Good shop hardness tester

jimm · Aug 19, 2004

http://www.barcol-impressor.com/index.htm

Check out the above link. It is for the Barcol hardness tester. I found one in an old storage closet here at work and it is a nifty little hand-held device that can give you a good quick reading on soft metals. Also read the history behind the creation of this device, it dates back to WWII and is quite intriguing.

Don't worry, I am not their sales rep.

<Paul T.> · Aug 19, 2004

Sabotage a plane by replacing the rivets with lead or wood ones? Do they mean in the middle of the night? Seems like there would be alot easier ways to disable a plane, but I guess people had more time on their hands back then.

Paul T.

lunkenheimer · Aug 19, 2004

Almost exactly the same thing as a durometer, except for metals. Looks handy.

(See the thread about 'densitometer')

jimm · Aug 19, 2004

Well, supposedly you can use this tester on some plastics, woods, and ceramics. It said in one part of the article that some people actually used them for mesuring the hardenss of wheat grain.
I am still playing with the one I found. I need to calibrate it I think, but the numbers I pulled off it in testing aluminum and copper seemed pretty close to the standard Rockwell.
You have to use a conversion chart for these puppies, but the users manual has it all listed out.

neanderthal mach · Jul 26, 2022

Zesh, you've been reported as a spammer. Say good by to you account.

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