Possible To Convert Metric Mitutoyo Height Gauge To Imperial?

[Techie1961]

Good work on the first one. You're all set to go into business! I have no idea what parts are available to you in Canada but I can occasionally get battery covers. BTW, I priced replacement boards and they were over $350 from Mitutoyo.

Thanks for the information on indexing the tensioning gear. As for the price of the new board. Wow! And I suspect that they'll have them until they toss them at their last inventory when the accountants give them the go ahead. And they wonder why people purchase cheap stuff. Sheesh!

Buy that $6 calculator previously mentioned and use one of the buttons from it or an old remote control or anything that has a similar sized button.
John.

Not a bad idea. I'll have a look around. Thanks!

 

[Holescreek]

Your old -601 was from their "precision" line of gauges. We still have a few of it's cousins (-605's) working in the plant I work in today. Original price was somewhere around $1600 new in 1981. They are still considered better that the current crop of cheap height gauges available today.

 

[Techie1961]

Your old -601 was from their "precision" line of gauges. We still have a few of it's cousins (-605's) working in the plant I work in today. Original price was somewhere around $1600 new in 1981. They are still considered better that the current crop of cheap height gauges available today.

Wow! That's a ton of money especially from that era. I think I have a nice little gauge now and plan on keeping it for a long time. Today I made a battery cover for it so other than a new scriber and scriber clamp, it's ready for action. The 613 will be going on Kijiji in a couple days.

 

[Techie1961]

Your old -601 was from their "precision" line of gauges. We still have a few of it's cousins (-605's) working in the plant I work in today. Original price was somewhere around $1600 new in 1981. They are still considered better that the current crop of cheap height gauges available today.

So it looks like I have a really good gauge for my little personal shop. That's great. One thing I'd like to ask; when I turn the 601 on, it always comes up in mm mode, do you think the jumper (J1 in the photo) is what sets it to start in inch mode?

 

[Holescreek]

I have no idea. The company I work for only works in metric so no one has ever had an issue with startup!

 

[Techie1961]

I have no idea. The company I work for only works in metric so no one has ever had an issue with startup!

Do you know if your gauges start in mms? I noticed that the photo of the board you posted shows J1 soldered and mine is open.

 

[Holescreek]

Do you know if your gauges start in mms? I noticed that the photo of the board you posted shows J1 soldered and mine is open.

I'd need to locate which machine line has one of the 605's on their gauge table and check. It's been too long since I've used one to remember. Typically I never see them until they need repairs. For some reason I think they turn on in whatever mode they were in when they were shut off.

You could always short across the terminals and see for yourself.

 

[Techie1961]

I'd need to locate which machine line has one of the 605's on their gauge table and check. It's been too long since I've used one to remember. Typically I never see them until they need repairs. For some reason I think they turn on in whatever mode they were in when they were shut off.

You could always short across the terminals and see for yourself.

Thanks Holescreek. I'm going to try that tomorrow when I'm in the shop. I suspect that it enables the ability to hold the last setting whereas open, it goes to metric each time.

 

[Techie1961]

Took me a a little longer than "tomorrow" but I soldered up the J1 jumper and it now starts in inches each time which is good by me.

 

[Holescreek]

Good to know!