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MACHINERY'S REFERENCE SERIES

EACH NUMBER IS ONE UNIT IN A COMPLETE LIBRARY OF
MACHINE DESIGN AND SHOP PRACTICE REVISED AND
REPUBLISHED FROM MACHINERY
NUMBER 21

MEASURING TOOLS
Third Edition

CONTENTS
History and Development of Standard Measurements
Calipers, Dividers, and Surface Gages
Micrometer Measuring Instruments
Miscellaneous Measuring Tools and Gages

Copyright, 1910, The Industrial Press, Publishers of Machinery.

49-55 Lafayette Street, New York City

CHAPTER I
HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF STANDARD MEASUREMENTS[1]
While every mechanic makes use of the standards of length every day, and uses tools graduated according to accepted
standards when performing even the smallest operation in the shop, there are comparatively few who know the history
of the development of the standard measurements of length, or are familiar with the methods employed in transferring
the measurements from the reference standard to the working standards. We shall therefore here give a short review of
the history and development of standard measurements of length, as abstracted from a paper read by Mr. W. A. Viall
before the Providence Association of Mechanical Engineers.
Origin of Standard Measurements
By examining the ruins of the ancients it has been found that they had standard measurements, not in the sense in which
we are now to consider them, but the ruins show that the buildings were constructed according to some regular unit. In
many, if not all cases, the unit seems to be some part of the human body. The "foot," it is thought, first appeared in
Greece, and the standard was traditionally said to have been received from the foot of Hercules, and a later tradition
has it that Charlemagne established the measurement of his own foot as the standard for his country.
Standards Previous to 1800
In England, prior to the conquest, the yard measured, according to later investigations, 39.6 inches, but it was reduced
by Henry I in 1101, to compare with the measurement of his own arm. In 1324, under Edward II,it was enacted that
"the inch shall have length of three barley corns, round and dry, laid end to end; twelve inches shall make one foot, and
three feet one yard." While this standard for measurement was the accepted one, scientists were at work on a plan to
establish a standard for length that could be recovered if lost, and Huygens, a noted philosopher and scientist of his day,
suggested that the pendulum, which beats according to its length, should be used to establish the units of measurement.
In 1758 Parliament appointed a commission to investigate and compare the various standards with that furnished by the
Royal Society. The commission caused a copy of this standard to be made, marked it "Standard Yard, 1758," and laid
it before the House of Commons. In 1742, members of the Royal Society of England and the Royal Academy of
Science of Paris agreed to exchange standards, and two bars 42 inches long, with three feet marked off upon them,
were sent to Paris, and one of these was returned later with "Toise" marked upon it. In 1760 a yard bar was prepared
by Mr. Bird, which was afterwards adopted as a standard, as we shall see later.
In 1774 the Royal Society offered a reward of a hundred guineas for amethod that would obtain an invariable
standard, and Halton proposed a pendulum with a moving weight upon it, so that by counting the beats when the weight
was in one position and again when in another, and then measuring the distance between the two positions, a distance
could be defined that could at any time be duplicated. The Society paid 30 guineas for the suggestion, and later the
work was taken up by J. Whitehurst withthe result that the distance between the positions of the weight when vibrating
42 and 84 times a minute was 59.89358 inches. The method was not further developed.
How the Length of the Meter was Established
In 1790, Talleyrand, then Bishop of Autun, suggested to the Constituent Assembly that the king should endeavor to
have the king of England request his parliament to appoint a commission to work in unison with one to be appointed in
France, the same to be composed of members of the Royal Society and Royal Academy of Science, respectively, to
determine the length of a pendulum beating seconds of time. England did not respond to the invitation, and the French
commission appointed considered first of all whether the pendulum beating seconds of time, the quadrant of the
meridian, or the quadrant of the equator should be determined as a source of the standard. It was decided that the
quadrant of the meridian should be adopted and that 0.0000001 of it should be the standard.
The arc of about nine and one-half degrees, extending from Dunkirk onthe English Channel to Barcelona on the
Mediterranean and passing through Paris, should be the one to be measured. The actual work of measuring was done
by Mechain and Delambre according to the plans laid down by the commission. Mechain was to measure about 25 per
cent of the arc, the southern portion of it, and Delambre the remainder; the reason for this unequal division was that the
northern division had been surveyed previously, and the territory was well-known, whereas the southern part was an
unknown country, as far as the measurement of it went, and it was expected that many severe difficulties would have to
be surmounted. The Revolution was in progress, and it was soon found that the perils attending the measurement of the
northern part were greater than those attending the southern part of the territory. The people looked askance at all
things that they did not understand, and Delambre with his instruments was looked upon as one sent to further enthrall
them. He was set upon by the people at various times and although the authorities endeavored to protect him, it was
only by his own bravery and tact that he was able to do his work and save his life. The Committee of Safetyordered
that Mechain and Delambre close their work in 1795, and it was some time afterward before it was resumed.
Having completed the field work, the results of their labors were laid before a commission composed of members of the
National Institute and learned men from other nations, who had accepted the invitation that had been extended to them,
and after carefully reviewing and calculating the work, the length of the meridian was determined, and from it was
established the meter as we now have it. A platinum bar was made according to the figures given, and this furnishes the
prototype of the meter of the present time. Notwithstanding all of the care taken in establishing the meter, from work
done by Gen. Schubert, of Russia, and Capt. Clarke, of England, it has been shown that it is not 0.0000001 ofthe
quadrant passing through Paris, but of the one passing through New York.
The Standard Yard in England—Its Loss and Restoration
Whether incited by the work of the French or not, we do not know, but in the early part of this century the English
began to do more work upon the establishment of a standard, and in 1816 a commission was appointed by the crown
to examine and report upon the standard of length. Capt. Kater made a long series of careful observations determining
the second pendulum to be 39.1386 inches when reduced to the level of the sea. This measurement was made on a
scale made by Troughton—who, by the way, was the first to introduce the use of the microscope in making
measurements—under the direction of and for Sir Geo. Schuckburgh. In 1822, having made three reports, after many
tests, it was recommended that the standard prepared by Bird in 1760, marked "Standard Yard, 1760," be adopted as
the standard for Great Britain.
The act of June, 1824, after declaring that this measure should be adopted as the standard, reads in Sec. III.: "And
whereas it is expedient that the Standard Yard, if lost, destroyed, defaced or otherwise injured should be restored to
the same length by reference to some invariable natural Standard; and whereas it has been ascertained by the
Commissioners appointed by His Majesty to inquire into the Subjects ofWeights and Measures, that the Yard, hereby
declared to be the Imperial Standard Yard, when compared with a Pendulum vibrating Seconds of Mean Time in the
latitude of London, in a Vacuum at the Level of the Sea, is in the proportion of Thirty-six Inches to Thirty-nine Inches
and one thousand three hundred and ninety-three ten thousandth parts of an Inch; Be it enacted and declared, that if at
any Time hereafter the said Imperial Standard Yard shall be lost, or shall be in any manner destroyed, defaced or
otherwise injured, it shall and may be restored by making a new Standard Yard bearing the same proportion to such
Pendulum, as aforesaid, as the said Imperial Standard Yard bears to such Pendulum."
It was not long after this act had been passed, if indeed not before, that it became known that the pendulum method
was an incorrect one, as it was found that errors had occurred in reducing the length obtained to that at the sea level,
and despite the great pains that had been taken, it is doubtful if the method was not faulty in some of its other details.
When the Houses of Parliament were burned in 1834, an opportunity wasoffered to try the method upon which so
much time and care had been spent. A commission was appointed and to Sir Francis Baily was assigned the task of
restoring the standard. He did not live to complete the task, dying in 1844. He succeeded in determining the
composition of the metal that was best adapted to be used, which metal is now known as Baily's metal.
Rev. R. Sheepshanks constructed a working model as a standard and compared it with two Schuckburg's scales, the
yard of the Royal Society, and two iron bars that had been used in the ordnance department. Having determined to his
own satisfaction and that of his associates the value of the yard, he prepared the standard imperial yard, known as
Bronze No. 1, a bronze bar 38 × 1 × 1 inch, with two gold plugs dropped into holes so that the surface of the plugs
passes through the center plane of the bar. Upon these plugs are three transverse lines and two longitudinal lines, the
yard being the distance from the middle transverse line—the portion lying between the two longitudinal ones—of one
plug, to the corresponding line on the other plug. Forty copies were made, but two of these being correct at 62 degrees
Fahrenheit, and these two, together with the original and one other, are kept in England as the standards for reference.
In 1855 the standard as made by Rev. Sheepshanks was legalized.
Attempts to Fix a Standard in the United States
The Constitution empowers Congress to fix the standards of weights andmeasures, but up to 1866 no legal standard
length had been adopted. In his first message to Congress Washington said: "A uniformity in the weights and measures
of the country is among the important objects submitted to you by the Constitution, and if it can be derived from a
standard at once invariable and universal, it must be no less honorable to the public council than conducive to the public
convenience."
In July, 1790, Thomas Jefferson, then Secretary of State, sent areport to Congress containing two plans, both based
on the length of the pendulum, in this case the pendulum to be a plain bar, the one plan to use the system then existing,
referring it to the pendulum as the basis, and the other to take the pendulum and subdivide it, one-third of the pendulum
to be called a foot. The whole length was that of one beating seconds of time. He made a table to read as follows:
10 Points make a Line.
10 Lines make a Foot.
10 Feet make a Decad.
10 Decads make a Rood.
10 Roods make a Furlong.
10 Furlongs make a Mile.
Congress did not adopt his system, and as England was then working onthe problem, it was decided to await the
results of its labors. In 1816, Madison, in his inaugural address, brought the matter of standards to the attention of
Congress, and a committee of the House made a report recommending the first plan of Jefferson, but the report was not
acted upon. In 1821, J. Q. Adams, then Secretary of State, made a long andexhaustive report in which he favored the
metric system, but still advised Congress to wait, and Congress—waited.
What the Standards are in the United States
The standard of length which had generally been accepted as the standard, was a brass scale 82 inches long, prepared
by Troughton for the Coast Survey of the United States. The yard used was the 36 inchesbetween the 27th and 63d
inch of the scale. In 1856, however "Bronze No. 11" was presented to the United States by the British government.
This is a duplicate of the No. 1 Bronze mentioned before, which is the legalized standard yard in England. It is standard
length at 61.79 degrees F., and is the accepted standard in the United States. A bar of Low Moor iron, No. 57, was
sent at the same time, and this is correct in length at 62.58 degrees F. The expansion of Bronze No. 11 is 0.000342
inch, and that of the iron bar is 0.000221 inch for each degree Fahrenheit. While the yard is the commonly accepted
standard in this country, it is not the legal standard. In 1866 Congress passed a law making legal the meter, the first and
only measure of length that has been legalized by our government. Copies of the meter and kilogram, taken from the
original platinum bar at Paris, referred to before, were received in this country by the President and members of the
Cabinet, on Jan. 2, 1890, and were deposited with the Coast Survey. By formal order of the Secretary of the Treasury,
April 5, 1893, these were denominated the "Fundamental Standards."
The International Bureau of Weights and Measures
After the original meter was established, it was found that copies made by various countries differed to a greater or less
extent from the original, and believing that a copy could be made from which other copies could be more readily made
than from the end piece meter, and that better provision could be made for the preservation of the standard, France
called a convention of representatives from various States using the system, to consider the matter. The United States
representatives, or commissioners, were Messrs. Henry and Hildegard, who met with the generalcommission in 1870.
The commissioners at once set at work to solve the problem presented to them, but the Franco-Prussian war put an
end to their deliberations. The deliberations were resumed later, and May 20, 1875, representatives of the various
countries signed a treaty providing for the establishment and maintenance, at the common expense of the contracting
nations, of a "scientific and permanent international bureau of weights and measures, the location of which should be
Paris, to be conducted by a general conference for weights and measures, to be composed of the delegates of all the
contracting governments."
This bureau is empowered to construct and preserve the international standards, to distribute copies of the same to the
several countries, and also to discuss and initiate measures necessary for the determination of the metric system. The
commission adopted a form for the standard as shown in Fig. 1. The lines representing the length of the meter are
drawn on the plane A, which is the neutral plane, and will not change in length should the bar deflect. The bar is made of
90 per cent platinum and 10 per cent iridium, about 250 kilograms having been melted when preparations were made
for the first standard, so that all of the copies made from this cast represent the same coefficient of expansion and are
subject to the same changes as the original. The French government presented to the bureau the pavilion Breteuil,
opposite the Park of St. Cloud, which was accepted and put into order and is now the repository of the originals of the
meter and the kilogram. The expense attending the first establishment of the bureau was about $10,000 to the United
States, and since then its share of the annual expense has been about $900. The standards in the possession of the
United States were received through the international bureau.
The Commercial Value of a Standard
Having at the disposal of the nation a standard of length, the question arises, "What can be made of it commercially, and
how do we know when we have a copy of the standard?"

