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Mitutoyo Low-Force Caliper (573-191)
I picked these up because they were cheap and I'm a sucker for the more specialized and obscure tools. As the name implies, these are for doing measurements on things that need minimal pressure applied, softer materials that easily deform. They work by means of having a floating jaw that is... -
Testing embedded JPG support
Since the forum understandably is restrictive of file types, it can be hard to share things like a 3D model that would be useful to the user base. The JPEG image format is loose enough that you can concatenate a zip archive at the end and still have a valid image file. The only question is if...- Bakafish
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- Forum: Images and Links
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Abused Biax BL-40 teardown (and fixup?)
5 Biax BL40 Green Body scrapers appeared on the local auction site, one of which was clearly new-old stock, the other 4 were all pretty hammered, but all of them had $20 starting prices. The appearance of these rare beasts always starts an anxiety clock in me, even though I own a pristine one...- Bakafish
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- Forum: Machine Reconditioning, Scraping and Inspection
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Japanese finds
I'm located in Japan and I'm always on the lookout for good deals here. I wanted to start a thread of my more interesting domestic finds, usually older metrology gear, and interesting tooling. I have quite a variety of JAM precision vises, I pretty much use them exclusively. This is my latest...- Bakafish
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- Forum: Machinery Photos
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Mitutoyo OMM-25 (109-101) Micrometer teardown
I just picked this up for a couple thousand Yen, it looked to be in great condition and although I have new digital micrometers I thought it would be cool to have a mechanical micrometer that could theoretically measure microns. When it arrived it was clear that it would need disassembly and... -
Mitutoyo Museum Virtual Tour
One of the things I've been meaning to do after covid hibernation is to get over to the Mitutoyo museum in Kawasaki just a short train ride from my house. While planning for my visit I came across their exhibits page and found that they have a surprisingly detailed and useful set of virtual... -
BIG Daishawa BaseMaster BM-50 and BM-50G Teardowns
I've collected quite a range of the Big Daishawa BaseMaster height setters. There is very little information out there on what they look like inside, or how serviceable they are. Here in Japan, these are treated pretty much as disposable as they basically charge as much to 'service' one of these... -
Homebuilt CNC in Tokyo
I making this thread so that I can keep tangential discussion about the CNC I am building out of more specific threads where I'm asking for targeted help (and am trying to keep everyone from getting side tracked.) If this is the wrong place to put it, let me know and I will recreate this in the...- Bakafish
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- Forum: CNC Machining
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Newbie scraper in Japan
Greetings PM team, I live in Tokyo and have started gather tools and materials for scraping an old cast iron surface plate to be used as a machine base. I'm located in Japan which creates challenges but has offered potential opportunities as well, as there is some unique solutions over here...- Bakafish
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- Forum: Machine Reconditioning, Scraping and Inspection
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Mitutoyo (Akashi) Hardmatic HH-140
I picked up an older, but functioning Akashi HH-140 (bought out and also sold by Mitutoyo) portable hardness tester set made in the late 90's that was complete except for the manual. I was able to get some basic readings from it, it came with two test plates and the reading seemed to be within...