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A thread micrometer,, Mike you give great advice on tool making or machining but I tell you the advice you give on tools is always hard on the wallet I know you are a "buy once,cry once"- kind of a man but I must admit I have had zero regrets listening to your advice and recommendations.
I'll work on a thread mic next.
Actually I need two don't I, one metric and one imperial.
The cheap way to go is to buy a three wire set. They are accurate. I just don't like them because I always drop one or two of them. Yes, yes, I know how to use wire/putty/etc, etc. I just don't like them, and then I have to do a calculation to get the info I need. A thread mic is direct reading and takes a few seconds to figure out where I am.
You do not need a Tesa thread mic. A Shars-quality set will do fine and no, you don't need an Imperial and Metric set. The anvils with the Imperial set will also measure metric, although you'll need to convert inches to mm. You can also buy these in Metric if you prefer to work in those units.
You can get by with the 0-1" mic for most work. If you go bigger then buy a bigger one. This is the equivalent of the Fowler/Shars tool: https://www.amazon.ca/Accusize-0-00...=1504044906&sr=8-1&keywords=thread+micrometer
Sorry about the wallet hit, Ken. We, as members of the HM community, are duty-bound to get other guys to buy stuff!