Fig. 1. Form of Bar Adopted for International Standards of Length

In 1893, the Brown & Sharpe Mfg. Co. decided to make a newstandard to replace the one they had at that date. Mr.
O. J. Beale wasdetailed to do this work. He prepared steel bars about 40 inches long by 1¼ inch square, and after
planing them, they were allowed to rest for several months. At the ends of these bars he inserted two gold plugs, the
centers of which were about 36 inches apart, and a little beyond these two others about one meter apart. A bar was
placed in position upon a heavy bed. This was so arranged that a tool carrier could be passed over the bar. The tool
carrier consisted of a light framework, holding the marking tool. One feature of the marking was that the point of the
marking tool was curved and had an angle, so that if dropped it made an impression in the form of an ellipse. In
graduations, ordinarily, the line, when highly magnified, is apt to present at its ends an impression less definite than in the
center, by reason of the form of the objective. The line made with the tool mentioned is short, and that portion of the
line is read which passes, apparently, through the straight line in the eye-glass of the microscope. In order to make these
lines as definite as possible, the point was lapped to a bright surface. After being placed in position, the microscope,
which could be placed on the front of the tool carrier, was set to compare with the graduation on the standard bar from
which the new bar was to be prepared. After such a setting the readings were made by three persons, and by turning
the lever the marking tool was dropped, making a very fine line, so fine indeed, that when the authorities in Washington
began the examination of the bar later on they declared that no line had been made upon these studs.
After making the first line, the carriage was moved along to compare with the other line on the standard, and after the
correction had been made by the use of the micrometer in the microscope, the marking tool was again dropped, giving
the second line, which was intended to mark the limit of one yard over-all. The same operation was repeated in the
marking of the meter. The whole of this work was done, of course, with the greatest care, and, while the theoretical
portion of it appears very simple in detail, it required a great deal of time and patience before the last line had been
made. The bar thus marked was taken to Washington, and in Mr. Beale's presence was compared by the attendants
with Bronze No. 11 and later with Low Moor bar, No. 57.
In comparing this standard, a method was employed very similar to that used in marking it. The bar, properly
supported, was placed upon a box that rested upon rolls, and on this same box was placed the government standard
with which the Brown & Sharpe standard was to be compared. The standard was placed in position under the
microscope, and after being properly set to the standard, the bar to be measured was placed under the microscope,
and by the micrometer screw of the microscope the variation was measured. Three comparisons were made by each of
the attendants on each end before determining the reading of the microscope, and after such comparisons and many
repetitions of it, the value of the standard No. 2 was found to be 36.00061 inches for the yard, and 1.0000147 meter
for the meter.
After this work had been done, Mr. Beale prepared a second standard which he called No. 3, and after examining, as
shown above, the error was found to be 0.00002 inch for the yard, and 0.000005 meter for the meter. Observing these
variations as compared with the standards originally made, we find they are very close, and it is doubtful if many
repeated trials would furnish more accurate work, when we remember that out of forty original standards made, but
two are correct at 62 degrees Fahrenheit.
After establishing a yard, the problem of obtaining an inch comes next, and this was made by subdividing the yard into
two equal parts, these into three, and the three further subdivided into six parts. It should be particularly noted that no
mention has been made of a standard inch, as there is none, the standard yard only existing, the subdivision of which
falls upon those undertaking standard work. There is a remarkable agreement between at least three leading gage
makers of this country and abroad, and each came to the result by its own method of subdividing the standard yard.
Kinds of Measurements and Measuring Tools
The measurements in the shop may, in general, be divided into measurements of length and measurements of angles.
The length measurements in turn may be divided into line measurements and end measurements, the former being made
by placing a rule or similar instrument against the object being measured, and comparing its length with the graduations
on the measuring instruments; the latter are made by comparing the object being measured with the measuring
instrument, by bringing the object measured into actual contact with the measuring surfaces of the instrument. Examples
of line measurements are the ordinary measurements made with the machinist's rule, and examples of end measurement
are those made by the micrometer, measuring machines, and snap gages. Angular measurements can also be divided
into two classes; those measured directly by graduations on the instrument, and those measured by comparison with a
given angle of the instrument.
Measuring instruments may also be divided into two classes, according to whether they actually are used for measuring,
or whether they are principally used for comparing objects with one another. According to this classification all kinds of
rules and protractors belong to the first class, whereas all gages belong to the second class. The ordinary instruments for
length measurements, the regular machinists' rule, the caliper square, and the ordinary micrometer caliper, are too well
known to require any additional explanation. The same is true of the regular bevel protractor for measuring angles. We
shall therefore in the following chapters deal principally with special measuring tools, and with such methods in the use
of tools which are likely to suggest improvements, or otherwise be valuable to the user and maker of measuring tools.

