Tool Problem

[Edwin Pawlowski]

All my tools are no good any more.

I planed some wood to 3/4" and it seemed OK.

I cut some strips to 1/8" and they seem to fit OK.

What went wrong? I got a new digital caliper for Christmas. I just found out the wood I planed (or so I thought) to 3/4" is way under size. Not only does it measure .742, it has low spots that measure .740

The 1/8" strips shrunk also. The first one I grabbed was a mere .123.

I've already tossed the defective wood into the wood stove and I'm setting my tools out by the curb for trash day. Now that I have a digital readout caliper, I'm going to buy all new tools that are accurate and start over.

Anyone know the correct time? My watch says 10:42 but the digital clock says it is 10:43:15 so I'm going to be late for an appointment Ed

[Joe]

Thanks for proving me wrong... I always tell people that when drilling holes with my equipment, they don't need to worry about runout as much as metal workers do because I'd never heard of someone using either a caliper or micrometer on wood... You, my dear friend just erased that argument from my answer book. :(

[Joe]

Oh... And it sounds like the wood shrunk/dried and/or wasn't held tight to the table as you worked it.

[Todd Fatheree]

I hope Edwin didn't use a barbed hook this time. Those can be painful to remove.

todd

[DanG]

Goodness - gracious,

Throw out the parts and try again. Off by 8/100's or more!!!!!! There is a hundredths scale on my old frame square. I haven't been able to read that scale without glasses and a magnifying glass for over 20 years.

My dad is a retired tool and die maker. I always remember him making a drawer for a stereo, no probably hi-fi cabinet when I was a kid. We lived in arid Colorado and there were still plenty of days that you couldn't make that drawer budge. Wait for a few low humidity days and it would work just fine. His clearance allowance would have been unconscionable in metal work.

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Keep the whole world singing . . . . DanG (remove the sevens) [e-mail]

[TWS]

Cute. TWS

[Tom]

Edwin wrote: >"What went wrong?" snip

Heehee! Felt the same way when I bought some accurate squares and straightedges! Tom Work at your leisure!

[bridger]

Where do you live?

[Dave in Fairfax]

From the responses, my guess is a harness with treble hooks. Well cast indeed. Dave in Fairfax

[patrick conroy]

Hmm - if you email me, vmail me or snail mail me, or call me at one of the six phone numbers associated with me now - I'll walk you though fixing that caliper. Clearly it needs the battery removed to work better.

NIST in Boulder is nearby. Hold on while I check their Cesium clock...

[Markndawoods]

OMG! Sucker fish galore! I cannot believe they are still biting today!!!

[John T]

I use calipers when planing my wood.

[Guess who]

I use a plane. :-)

[Ba r r y]

Fortune cookie - "Man with two clocks never really sure what time it is."

My wooddorking version - "Man with two measuring sticks never really sure of size."

Barry

[Edwin Pawlowski]

I figured the time discrepancy comment would be enough to eliminate the barb.

In reality, the caliper is probably not going to increase accuracy very much, if any, but is easier than trying to see those little lines on the ruler.

[TWS]

Corollary to the wooddorking version: "Man who has tool reading in ten thousandths of an inch will never be satisfied with the result."

TWS

[Joe]

It's Christmas... Everyone deserves a response today... Even the trolls.

[Patriarch]

Dave in Fairfax wrote in news: [e-mail]:

Doesn't your newsreader recognize the sarcasm flag?

Patriarch

[Patriarch]

John T wrote in news:PAkzd.3917$Rg1.1224 @fe03.lga:

How do you sharpen them? Waterstones?

Patriarch

[Todd Fatheree]

And the gullible.

todd