Bowl Thickness Gauge

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Bowl thickness gauge.

Made of urethane resin the gage t has a spring loaded steel rod with lines etched around it that allows for direct reading in the wall thickness. The thickness of the bowl wall is indicated by how far the end of the plunger is from the c shapes gauge. The bowl being measured slides between two non marring brass balls. Aug 3 2014 turning a segmented bowl homemade thickness gauge.

The thing i like about the gage t is that you can easily slide the tool down the wall of the bowl and watch the scale to show the actual thickness of the wall at that point no guessing or estimating making the identification of the specific area that needs more work quite easy. Essential for measuring and maintaining the proper wall thickness of your bowl. We offer inside outside calipers double ended calipers for bowl turning and mini calipers for small projects in addition to specialty calipers for measuring the wall thickness when hollow forms we have them all right here for you all backed by our 100 satisfaction guarantee. 8 from pivot to tips.

This plunger style caliper was designed by mike jackofsky. The gage t can also be used for measuring the thickness of plates and platters. Transfers your bowl s wall thickness measurement to the outside caliper tips without removing it from your work. Designed to measure the wall thickness of bowls up to 20 in diameter the tompkins gage t thickness gauge is also ideal for checking platters too.