CHAPTER II
CALIPERS, DIVIDERS, AND SURFACE GAGES
In the present chapter we shall deal with the simpler forms of tools used for measuring, such as ordinary calipers, and
their use; surface gages; special attachments for scales and squares, facilitating accurate measuring; and vernier and
beam calipers. The descriptions of the tools and methods referred to have appeared in Machinery from time to time.
The names of the persons who originally contributed these descriptions have been stated in notes at the foot of the
pages, together with the month and year when their contribution appeared.
Setting Inside Calipers
Figs. 2 to 4 Setting Inside Calipers
Figs. 2 and 3 Fig. 4
Setting Inside Calipers
It is customary with most machinists, when setting inside calipers to a scale, to place one end of the scale squarely
against the face of some true surface, and then, placing one leg of the caliper against the same surface, to set the other
leg to the required measurement on the scale. For this purpose the faceplate of the lathe is frequently used on account of
its being close at hand for the latheman. The sides of the jaws of a vise or almost anything located where the light is
sufficient to read the markings on the scale are frequently used.
The disadvantages of this method are, first, that a rough or untrue object is often chosen, particularly if it happens to be
in a better light than a smooth and true one, and, second, that it is very hard to hold the scale squarely against an object.
It is easy enough to hold it squarely crosswise, but it is not so easy a matter to keep it square edgewise. As can be
readily seen, this makes quite a difference with the reading of the calipers, particularly if the scale is a thick one.
Figs. 2 and 3 show this effect exaggerated. B is the block against which the scale abuts. The dotted line indicates where
the caliper leg should rest, but cannot do so, unless the scale is held perfectly square with the block. Fig. 4 shows a
method of setting the calipers by using a small square to abut the scale and to afford a surface against which to place the
leg of the caliper. The scale, lying flat on the blade of the square, is always sure to be square edgewise, and is easily
held squarely against the stock of the square as shown. This method has also the advantage of being portable, and can
be taken to the window or to any place where the light is satisfactory. When using a long scale, the free end may be
held against the body to assist in holding it in place.[2]
Shoulder Calipers
Fig. 5. Shoulder Calipers
Fig. 5. Shoulder Calipers
In Fig. 5 are shown a pair of calipers which are very handy inmeasuring work from shoulder to shoulder or from a
shoulder to the end of the piece of work. For this purpose they are much handier, and more accurate, than the ordinary
"hermaphrodites." The legs are bent at AA so as to lie flat and thus bring the point of the long leg directly behind the
short one which "nests" into it, as at B, so that the calipers may be used for short measurements as well as for long ones.
Double-jointed Calipers to Fold in Tool Box
In Fig. 6 are illustrated a pair of large calipers that can be folded up and put in a machinist's ordinary size tool chest. The
usual large caliper supplied by the average machine shop is so cumbersome and heavy that this one was designed to fill
its place. It can be carried in the chest when the usual style of large caliper cannot. It is a very light and compact tool. It
is a 26-inch caliper, and will caliper up to 34 inches diameter. The top sections are made in four pieces, and the point
ends fit between the top half like the blade of a knife, as shown in the engraving. Each side of the upper or top section is
made of saw steel 1/16 inch thick, and the lower part or point of steel ⅛ inch thick. The double section makes the tool
very stiff and light.
The point section has a tongue A, extending between the double section, which is engaged by a sliding stud and thumb
nut. The stud is a nice sliding fit in the slot, and the thumb nut clamps it firmly in place when in use. B, in the figure,
shows the construction of the thumb nut. C is a sheet copper liner put between the washers at A. The dotted lines in the
engraving show the points folded back to close up. The large joint washers are 1¾ inch diameter, and a ⅝-inch pin with
a ⅜-inch hexagon head screw tightens it up. The forward joints are the same style, but smaller. The main joint has two
1¾-inch brass distance pieces or washers between the two main washers. The top section is 12½ inches between
centers, and the point sections 15 inches from center to point. Closed up, the calipers measure 16 inches over-all.
Fig. 6. Large Double-jointed Calipers
Fig. 6. Large Double-jointed Calipers
Kinks in Inside Calipering
Close measurements may be made by filing two notches in each leg of an inside caliper so as to leave a rounded
projection between, as shown at E, Fig. 7. Then, with an outside caliper, D, the setting of the inside caliper, B, is taken
from the rounded points. The inside caliper can be reset very accurately after removal by this method. A still better way
is to have two short pins, CC′ set in the sides of the inside caliper legs, but this is not readily done as a makeshift. To
measure the inside diameter of a bore having a shoulder like the piece H, the inside caliper F may also be set as usual
and then a line marked with a sharp scriber on one leg, by drawing it along the side G. Then the legs are closed to
remove the caliper, and are reset to the scribed line. Of course, this method is not as accurate as the previous one, and
can be used only for approximate measurements.
Fig. 7. Methods of Inside Calipering
Fig. 7. Methods of Inside Calipering
To get the thickness of a wall beyond a shoulder, as at K, Fig. 7, set the caliper so that the legs will pass over the
shoulder freely, and with a scale measure the distance between the outside leg and the outside of the piece. Then
remove the caliper and measure the distance between the caliper points. The difference between these two distances
will be the thickness M.
Inside Calipers for Close Spaces
In Fig. 8 are shown a pair of inside calipers which are bent so as to be well adapted for calipering distances difficult of
access, such as the keyway in a shaft and hub which does not extend beyond the hub, as indicated. With the ordinary
inside calipers, having straight legs, and which are commonly used for inside work, it is generally impossible to get the
exact size, as the end which is held in the hand comes in contact with the shaft before both points come into the same
vertical plane. The engraving plainly shows how calipers for this purpose are made, and how used. Any mechanic can
easily bend a common pair to about the shape shown to accommodate this class of work.[3]
Fig. 8. Inside Calipers for Close Spaces
Fig. 8. Inside Calipers for Close Spaces
Surface Gage with Two Pointers
Figs. 9 and 10 show a special surface gage, and illustrate an original idea which has been found to be a great saver of
time and of milling cutters. It can also be used on the planer or shaper. By its use the operator can raise the milling
machine table to the right height without testing the cut two or three times, and eliminate the danger of taking a cut that is
liable to break the cutter. This tool is especially valuable on castings, as raising the table and allowing the cutter to
revolve in the gritty surface while finding the lowest spot is very disastrous to the cutting edges.
Figs. 9 and 10. Surface Gage with Two Pointers
Figs. 9 and 10. Surface Gage with Two Pointers
To use this surface gage, the pointer marked C in Fig. 9 is set to the lowest spot in the casting, and then the pointer B is
set from it with perhaps 1/32 inch between the points for a cut sufficient to clean up the surface. Pointer C is then folded
up as shown at C′ in Fig. 10, and the table is raised until the pointer B will just touch the under side of the cutter as
shown at B′ in Fig. 10. Inthis way the table is quickly adjusted to a cut that will clean the casting or other piece being
machined, and with no cutting or trying whatever.[4]
To Adjust the Needle of a Surface Gage

Fig. 11. Method of Adjusting the Needle of a Surface Gage

Fig. 12. Scale Attachment for the Square
Fig. 12. Scale Attachment for the Square
Fig. 11 illustrates a method of adjusting the needle of a surface gage. To set the gage 3¾ inches from the table, get
somewhere within ¼ inch of the mark on the square. With the thumb and forefinger on hook A, turn the needle till it
reaches the point desired. By turning the needle, it will travel in a circular path, on account of the bend near the point,
and thus reach the desired setting.
Scale Attachment for the Square
Fig. 12 shows a device for attaching a scale to a square. This combination makes a very convenient tool to use when
setting up work for keyseating, as is illustrated in the engraving, in which S is the shaft to be splined and C the milling
cutter. It is also a very handy tool for truing up work on the boring mill or lathe. At the upper left-hand corner, is shown
the construction of the parts, which are made of dimensions to suit the size of the scale and the square. For the
combination to be successful, it is essential that the blade of the square is the same thickness as the scale.[5]
Attachment for Machinist's Scale

