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surface gauge - why flat base? bugbear 07-02-2008
Posted by Dave Baker on July 2, 2008, 2:55 pm
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>> I thought that was the point I was making.
>> --
>> Dave Baker
>
> ?

That a tripod will follow the surface waviness.
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Dave Baker



Posted by Ed Huntress on July 2, 2008, 3:11 pm
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>>
>>> I thought that was the point I was making.
>>> --
>>> Dave Baker
>>
>> ?
>
> That a tripod will follow the surface waviness.
> --
> Dave Baker

Ok.

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Ed Huntress



Posted by Robert Swinney on July 2, 2008, 3:43 pm
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He's a yank from RCM - you can't expect him to speak the same language :-)

Yeah but: Ed has already forgot more of that language than you 2 clowns will
ever know.

Bob (never built racing engines) Swinney

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Posted by Dave Baker on July 2, 2008, 4:16 pm
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> He's a yank from RCM - you can't expect him to speak the same language :-)
>
> Yeah but: Ed has already forgot more of that language than you 2 clowns
> will ever know.
>
> Bob (never built racing engines) Swinney

Charmed I'm sure.
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Dave Baker



Posted by Wes on July 2, 2008, 7:47 pm
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>> Granite surface plates, too, have a tolerance for waviness. I forget what
>> the tolerance is, but they're not locally flat.
>
>I thought that was the point I was making.

The flat base averages the error if I'm thinking right. It is late so I might
not be.

Wes

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