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Hello all,
I'm a hobbyist woodworker, with a question for the machine world. I have a specialty cast-iron fixture that is designed to hold a dial indicator for setting-up woodworking machines. It's made by Oneway Manufacturing, and is called the Mult-gauge. (http://oneway.ca/workshop/multi-gauge.htm)
It's generally rectangular in shape, and the manufacturer says three of the sides are precision machined to 90 degrees.
I don't need machine-shop-level precision when working with wood, but I would like to use this fixture as my reference standard when checking my woodworking try-squares.
Just out of curiosity, I wonder how one would measure the "squareness" of one side to the next. I guess my questions is, not owning a precision square, how would I measure the outside corners of this fixture?
I've searched Google, and this site, and I don't seem to be able to concoct a search that yields any results, so now I'm posting my questions.
I appreciate any suggestions you might have.
Thanks, in advance,
Eric
I'm a hobbyist woodworker, with a question for the machine world. I have a specialty cast-iron fixture that is designed to hold a dial indicator for setting-up woodworking machines. It's made by Oneway Manufacturing, and is called the Mult-gauge. (http://oneway.ca/workshop/multi-gauge.htm)
It's generally rectangular in shape, and the manufacturer says three of the sides are precision machined to 90 degrees.
I don't need machine-shop-level precision when working with wood, but I would like to use this fixture as my reference standard when checking my woodworking try-squares.
Just out of curiosity, I wonder how one would measure the "squareness" of one side to the next. I guess my questions is, not owning a precision square, how would I measure the outside corners of this fixture?
I've searched Google, and this site, and I don't seem to be able to concoct a search that yields any results, so now I'm posting my questions.
I appreciate any suggestions you might have.
Thanks, in advance,
Eric