Fig. 13. Convenient Attachment for Machinist's Scale

Fig. 13 shows a very convenient appliance. It will be found veryuseful in the machine shop for setting inside calipers to
any desired size. The gage is clamped over the rule wherever desired, and one leg of the calipers set against the gage,
the other leg being brought flush with the end of the scale.[6]
Setting Dividers Accurately
To set dividers accurately, take a 1-inch micrometer and cut a line entirely around the thimble as at A, Fig. 14, and then,
with the instrument set at zero, make a punch mark B exactly one inch from the line on the thimble. If less than one inch
is wanted, open out the micrometer and set the dividers to the dot and line so as to give one inch more than the distance
wanted. Now with the dividers make two marks across a line, as at a and b, Fig. 14, and then set the dividers to one
inch and mark another line as at c. The distance from c to b is the amount desired, and the dividers can be set to it.
Great care must, of course, be exercised, if accurate results are required.
Fig. 14. Method of Setting Dividers Accurately
Fig. 14. Method of Setting Dividers Accurately
Combination Caliper and Divider
The combination caliper and divider shown in Fig. 15 is one that is not manufactured by any of the various tool
companies. It is, however, one of the handiest tools that can be in a machinist's kit, as it lends itself to so many varied
uses, and often is capable of being used where only a special tool can be employed. The illustration suggests its
usefulness. The tool can be used as an outside caliper, as an inside caliper, and as a divider. The common form of this
tool has generally only one toe on the caliper legs, but the double toes save the reversal of the points when changing
from outside to inside work. The divider points may be set at an angle, which permits of stepping off readily around the
outside of a shaft at angular distances, where the ordinary dividers are useless. A number of other uses could be
mentioned, but any intelligent mechanic can readily suggest them for himself.
Fig. 15. Combination Caliper and Divider
Fig. 15. Combination Caliper and Divider
Attachment for Vernier Calipers
While vernier and slide calipers are very handy shop tools, their usefulness is much more limited than it ought to be for
such expensive instruments. In order to increase the usefulness of these tools, the attachments shown in Fig. 16 may be
made. In the upper left-hand part of the engraving the details of a useful addition to the caliper are shown. A is made of
machine steel, while the tongue B is of tool steel, hardened and ground and lapped to a thickness of 0.150 inch, the top
and bottom being absolutely parallel. This tongue is secured to A by the two rivets CC. The thumb-screw D is used for
fastening the attachment to the sliding jaw of the vernier or slide caliper. In the upper part of the engraving is shown the
base, which is of machine steel, with the slot F milled for the reception of the fixed jaw of the caliper. The set-screws
GGG are put in at a slight angle so that the caliper will be held firmly and squarely in this base. In the figure to the left
these pieces are shown in the position for forming a height gage, for which purpose the attachment is most commonly
used. As a test of the accuracy of its construction when the attachment is placed in this position, the tongue B should
make a perfect joint with the fixed jaw of the caliper, and the vernier should give a reading of exactly 0.150. When it is
desirable that the tongue B should overhang, the base E is pushed back even with the stationary jaw, as shown in the
engraving to the right. In this position it is used for laying out and testing bushings in jigs, etc. The illustration shows the
tool in use for this purpose, K being the jig to be tested. All measurements are from the center line upon which the
bushing No. 1 is placed. Taking this as a starting point we find the caliper to read 1 inch. Bushing No. 2, which is
undergoing the test, should be ⅝ inch from this center line. It has a ¼-inch hole, and we therefore insert a plug of this
diameter. Now adjust the tongue of the caliper to the bottom of this plug (as shown in the engraving) and the vernier
should read 1.625 minus one-half the diameter of the plug, or 1.500, and any variation from this will show the error of
the jig. In this case the top surface of B was used and no allowance had to be made for its thickness. In case the bottom
surface is used, 0.150 must be deducted from the reading of the caliper.
Fig. 16. Attachment for Vernier Calipers
Fig. 16. Attachment for Vernier Calipers
It is very easy to make a mistake in setting a bushing, and such a mistake is equally hard to detect unless some such
means of measuring as this is at hand. It often happens that jigs and fixtures are put into use containing such errors, and
the trouble is not discovered until many dollars' worth of work has been finished and found worthless. The illustration
shows but one of the many uses to which this attachment may be applied. The figures given on the details are correct for
making an attachment to be used upon the Brown & Sharpe vernier caliper, but for other calipers they would, of
course, have to be altered to suit.[7]
Improved Micrometer Beam Caliper
Fig. 17. Improved Micrometer Beam Caliper
Fig. 17. Improved Micrometer Beam Caliper
In a beam caliper having a sliding micrometer jaw with or without a separate clamping slide, it is necessary to have the
beam divided into unit spaces, at which the jaw or slide may be accurately fixed, the micrometer screw then being used
to cover the distance between the divisions; but it is difficult to construct a beam caliper of this type with holes for a
taper setting pin, at exactly equal distances apart; consequently a plan that is generally followed in making such tools is
to provide as many holes through the slide and beam as there are inch divisions, each hole being drilled and reamed
through both the slide and beam at once. If it were attempted to drill the holes through the beam at exactly one inch
apart, having only one hole in the clamping head and using it as a jig for the purpose, it would be found very difficult, if
not impossible, to get the holes all of one size and exactly one inch apart. The design of the micrometer beam caliper
shown in Fig. 17, which has been patented by Mr. Frank Spalding, Providence, Rhode Island, issuch, however, that it
is not necessary to drill more than one hole through the clamping slide. The beam F is grooved longitudinally, and in the
groove are fitted hardened steel adjusting blocks in which a taper hole D is accurately finished. Between the blocks are
filling pieces G, which are brazed or otherwise fastened in the groove. Holes are drilled, tapped, and countersunk
between the blocks and the filling pieces G, in which are fitted taper head screws EE1. The construction is thus
obviously such that the blocks may be shifted longitudinally by loosening one screw and tightening the other. In
constructing the caliper, the holes through the beam are drilled as accurately as possible, one inch apart, and centered in
the longitudinal groove, but are made larger than the holes in the blocks, so as to provide for slight adjustment.
Large Beam Caliper
Fig. 18. Large Beam Caliper
Fig. 18. Large Beam Caliper
Fig. 18 shows a large beam caliper designed for machinists and patternmakers. It consists of a beam MN and the legs R
and S, made of cherry wood to the dimensions indicated. The legs are secured in position on the beam by means of the
thumb screws A, which jam against the gibs C at the points of the screws. The gibs have holes countersunk for the
screws to enter, to hold them approximately in place, and the nuts B are of brass, fitted into the filling pieces P that keep
them from turning. The filling pieces are riveted to the legs by means of cherry dowels D. One leg S is provided with a
fine adjustment consisting of flexible steel spring H, ending in a point which is adjusted by the thumb screw E. This
screw is locked in adjustment by the check nut G bearing against the brass nut F, which is inserted in the leg as
shown.[8]

CHAPTER III
MICROMETER MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
Of all measuring instruments used in the shop intended for accurate measurements, those working on the principle of the
ordinary micrometer calipers are the most common. In the present chapter we shall describe and illustrate a number of
different designs of these tools, intended to be used for various purposes. The instruments shown in Figs. 19 to 23 were
built, in leisure hours, by Mr. A. L. Monrad, of East Hartford, Conn.
Micrometer for Snap Gages
Fig. 19. Micrometer for Snap Gages
Fig. 19. Micrometer for Snap Gages
Fig. 19 shows a form of micrometer that has proved very handy for measuring snap gages, and thicknesses, and can
also be used as a small height gage to measure the distance from a shoulder to the base, as shown in Fig. 20. In
measuring snap gages or thicknesses, the outside and inside of the measuring disks are used, respectively. This
instrument may also come in very handy when setting tools on the planer or shaper. As will be seen in the engraving,
there are two sets of graduations on the sleeve A, thus enabling the operator to tell at a glance what measurement is
obtained from the outside or the inside of the measuring disks. Each of the disks is 0.100 inch thick, so that the range of
the micrometer is 0.800 and 1.000 inch for the outside and inside, respectively. The details of the instrument are as
follows:
The sleeve A is composed of the inside measuring disk, the graduated sleeve, and the micrometer nut combined. On the
disk are two projections KK, which are knurled, thus providing a grip when operating the tool. The sleeve is threaded
on the inside of one end, which acts as a micrometer nut, and the outside of this same end is threaded to receive the
adjusting nut D. The sleeve has two slots, each placed 90 degrees from the graduations, and these provide for
compensation for wear. The disk part is hardened by heating in a lead bath, and is finished by grinding and lapping. The
barrel B is the same as a regular micrometer barrel, and is graduated with 25 divisions. Spindle E consists of the outside
disk and the micrometer screw, and the barrel B fits on its end, which is tapped out to receive the speeder C, which
serves to hold the barrel in position. The thread is ¼ inch, 40 pitch, and the disk and unthreaded parts are hardened,
ground and lapped. To adjust this, instrument, loosen the speeder C and turn the barrel until the proper adjustment is
obtained. Then lock the barrel by tightening the speeder again.[9]

