(03-18-2018, 09:27 AM)TomG Wrote: ........ It would even be more useful if a way could be found to mount it on an already chucked part.
Tom
Absolutely and Tom's idea should be fairly simple to implement, dunno why it wasn't included in the original design. The side opposite the "indicating" tip could look like a lathe dog or even a vee block with a spring-loaded clamp. This is a crude example but maybe something along the lines of an electronic guitar tuner but with the leveling bubble:
Not to be nit picky and it IS an ingenious little device but isn't it a solution looking for a problem ?
Seems like it would take longer to set it up than using the traditional vertical machinist's scale method, taking a trial facing cut then adjusting the height of the parting blade to shave off the "tit" - maybe thirty seconds work ? I suppose if one has forgotten to set the parting blade previously and cannot take a few mils off the face to check blade height this would be pretty handy ...
Maybe I'm missing something - it sure wouldn't be the first time
P.S. Tom beat me to it !!!