the parts. I fixed a 24" Mitutoyo caliper that was used by the model shop where I worked, sold for ultra cheap at inventory disposal. They must have played with it for hours running the sliding jaw with the dial and counter up and down at high speed. The axle shaft that had the main pointer for thousands indication, was wore through. With my horrible horology skills, I used a spin indexer on my surface grinder to make a new shaft. It sorta works but has some play making thousands measurement +/- 0.002 at best. It was fun getting the backlash gears reset with that spring fighting me.
I have a generic height gauge like this one. Do you know how the crystal cover is removed from the dial indicator? If so can you explain how to remove it? Thank You.
I believe it is pressed in. For those i use a strong tape pressed onto the lense and pop it off. Sometimes they can crack at the edges though. Be careful. And good luck
@@AlmostMachining I read someplace on the net that there is some sort of spring clip at 1? o clock and 7? o clock on the dial...maybe it was 10 and 4? Supposed to insert a small pin into the very small hole located radially on the OD of the dial and 'unclip' the clips. I tried it with mine.......no luck.
I have one of these and the dial is at 8 o’clock when the scribe is at zero. Everything works but I’d like the dial to be a 12 o’clock when the gauge is at zero. Any suggestions? Was there any problem putting the back on? You didn’t show that on the video.
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Nice fix. What I've been finding in older stuff that has plastics, the plastic gears start shattering, as the volatile's have dried out, and embrittled the parts.
I fixed a 24" Mitutoyo caliper that was used by the model shop where I worked, sold for ultra cheap at inventory disposal. They must have played with it for hours running the sliding jaw with the dial and counter up and down at high speed. The axle shaft that had the main pointer for thousands indication, was wore through. With my horrible horology skills, I used a spin indexer on my surface grinder to make a new shaft. It sorta works but has some play making thousands measurement +/- 0.002 at best. It was fun getting the backlash gears reset with that spring fighting me.
Very nice fix though and a great find.
Hi Phil, boy are you one brave guy to take that apart!
Thank you. It went really well.
Nice! I like the analog better than the electric. No soldering.
nice repair
Thank you.
I have a generic height gauge like this one. Do you know how the crystal cover is removed from the dial indicator? If so can you explain how to remove it? Thank You.
I believe it is pressed in. For those i use a strong tape pressed onto the lense and pop it off. Sometimes they can crack at the edges though. Be careful. And good luck
@@AlmostMachining I read someplace on the net that there is some sort of spring clip at 1? o clock and 7? o clock on the dial...maybe it was 10 and 4? Supposed to insert a small pin into the very small hole located radially on the OD of the dial and 'unclip' the clips. I tried it with mine.......no luck.
That may be the case. I have not looked
I have one of these and the dial is at 8 o’clock when the scribe is at zero. Everything works but I’d like the dial to be a 12 o’clock when the gauge is at zero. Any suggestions? Was there any problem putting the back on? You didn’t show that on the video.
Sometimes the lens can crack when it is removed. Sometimes the needle breaks when it is removed. It is up to you as to how much of a nuisance this is.