Fig. 20. Micrometer in Fig. 19 used as Height Gage

Micrometer Caliper Square
Fig. 21 shows an assembled view and the details of a micrometer caliper square which, if accurately made, is equal and
often preferable to the vernier caliper now so generally used. One of its advantages over the vernier is that when the
measurement is taken, it can be readily discerned without straining the eyes, and this instrument is as easy to manipulate
as the regular micrometer.
In the details, part A, which is the main body of the instrument, is made of tool steel, the forward or jaw end being solid
with the body. This end is hardened, and the jaw ground and lapped. The body is bored out and two flats milled on the
outside, which lighten it up and make it neat in appearance. The jaw end is counterbored out with a 45-degree
counterbore to form a bearing for the forward end of the micrometer screw. A slot, ⅛ inch in width, extends from the
fixed jaw to the other end, and in this slides the movable jaw C. There are 44 divisions along the side of this slot, each
division being 0.050 inch apart, giving the tool a range of 2.000 inches for outside and 2.200 inches for inside
measurements. The screw B is the most essential part of this tool, its construction requiring great accuracy. Its diameter
is ⅜ inch and it is cut with 20 threads per inch. On its forward end fits the cone F, which is hardened and ground, the
round part acting as the forward bearing of the screw and fitting in the 45-degree counterbored hole in the body A. On
its other end fits the graduated barrel D and also the speeder G.
Fig. 21. Micrometer Caliper Square
Fig. 21. Micrometer Caliper Square
The barrel is graduated in fifty divisions, each division equaling 0.001 inch. On the inside of the barrel is a 45-degree
bearing which rides on the cone M, the cone being held stationary on the end of the body. Thus it will be seen that both
front and back ends of the micrometer screw are carried in cone bearings, which give a very small point of contact,
thereby causing but little friction and preventing any danger of gumming up so as to run hard. The sliding jaw C is made
of tool steel, hardened, ground and lapped, and combined with it is the micrometer nut which is drawn to a spring
temper. This nut is split and adjusted by two screws to compensate for wear. On this jaw are the two zero marks that
tell at a glance the outside or inside measurements taken. The screw and washer, marked H and I, go onto the end of
the micrometer screw and take up the end play. To make a neat appearance, the cap E is placed in the forward
counterbored hole, being held in place by a tight fit. The adjustment of the tool is accomplished by loosening the
speeder G and turning the barrel on the screw; when the adjustment is made, the speeder is again tightened down and
the barrel locked.[10]
Micrometer Depth Gage
The depth gage, shown in Fig. 22, has a ½-inch movement of the rod, and may be used with rods of any desired length.
These have small 45-degree-on-a-side grooves cut into them at intervals of ½ inch. A small spiral spring, marked I,
gives the rod a constant downward pressure, so that, when taking a measurement, the base of the tool is placed on the
piece of work, and the rod always finds the bottom of the hole; then, by tightening the knurled screw F the rod is
clamped in position and the tool may be picked up and its measurement read from the dial. The graduations on this
instrument are similar to those of the vernier caliper, only they are much plainer, as a half-inch movement of the rod
turns the dial one complete revolution. The figures on the dial denote tenths of an inch, and those on the body of the tool
thousandths; each graduation on the dial is therefore equal to 0.010, so that to show the depth of a hole to be 0.373 the
dial would be revolved around so that the seventh division beyond the 3 mark would be near to 0, and then by looking
from the 0 mark toward the left, the third graduation on the body and one on the dial would be in line, thus denoting
0.373.
Fig. 22. Micrometer Depth Gage
Fig. 22. Micrometer Depth Gage
The most essential part of this tool is the threaded screw B, which acts as a rack, and the worm-wheel, solid with the
dial C. The upper end of the screw forms a split chuck which grips the measuring rods, while the part marked R is
flatted off, and against this portion bears a threaded sleeve G, which acts as a key to keep the screw in position. This
sleeve is threaded, both inside and outside, and screws into the body of the tool, while the binding screw F fits into it
and binds against a small piece of copper, marked H, which in turn holds the screw in position. The thread on B is
0.245 inch in diameter and is cut with 40 threads per inch. The worm-wheel which meshes into this screw is solid with
the dial, as shown at C. It is 0.18 inch in diameter, and requires great accuracy in cutting; it is not hobbed, but the teeth,
of which there are twenty, are milled with a circular cutter of the same diameter as the screw B plus 0.002 inch. The
little studs, marked EE, on the dial and on the body K, hold the coiled spring in position. Very great accuracy must be
attained when locating the holes in K that are to receive the screw and dial B and C. The screw marked J fits into the
dial, where it serves as a bearing and also holds the dial in position. The knurled cap D tightens the split chuck in order
to hold the measuring rod firmly.[11]
Indicator for Accuracy of Lead-screws
Fig. 23. Indicator for Accuracy of Lead-screws
Fig. 23. Indicator for Accuracy of Lead-screws
All of the tools that have been described require an accurately cut screw, and, as very few lathes are capable of
producing this, it may be well to illustrate an indicator for testing the accuracy of the lead-screw, and to explain the
method by which it is used. This instrument is shown in Fig. 23, where it is applied to a test screw K. It consists of a
body A on one end of which is a projection L serving as the upper bearing for the pivoted lever D. This lever swings
about a small steel pivot which can be adjusted by the screw E. The rear end of the lever is forked, and between the
prongs is passed a thread making a double turn about the pivot F that carries the pointer J. Any movement of this lever
will, therefore, cause this pointer to revolve about the dial C. This dial has 20 divisions, each indicating one-half
thousandth of an inch movement of the front end of the lever, so that a total revolution of the pointer about the dial
would indicate a movement of the front end of the lever of 0.020 inch. The screws I serve to hold the dial in place on
the body of the indicator, while the spring M keeps the pointer normally at the zero mark. The indicator is held in the
toolpost by the arm G, which can be set at any angle and firmly clamped by the screw H.
To use the indicator, remove the screw from a micrometer which is known to be accurate, and, with the aid of a brass
bushing, chuck it in the lathe so that the thread end will project. Now gear the lathe to cut 40 threads per inch and apply
the indicator. When the lathe is started, the point of the indicator follows along in the thread of the micrometer screw,
and any variation in the lead will be noted by a movement of the pointer over the dial. If, on the other hand, no
movement takes place, it is an indication that the pitch of the lead-screw is correct.[12]
Micrometer Attachment for Reading Ten-thousandths of an Inch

Fig. 24. Micrometer with Attachment for Reading Ten-thousandths of an Inch

Fig. 24 shows an attachment for micrometers designed and made for readings in tenths of thousandths of an inch. With
very little fitting it is interchangeable for 1-, 2-, or 3-inch B. & S. micrometers. Theidea is simple, as can be seen by the
illustration. The diameter of the thimble is increased 3 to 1 by a disk which is graduated with 250 lines instead of 25,
making each line represent 0.0001 inch instead of 0.001 inch. A piece of steel is then turned up and bored and cut
away so as to form the index blade and a shell to clasp the micrometer frame, the whole thing being made in one piece.
The thimble disk being just a good wringing fit, it can be easily adjusted 0 to 0. The attachment can be removed when
fine measuring is not required.[13]
Special Micrometer for Large Dimensions
Fig. 25 shows a 6-inch micrometer caliper designed for measuring from 0 to 6 inches by half-thousandths. The sliding
micrometer head travels on a cylinder barrel through which a hole is accurately bored to suit three plugs, one, two, and
three inches long, as shown in the engraving. These plugs serve to locate the traveling head at fixed distances one inch
apart. The micrometer screw itself has a travel of one inch, like any standard micrometer. A locknut is used to hold the
screw in any desired position. A thumb screw at the end of the barrel bears against the end plug, and zero marks are
provided to bring the screw against the plug with the same degree of pressure at each setting. When the head is
clamped by means of the locking nut, it is as rigid as though it were solid with the barrel, and the faces of the measuring
points are thus always parallel.
Fig. 25. Special Micrometer for Large Dimensions
Fig. 25. Special Micrometer for Large Dimensions
Combination Micrometer
Fig. 26. Combined One- and Two-inch Micrometer
Fig. 26. Combined One- and Two-inch Micrometer
A combined one- and two-inch micrometer is shown in Fig. 26. One side records measurements up to one inch, and
the other side up to two inches. A single knurled sleeve or nut serves to move the double-ended measuring piece one
way or the other as desired, this piece having a travel of one inch. The spindle is non-rotating, so that the faces of the
screw and anvil are always parallel. A locking device holds the screw in any position. This tool is convenient for use
both in measuring and as a gage, since it can be conveniently held by the finger ring appearing at the back.
Micrometer Stop for the Lathe
Most micrometer lathe stops are limited in their use to work where only a stationary height is required. It is, however,
often necessary to use the stop at different heights, to accommodate different lathes; then again, we wish to use it on the
right-hand side as well as the left. The form of holder shown in Fig. 27 can be used either right or left, and for various
heights, and, by simply taking out the screw A, the micrometer may be removed and used in any other form of holder
desired.
Fig. 27. Micrometer Stop for the Lathe
Fig. 27. Micrometer Stop for the Lathe
Both an assembled view and details of the holder are shown in the engraving, so that it can be easily constructed by any
one desiring to do so. The micrometer and barrel may be procured from any of the manufacturers of measuring
instruments. The swivel C is bored out so that the axis of the micrometer screw will be parallel to the body of the holder
when it is in place. The swivel is made of tool steel and is fastened to the holder by the screw A. It is hardened and
lapped to a true bearing surface on the sides and bottom, and so adjusted that it will turn to either side and remain in the
desired position without moving the screw. The holder B is milled through its entire length with a 90-degree cutter so
that it will fit along the ways of the lathe, and the bottom is lapped to a true surface. For a neat appearance, the tool
should be color hardened. On top the holder is spotted or countersunk with a drill to form a recess for the C-clamp. A
knurled ring D is driven onto the micrometer sleeve so that it can be turned around to bring the graduations uppermost
when the position of the barrel is changed.[14]
Micrometer Surface and Height Gage
Fig. 28. Micrometer Surface and Height Gage
Fig. 28. Micrometer Surface and Height Gage
Fig. 28 shows a form of surface gage that has proved very handy, and which can be used also as a height gage for
measuring distances from shoulders to the base. If accurately made it is equal, and often preferable, to the vernier or
slide caliper now so generally used with an attachment to the sliding jaw. One of its advantages over the vernier is the
readiness with which the graduations are discerned, and it is as easy to manipulate as the ordinary micrometer. The part
B, which forms the main body of the instrument, is made of tool steel, and one end is fitted into the base where it is held
in position by the screw D. The remainder is milled to a thickness of ⅛ inch and has graduations of 0.025 inch for a
distance of three inches. The screw A is the most essential part of the tool, and its construction requires great accuracy.
Its diameter is ½ inch, and it is cut with 20 threads per inch. In the upper end of the screw is driven the ball H for the
sake of giving a neat appearance. The top of the thread is turned off 0.010 inch to allow the scriber F to slide freely on
the screw. The barrel I is used for raising and lowering the slide, but instead of having the graduations placed directly
upon it, they are made upon the sleeve C, which fits over a shoulder on the barrel. This allows more easy means of
adjustment than would be possible were the graduations placed on the barrel itself. The sleeve is graduated with fifty
divisions each equaling a movement of the scriber of 0.001 inch. This sleeve may be turned by means of a small spanner
wrench so as to bring the zero line into correct position to compensate for wear. A knurled locking nut is also provided
for holding the scriber in any fixed position. The scriber itself is hardened and lapped to a finished surface, the tail end
being slotted and provided with two screws to compensate for wear. On the scriber is placed the zero mark which
shows at a glance the measurement that is being taken. The block K is three inches in height, and by using this block
and placing the gage on its top, the range of the gage is increased to six inches. The screw E is used for fastening the
gage to the top of the block. The center of the block is drilled out and slots cut through the sides in order to make it light
and neat in appearance.[15]
Micrometer of from One- to Five-inch Capacity
Fig. 29. Micrometer of from One- to Five-inch Capacity
Fig. 29. Micrometer of from One- to Five-inch Capacity
Fig. 29 shows a very simple and light five-inch micrometer that can be quickly set to exact position from one to five
inches. The round beam is graduated by a series of angular grooves, 1 inch apart, which are of such a form and depth
that the clamping fingers at the end of part A spring in, allowing one inch adjustment of the beam to be quickly and
positively made. The sleeve K is of tool steel, being counterbored from the forward end for all but one-half inch of its
length. For this half inch it is threaded on the inside and acts as a micrometer nut. The outside of the same end is
threaded to receive the adjusting nut F, and two slots are cut in the sleeve, at 90 degrees with the graduations. These
slots, by a movement of the nut F, provide a means for compensating for wear. The bushing E is hardened and lapped,
and fitted tightly in the forward counterbore of this sleeve, where it acts as a guide for the front end of the micrometer
screw. The barrel J is the same as that of a regular micrometer, and is graduated in 0.025 inch divisions.
The most essential part of the tool is the threaded screw I, over the end of which fits the barrel J. The end is tapped out
to receive the speeder H, which serves to hold the barrel in position. The thread is 5/16 inch in diameter, with 40
threads per inch, while the unthreaded part is hardened, ground and lapped. To adjust the instrument, loosen the
speeder H and turn the barrel until the proper adjustment is obtained; lock the barrel by again tightening the speeder.
The beam C has a ¼-inch hole drilled throughout its entire length in order to make it light. Small 90-degree grooves are
cut into it at intervals of 1 inch, and a ⅛-inch slot is milled through one side to within 1¼ inch of the forward end. The
back end of part A forms a spring-tempered split chuck, which grips the beam and holds A in position, while the
exterior is threaded to receive the knurled cap B by which the chuck is tightened firmly to the beam. From the front end,
toward the split chuck, the body is counterbored ⅝ inch and the bushing D driven in tight. This bushing has a key G
fitted into it, which slides in the slot of the beam and prevents the arm from turning. The projecting arm is bored and
tapped to receive the sleeve K. This gage must be carefully and accurately made to be of value.[16]
Inside Micrometer for Setting Calipers

