On 24 Mar 2005 13:40:46 -0800, wrote:

Hi George,

I think "feeler" gages are very appropriately named! If you've ever
tried them, then you know exactly what I mean. You literally have to
"feel" how tight the fit is. Is it tighter on one end than the other?
In my book, that's still pretty darn subjective,

yes, it's subjective. but it is easy to feel the difference between
two feeler guages that are .001 apart. this is adequate precision for
many applications, including tablesaws.




On the other topic, I don't make any "bux" by recommending that someone
go out and buy a cheap indicator and attach it to a stick. But, that's
what I recommended.

and these days decent dial indicators can be had for about the price
of a hotdog and a coke at a baseball game. indicators are lots of fun
to play with....