I sold 2 machines to get a combo for more room in the shop and I already am feeling a bit of remorse. I'm sure that will dissipate with time ....
For those that have this machine with the imperial clock, how the heck do the read the 16 large tick marks and equate that to the indicate value? A sweep of the handle equals .0787 or 2 mm. At first blush as soon as I saw 16 marks I went tada... only to remember that one sweep is not an inch.
To calibrate the gauge they say pick a number, mill to it, and lock the table. This is your reference then remove the gauge roll it on a table or other means to your reference number leaving the sweeping hand pointed north then reinsert.
Is it safe to assume that if I picked 1" for my reference that will be the only number that I can identify visually since there is no third decimal point place? BTW if you do the math each large tick mark is .0049. I need some suggestions on how to deal with this, its kind of a big deal to me. Last machine dialed in 1/16" per sweep of the crank in either direction I got spoiled I guess.
No, I'm not switching to metrics. "I'd rather fight than switch"