Fig. 30. Method of Setting Calipers from Inside Micrometers

Fig. 30 shows an application of inside micrometers which is very handy. The hole for the scriber in the scriber clamp of
a surface gage is reamed out to fit the rods used with inside micrometers. This forms a convenient holder for the
micrometer when used for setting outside calipers to it. The calipers can be set easily and accurately at the same time,
and where extreme accuracy is not necessary this arrangement is more handy than that of using large-sized micrometers.
With care and practice an accuracy of within one-quarter of 0.001 inch is obtainable in this way. Mistakes, in fact, are
more easily guarded against than is the case when using the micrometers directly.
Micrometer Frame
Fig. 31. Useful and Handy Micrometer Frame
 Fig. 31. Useful and Handy Micrometer Frame
Fig. 31 shows a micrometer frame used some years ago at the Westinghouse works. The frame is an aluminum casting,
and the anvil is simply a tool-steel pin, which fits well in the hole into which it is inserted, and can be clamped anywhere
within the limits of its length. The micrometer end of the frame is supplied with an inside micrometer head. The tool is
adjusted to a gage, either to a standard pin gage, or to an inside micrometer gage. The capacities of three of these
micrometers in a set may be from about 3½ to 7 inches, 6 to 11 inches, and 10 to 15 inches. When the head is turned
outward, as shown in the lower view in the cut, the tool is very handy around a horizontal boring machine where a pin
gage cannot be used without removing the boring bar.
Micrometer Stop for the Lathe
Fig. 32. Micrometer Stop for the Lathe
Fig. 32. Micrometer Stop for the Lathe
The simple micrometer stop shown in Fig. 32 is used on the engine lathe for obtaining accurate movements of the lathe
carriage. It consists of a micrometer head, which can be purchased from any micrometer manufacturer, and a machine
steel body which is bored to fit the micrometer head. This tool is clamped on the front way of the lathe bed, and when
the jaw of the micrometer is against the lathe carriage, it can easily be adjusted to a thousandth of an inch. Of course,
care should be taken not to bump the carriage against the micrometer.[17]
Use of Micrometer for Internal Thread Cutting

Fig. 33. Method of using Micrometer for Internal Thread Cutting

Fig. 33 illustrates a means of determining the size of internally threaded work. The work shown is intended for a lathe
chuck. The outside diameter of the hub on the work is turned to the same size as the hubs on small faceplates which are
furnished with all new lathes. The threaded size is then taken and transferred with a micrometer, over the anvil of which
is fitted a 60-degree point as shown enlarged at A. In connection with a graduated cross-feed screw this greatly
facilitates the work over the usual cut-and-try method.[18]
Inside Micrometer
The inside micrometer shown in sections in Figs. 34 and 35 is adapted to measuring, by use of extension rods, from 2
inches up to any size of hole, and has one inch adjustment of the measuring screw.
Figs. 34 and 35. Section of Inside Micrometer
Figs. 34 and 35. Section of Inside Micrometer
Referring to the section shown in Fig. 35, the measuring screw S is secured to the thimble B with the screw D, the head
of which is hardened and forms the anvil. By loosening this screw D, the thimble can be rotated to compensate for
wear. The wear of the measuring screw and nut is taken up by screwing the bushing A into the frame with the wrench
shown in Fig. 37. This bushing is split inthree sections for about two-thirds of its length on the threaded end. The three
small lugs on the wrench fit into these slots. The handle end of the wrench is a screw driver which is used for
manipulating the set screw C. The bushing is made an easy fit in the frame on its plain end and tapered, as shown, on its
outside threaded part. This thread being the same pitch as the measuring screw, adjustment for wear does not affect the
reading of the micrometer. This manner of adjustment brings the nut squarely down on the measuring screw for its
whole length, presenting the same amount of wearing surface after adjustment as when new.

Fig. 36. Handle for Inside Micrometer

Fig. 37. Wrench used with Inside Micrometer

The point F, which is hardened on its outer end, screws into the frame, and is secured by the taper-headed screw O,
which screws into and expands the split and threaded end of the point F. The handle, Fig. 36, clamps over the knurled
part of the frame for use in small, deep holes. The rods, six in number, running from 1 to 6 inches inclusive, are made by
screwing a sleeve onto a rod with a hardened point and locking it with a taper-headed screw on its threaded and split
end, the same as in the point F. The extension pieces, Fig. 38, are adjustable, on their socketed ends, in the same way,
and run in lengths of 6, 12, 18 inches, etc.[19]

Fig. 38. Adjustable Extension Pieces for Inside Micrometer

Direct Fractional-reading Micrometer
Fig. 39. Direct Fractional-reading Micrometer
Fig. 39. Direct Fractional-reading Micrometer
The direct fractional-reading micrometer shown in Fig. 39 is the result of talks with many mechanics in which all agreed
that such a feature added to a micrometer would, by making it both a fractional and decimal gage, more than double its
practical value. While approximate readings in 64ths, etc., may be obtained by the graduations on the barrel B as on an
ordinary inch scale, the exact readings of 64th, etc., may be obtained only by reference to graduations on the movable
thimble A. There are but eight places on A which coincide with the long graduation line on B when any 64th, 32d, 16th,
or 8th is being measured, and each of these eight places is marked with a line, and the 64th, 32d, 16th, or 8th for which
that line should be used is marked thereon. (See a and b, Fig. 40.) The line a would be used for 3/32, 7/32, 11/32,
etc., and the line b for 1/64, 9/64, 17/64, etc. Now suppose we wish to accurately measure 15/32 inch. We first
roughly read it off the inch scale on sleeve B by turning out thimble A. Having secured it closely by drawing edge of A
over that graduation, we find that the line a (Fig. 40) on the movable thimble very nearly or exactly coincides with the
long graduation line on B. When these lines coincide, we have the exact measurement of 15/32 inch without reference to
how many thousandths may be contained in the fraction. Thus all through the scale any fraction may be found instantly.
There is no mental arithmetic, use of tables, or memory work in using the tool. The new graduations are independent of
the old, and may be used equally well with or without them.

Fig. 40. Graduations on the Fractional-reading Micrometer

Micrometers may also be graduated as in Fig. 41. Instead of using thezero line on A as a base line, a point is taken
one-fifth of a turn around A, and the graduated scale on B is placed to correspond, as shown in the engraving; also,
instead of making lines a, b, etc., on A, full length, they are made about half an inch long, and the numerators are entirely
omitted and the denominators placed at the end instead of under the line. To the ordinary user of the tool, this is all that
is necessary for a perfectly clear reading of the fractions.[20]

Fig. 41. Another Method of Graduating for Fractional Reading

Sensitive Attachment for Measuring Instruments
No matter how finely and accurately micrometers and verniers may be made, dependence must in all cases be placed
on the sensitiveness of a man's hand to obtain the exact dimensions of the piece to be measured. In order to overcome
this difficulty and eliminate the personal equation in the manufacture of duplicate and interchangeable parts, the sensitive
attachment to the micrometer shown in Fig. 42 may be used, and will be found of much value.
Fig. 42. Sensitive Micrometer Attachment
Fig. 42. Sensitive Micrometer Attachment
The auxiliary barrel A is held to the anvil of the micrometer by means of a thumb screw B. At the inside end of the barrel
is a secondary anvil C, the base of which bears against the short arm of the indicating lever D. The action will be clearly
seen by reference to the engraving. The micrometer is so set that when a gage, G, of exact size, is placed between the
measuring points, the long arm of the indicator stands at the 0 mark. If the pieces being calipered vary in the least from
the standard size it will be readily noted by the movement of the pointer. Hard rubber shapes turned from rough casting
often vary from 0.003 to 0.005 inch after having passed the inspector's test with an ordinary micrometer. With this
attachment the inspector's helper can detect very minute variations from the limit size. Anything within the limits of the
micrometer can be made to show to the naked eye variations as small as a ten-thousandth inch.[21]
Another Sensitive Micrometer Attachment
Fig. 43. Another Sensitive Micrometer Attachment
Fig. 43. Another Sensitive Micrometer Attachment
When testing the diameters of pieces that are handled in great quantities and are all supposed to be within certain close
limits of a standard dimension, the ordinary micrometer presents the difficulty of having to be moved for each piece, and
small variations in diameters have to be carefully read off from the graduations on the barrel. Not only does this take a
comparatively long time, but it also easily happens that the differences from the standard diameter are not carefully
noted, and pieces are liable to pass inspection that would not pass if a convenient arrangement for reading off the
differences were at hand. Fig. 43 shows a regular Brown & Sharpe micrometer fitted with a sensitive arrangement for
testing and inspecting the diameters of pieces which must be within certain close limits of variation. The addition to the
ordinary micrometer is all at the anvil end of the instrument. The anvil itself is loose and consists of a plunger B, held in
place by a small pin A. The pin has freedom to move in a slot in the micrometer body, as shown in the enlarged view in
the cut. A spring C holds the plunger B up against the work to be measured, and a screw D is provided for obtaining
the proper tension in the spring. The screw and the spring are contained in an extension E screwed and doweled to the
body of the micrometer. A pointer or indicator is provided which is pivoted at F and has one extensional arm resting
against the pin A, which is pointed in order to secure a line contact. At the end of the indicator a small scale is graduated
with the zero mark in the center, and as the indicator swings to one side or the other the variations in the size of the
piece measured are easily determined. A small spring G is provided for holding the pointer up against the pin A. The
case H simply serves the purpose of protecting the spring mentioned. As the plunger B takes up more space than the
regular anvil, the readings of the micrometer cannot be direct. The plunger B can be made of such dimensions, however,
that 0.100 inch deducted from the barrel and thimble reading will give the actual dimension. Such a deduction is easily
done in all cases. In other words, the reading of the micrometer should be 0.100 when the face of the measuring screw
is in contact with the face of the plunger; the 0.100 inch mark is thus the zero line of this measuring tool.
When desiring to measure a number of pieces, a standard size piece or gage is placed between the plunger B and the
face L of the micrometer screw, and the instrument is adjusted until the indicator points exactly to zero on the small
scale provided on the body of the micrometer. After this the micrometer is locked, and the pieces to be measured are
pushed one after another between the face L and the plunger B, the indications of the pointer M being meanwhile
observed. Whenever the pointer shows too great a difference, the piece, of course, does not pass inspection. All
deviations are easily detected, and any person of ordinary common sense can be employed for inspecting the work.
Micrometer Scale
 Fig. 44. Micrometer Mounted on Machinist's Scale
Fig. 44. Micrometer Mounted on Machinist's Scale
A micrometer, mounted as shown in Fig. 44 is very handy. The micrometer may be used in combination with a 4-, 6-,
9-, or 12-inch scale. It can be adjusted on standard plugs, or one can make a set of gages up to 12 inches, out of 3/16-
inch round tool steel wire, and use these for setting. In mounting the micrometer, before cutting it apart, mill the
shoulders shown at A, and in milling the bottom pieces B, use a piece of machine steel long enough for both, cutting the
piece in half after milling the slots. In this way one obtains perfect alignment. In a shop where a set of large micrometers
is not kept, this arrangement is very useful.[22]

CHAPTER IV
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURING TOOLS AND GAGES
Among the miscellaneous measuring tools and gages dealt with in this chapter are tools and gages for measuring and
comparing tapers, adjustable gages, radius gages, gages for grinding drills, sensitive gages, tools for gaging taper
threaded holes, contour gages, etc. Of course, these are offered merely as examples of what can be done in the line of
measuring tools for different purposes, and, while having a distinct and direct value to the mechanic, they also have a
great indirect value, because they furnish suggestions for the designing and making of tools for similar purposes.
Tool for Measuring Tapers
Fig. 45. Taper Measuring Tool
Fig. 45. Taper Measuring Tool
Fig. 45 shows a tool which has proved very useful. It is a tool for measuring tapers on dowel pins, reamers, drill shanks,
or anything to be tapered. Most machinists know that to find the taper of a shank they must use their calipers for one
end and reset them for the other end; or else caliper two places, say, three inches apart, and if, for instance, the
difference should be 1/16 inch, they must multiply this difference by four to get the taper per foot. With the tool above
mentioned, all this trouble in calipering and figuring is saved. Simply place the shank or reamer to be measured between
pins A, B, C, and D, and slide H and K together. Then the taper can be read at once on the graduated scale at L. The
construction of the tool will be readily understood. The body or base F has a cross piece supporting the two pins A and
B. On this slides piece K, which has at its right end the graduated segment. The screw G is fast to piece K, and upon it
swivels the pointer E, which carries the two pins C and D. Thus these two pins can be brought into contact with a
tapered piece of any diameter within the capacity of the tool, and the swivel screw G allows the pins to adjust
themselves to the taper of the work and the pointer E to move to the left or right, showing instantly the taper per foot.
As the pins A and B are 1½ inch apart, which is ⅛ of a foot, and the distance from G to L is 4½ inches, which is three
times longer than the distance between A and B, the graduations should be 3/64 inch apart, in order to indicate the taper
per foot in eighths of an inch.[23]
Taper Gage
Fig. 46. Handy Taper Gage
Fig. 46. Handy Taper Gage
A handy taper gage is shown in Fig. 46. The blades of the gage are made of tool steel. The edge of the blade A is V-
shaped, and the blade B has a V-groove to correspond. The end of B is offset so as to make the joint and allow the
two blades to be in the same plane. A strong screw and nut are provided to hold the blades at any setting. The user of
this gage looks under the edge of A, and is thereby enabled to tell whether the taper coincides with that set by the gage,
and also where a taper piece needs touching up to make it true.[24]
Test Gage for Maintaining Standard Tapers
Fig. 47. Test Gage for Maintaining Standard Tapers
Fig. 47. Test Gage for Maintaining Standard Tapers
In steam injector work, accurately ground reamers of unusual tapers are commonly required, and the gage shown in
Fig. 47 was designed to maintain the prevailing standard. It consists of a graduated bar, 1 inch square, with the slot F
running its entire length. The stationary head A is secured in position flush with the end of the bar, and the sliding head B
is fitted with a tongue which guides it in the slot. This head may be secured in any desired position by means of a
knurled thumb nut. The bushings D and D′ are made of tool steel, hardened and ground to a knife edge on the inside
flush with the face. All bushings are made interchangeable as to outside diameter.
The head B is fitted with an indicating edge E which is set flush with the knife edge of the bushing. The reading indicates
to 0.010 inch the distance the bushings are from each other, and the difference in their diameter being known, it is easy
to compute the taper. With this gage it is possible to maintain the standard tapers perfectly correct, each reamer being
marked with the reading as shown by the scale.[25]
Inside and Outside Adjustable Gages
Fig. 48. Adjustable Gage for Inside and Outside Measurements
Fig. 48. Adjustable Gage for Inside and Outside Measurements
Fig. 48 shows an inside and an outside adjustable gage for accurate work, used in laying out drill jigs, and in setting
tools on lathes, shapers, planers, and milling machines. The outside gage is shown in the side view and in the sectional
end view marked Y. At X in the same figure is a sectional end view showing how the gage is constructed for inside
work. The top and bottom edges are rounded, so that the diameters of holes may be easily measured.
The gage consists of a stepped block B, mounted so as to slide upon the inclined edge of the block C. There are V-
ways upon the upper edge of the latter, and the block B is split and arranged to clamp over the ways by the screw
shown at S. All parts of the gage are hardened and the faces of the steps marked A, are ground and finished so that at
any position of the slide they are parallel to the base of the block C. The lower split portion of the block is spring-
tempered to prevent breaking under the action of the screw, and also to cause it to spring open when loosened. The
gage has the advantage that it can be quickly adjusted to any size within its limits, which does away with using blocks. In
planing a piece to a given thickness, the gage may be set to that height with great accuracy by means of a micrometer
caliper, and then the planer or shaper tool adjusted down to the gage. This method does away with the "cut-and-try"
process, and will bring the finishing cut within 0.001 inch of the required size. If the piece being planed, or the opening
to be measured, is larger than the extreme limit of the gage, parallels may be used. In fitting bushings into bushing holes,
the adjustable gage may be moved out to fit the hole, and then, when the bushing is finished to the diameter given by the
gage, as determined by a micrometer caliper, a driving fit is ensured.[26]
Radius Gage
Fig. 49. Radius Gage
Fig. 49. Radius Gage
Fig. 49 shows a radius gage which has proved to be very handy for all such work as rounding corners or grinding tools
to a given radius. The blades are of thin steel, and are fastened together at the end by a rivet, thus forming a tool similar
to the familiar screw pitch gage. The right-hand corner of each blade is rounded off to the given radius, while the left-
hand corner is cut away to the same radius, thus providing an instrument to be used for either convex or concave
surfaces. The radius to which each blade is shaped is plainly stamped upon the side.[27]
Gage for Grinding Drills
Fig. 50. Gage for Grinding Drills
Fig. 50. Gage for Grinding Drills
Fig. 50 shows a gage for use in grinding drills, which has been found very handy and accurate. This gage enables either
a large or small drill to lie solidly in the groove provided for it on top of the gage, and the lips can then be tested for their
truth in width, or angle, much easier and quicker than with the gages in common use without the groove. There is a line,
to set the blade B by, on the stock at an angle of 59 degrees at the top of the graduated blade, and the user can easily
make other lines, if needed for special work. The blade is clamped in position by the knurled nut N at the back, and can
be thus adjusted to any angle. The stock A is cut away where the blade is pivoted on, so that one side of the blade
comes directly in line with the middle of the groove.[28]
Tool for Gaging Taper Threaded Holes

Fig. 51. Tool for Gaging Taper Threaded Holes

The tool shown in Fig. 51 is used for gaging taper threaded holes inboilers when fitting studs. It is a simple, though very
useful and economical tool, and it will doubtless be appreciated by those having much work of this kind to do. The hole
in which the stud is to be fitted is calipered by filling the threads of the plug with chalk, and then screwing the plug in the
hole. When the plug is removed the chalk will show exactly the largest diameter of the hole.[29]
Contour Gage
Fig. 52. Setting Contour Gage to Turned Sample
Fig. 52. Setting Contour Gage to Turned Sample
Fig. 53. End View of Contour Gage
Fig. 53. End View of Contour Gage
Figs. 52, 53 and 54 illustrate a special tool which will be found of great value in certain classes of work. The need of
some such device becomes apparent when patterns and core boxes are required to be accurately checked with the
drawings of brass specialties, in particular. The tool is applied to the work, and the wires pressed down onto the
contour by using the side of a lead pencil. Of course, patterns parted on the center could have their halves laid directly
on the drawing without using the contour gage, but some patterns are cored and inseparable. Such a tool proves a
relentless check upon the patternmaker, who, by making the patterns larger than necessary, can cause a considerable
loss in a business where thousands of casts are made yearly from the same patterns. As a ready and universal templet it
is very useful.[30]
Fig. 54. Testing Core-box with Gage
Fig. 54. Testing Core-box with Gage
Testing a Lead-screw
Fig. 55. Micrometer for Testing Lathe Lead-screw
Fig. 55. Micrometer for Testing Lathe Lead-screw
A reliable way for testing the pitch of a lead-screw, at any position of its length, is to procure a micrometer screw and
barrel complete, such as can be purchased from any of the manufacturers of accurate measuring instruments, and bore
out a holder so that the axis of the micrometer screw will be parallel to the holder when the screw is in place, as shown
in Fig. 55. With the lathe geared for any selected pitch, the nut engaged with the lead-screw, and all backlash of screw,
gears, etc., properly taken up, clamp the micrometer holder to the lathe bed, as shown in Fig. 56, so that the body of
the holder is parallel to the carriage. Adjust the micrometer to one inch when the point of the screw bears against the
carriage and with a surface gage scribe a line on the outer edge of the faceplate. Now rotate the lathe spindle any
number of full revolutions that are required to cause the carriage to travel over the portion of the lead-screw that is
being tested, bringing the line on the faceplate to the surface gage point. If the distance traveled by the carriage is not
greater than one inch, the micrometer will indicate the error directly. For lengths of carriage travel greater than one inch,
an end measuring rod, set to the number of even inches required, can be used between the micrometer point and lathe
carriage. The error in the lead-screw is then easily determined by the adjustment that may be required to make a
contact for the measuring points between the carriage and the micrometer screw. The pitch can be tested at as many
points as are considered necessary by using end measuring rods, of lengths selected, set to good vernier calipers. The
style of holder shown can, with the micrometer screw, be used for numerous other shop tests, and as the screw is only
held by friction caused by the clamping screw, it can easily be removed and placed in any form of holder that is found
necessary.[31]
Fig. 56. Testing a Lathe Lead-screw
Fig. 56. Testing a Lathe Lead-screw
Simple Tool for Measuring Angles
Fig. 57. Special Tool for Measuring Angles
Fig. 57. Special Tool for Measuring Angles
Fig. 57 shows a very simple, but at the same time, a very ingenious tool for measuring angles. Strictly speaking, the tool
is not intended for measuring angles, but rather for comparing angles of the same size. The illustration shows so plainly
both the construction and the application of the tool, that an explanation would seem superfluous. It will be noticed that
any angle conceivable can be obtained in an instant, and the tool can be clamped at this angle by means of screws
passing through the joints between the straight and curved parts of which the tool consists. Linear measurements can
also be taken conveniently, one of the straight arms of the tool being graduated. As both of the arms which constitute
the actual angle comparator are in the same plane, it is all the easier to make accurate comparisons. This tool is of
German design, and is manufactured by Carl Mahr, Esslingen a. N.
Bevel Gear-testing Gage
Fig. 58. Sensitive Gear-testing Gage
Fig. 58. Sensitive Gear-testing Gage
In Fig. 58 is shown a sensitive gage for inspecting small bevel gears. The special case shown to which the gage is
applied in the engraving is a small brass miter gear finished on a screw machine, in which case some of the holes through
the gears were not concentric with the beveled face of the gears, causing the gears to bind when running together in
pairs. The gage shown is quite inexpensive, but it indicates the slightest inaccuracy.

NOTES
[1] Machinery, October, 1897.
[2] M. H. Ball, April, 1902.
[3] M. H. Ball, February, 1901.
[4] Harry Ash, April, 1900.
[5] M. H. Ball, March, 1903.
[6] Ezra F. Landis, May, 1902.
[7] L. S. Brown, March, 1903.
[8] C. W. Putnam, October, 1901.
[9] Jos. M. Stabel, May, 1903.
[10] Jos. M. Stabel, May, 1903.
[11] Jos. M. Stabel, May, 1903.
[12] Jos. M. Stabel, May, 1903.
[13] P. L. L. Yorgensen, February, 1908.
[14] A. L. Monrad, December, 1903.
[15] A. L. Monrad, December, 1903.
[16] A. L. Monrad, December, 1903.
[17] J. L. Marshall, February, 1908.
[18] Charles Sherman, November, 1905.
 [19] M. H. Ball, May, 1903.
[20] Chas. A. Kelley, May, 1908.
[21] H. J. Bachmann, December, 1902.
[22] Wm. Ainscough, May, 1908.
[23] John Aspenleiter, October, 1900.
[24] W. W. Cowles, June, 1901.
[25] I. B. Niemand, December, 1904.
[26] Geo. M. Woodbury, February, 1902.
[27] A. Putnam, July, 1903.
[28] M. H. Ball, October, 1901.
[29] F. Rattek, January, 1908.
[30] Howard D. Yoder, December, 1907.
[31] W. Cantelo, July, 1903.

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