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I have a dough sheeter, which has two adjustable rollers for
establishing the thickness of a sheet of dough. There are no measurement indicators on the machine, so I am looking for a gauge to jam in between the rollers to measure their separation, i.e. the thickness of the resulting dough sheet. Something like the old spark plug gap setting jam gauge, I suppose. Any ideas? |
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Taxed and Spent posted for all of us...
I have a dough sheeter, which has two adjustable rollers for establishing the thickness of a sheet of dough. There are no measurement indicators on the machine, so I am looking for a gauge to jam in between the rollers to measure their separation, i.e. the thickness of the resulting dough sheet. Something like the old spark plug gap setting jam gauge, I suppose. Any ideas? Feeler gauges, vernier calipers, wooden blocks, paint marks for most used settings... -- Tekkie |
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On 10/7/2016 1:58 PM, Tekkie® wrote:
Taxed and Spent posted for all of us... I have a dough sheeter, which has two adjustable rollers for establishing the thickness of a sheet of dough. There are no measurement indicators on the machine, so I am looking for a gauge to jam in between the rollers to measure their separation, i.e. the thickness of the resulting dough sheet. Something like the old spark plug gap setting jam gauge, I suppose. Any ideas? Feeler gauges, vernier calipers, wooden blocks, paint marks for most used settings... calipers won't fit, but darned if I forgot all about feeler gauges! thanks. |
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On Fri, 7 Oct 2016 13:29:40 -0700, Taxed and Spent
wrote: I have a dough sheeter, which has two adjustable rollers for establishing the thickness of a sheet of dough. There are no measurement indicators on the machine, so I am looking for a gauge to jam in between the rollers to measure their separation, i.e. the thickness of the resulting dough sheet. Something like the old spark plug gap setting jam gauge, I suppose. Any ideas? ...a micrometer - inside/outside? |
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On 10/07/2016 3:29 PM, Taxed and Spent wrote:
I have a dough sheeter, which has two adjustable rollers for establishing the thickness of a sheet of dough. There are no measurement indicators on the machine, so I am looking for a gauge to jam in between the rollers to measure their separation, i.e. the thickness of the resulting dough sheet. .... I'm presuming these aren't precision measurements nor particularly thin...what about a few plexiglass shims or the like? I'd think 1/32" would be more than enough discrimination...what's the desired range? |
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On 10/7/2016 2:02 PM, Oren wrote:
On Fri, 7 Oct 2016 13:29:40 -0700, Taxed and Spent wrote: I have a dough sheeter, which has two adjustable rollers for establishing the thickness of a sheet of dough. There are no measurement indicators on the machine, so I am looking for a gauge to jam in between the rollers to measure their separation, i.e. the thickness of the resulting dough sheet. Something like the old spark plug gap setting jam gauge, I suppose. Any ideas? ..a micrometer - inside/outside? won't fit into the machine to reach the rollers. |
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On 10/7/2016 2:11 PM, dpb wrote:
On 10/07/2016 3:29 PM, Taxed and Spent wrote: I have a dough sheeter, which has two adjustable rollers for establishing the thickness of a sheet of dough. There are no measurement indicators on the machine, so I am looking for a gauge to jam in between the rollers to measure their separation, i.e. the thickness of the resulting dough sheet. ... I'm presuming these aren't precision measurements nor particularly thin...what about a few plexiglass shims or the like? I'd think 1/32" would be more than enough discrimination...what's the desired range? zero to 0.25 inches. I haven't figured out exactly what I want to go construct anything yet, but feeler gauges might be a good start (though perhaps a clumsy start, if I need to add a couple together). |
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On Friday, October 7, 2016 at 3:29:43 PM UTC-5, Taxed and Spent wrote:
I have a dough sheeter, which has two adjustable rollers for establishing the thickness of a sheet of dough. There are no measurement indicators on the machine, so I am looking for a gauge to jam in between the rollers to measure their separation, i.e. the thickness of the resulting dough sheet. Something like the old spark plug gap setting jam gauge, I suppose. Any ideas? You can buy a set of these and cut them to use them as gauges. ヽ(ヅ)ノ https://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/sto...ngs/1013166889 [8~{} Uncle Doughy Monster |
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On Fri, 7 Oct 2016 14:15:30 -0700, Taxed and Spent
wrote: On 10/7/2016 2:11 PM, dpb wrote: On 10/07/2016 3:29 PM, Taxed and Spent wrote: I have a dough sheeter, which has two adjustable rollers for establishing the thickness of a sheet of dough. There are no measurement indicators on the machine, so I am looking for a gauge to jam in between the rollers to measure their separation, i.e. the thickness of the resulting dough sheet. ... I'm presuming these aren't precision measurements nor particularly thin...what about a few plexiglass shims or the like? I'd think 1/32" would be more than enough discrimination...what's the desired range? zero to 0.25 inches. I haven't figured out exactly what I want to go construct anything yet, but feeler gauges might be a good start (though perhaps a clumsy start, if I need to add a couple together). Take a look at this set of long feeler gauges. http://amzn.to/2cXQEnG |
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On 10/7/2016 3:40 PM, Stormin' Norman wrote:
On Fri, 7 Oct 2016 14:15:30 -0700, Taxed and Spent wrote: On 10/7/2016 2:11 PM, dpb wrote: On 10/07/2016 3:29 PM, Taxed and Spent wrote: I have a dough sheeter, which has two adjustable rollers for establishing the thickness of a sheet of dough. There are no measurement indicators on the machine, so I am looking for a gauge to jam in between the rollers to measure their separation, i.e. the thickness of the resulting dough sheet. ... I'm presuming these aren't precision measurements nor particularly thin...what about a few plexiglass shims or the like? I'd think 1/32" would be more than enough discrimination...what's the desired range? zero to 0.25 inches. I haven't figured out exactly what I want to go construct anything yet, but feeler gauges might be a good start (though perhaps a clumsy start, if I need to add a couple together). Take a look at this set of long feeler gauges. http://amzn.to/2cXQEnG yikes - expensive. Actually regular feeler gauges will be long enough, and if I combine two, three, or four thicknesses I can get most anything. if I zero in on a particular thickness that is the cat's meow, I can make a dedicated gauge from wood, plastic, etc. |
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On 10/7/2016 3:39 PM, Uncle Monster wrote:
On Friday, October 7, 2016 at 3:29:43 PM UTC-5, Taxed and Spent wrote: I have a dough sheeter, which has two adjustable rollers for establishing the thickness of a sheet of dough. There are no measurement indicators on the machine, so I am looking for a gauge to jam in between the rollers to measure their separation, i.e. the thickness of the resulting dough sheet. Something like the old spark plug gap setting jam gauge, I suppose. Any ideas? You can buy a set of these and cut them to use them as gauges. ヽ(ヅ)ノ https://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/sto...ngs/1013166889 [8~{} Uncle Doughy Monster Thanks. I have been meaning to get a set of those for their intended purpose too. |
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On Fri, 7 Oct 2016 15:49:54 -0700, Taxed and Spent
wrote: On 10/7/2016 3:40 PM, Stormin' Norman wrote: On Fri, 7 Oct 2016 14:15:30 -0700, Taxed and Spent wrote: On 10/7/2016 2:11 PM, dpb wrote: On 10/07/2016 3:29 PM, Taxed and Spent wrote: I have a dough sheeter, which has two adjustable rollers for establishing the thickness of a sheet of dough. There are no measurement indicators on the machine, so I am looking for a gauge to jam in between the rollers to measure their separation, i.e. the thickness of the resulting dough sheet. ... I'm presuming these aren't precision measurements nor particularly thin...what about a few plexiglass shims or the like? I'd think 1/32" would be more than enough discrimination...what's the desired range? zero to 0.25 inches. I haven't figured out exactly what I want to go construct anything yet, but feeler gauges might be a good start (though perhaps a clumsy start, if I need to add a couple together). Take a look at this set of long feeler gauges. http://amzn.to/2cXQEnG yikes - expensive. Actually regular feeler gauges will be long enough, and if I combine two, three, or four thicknesses I can get most anything. if I zero in on a particular thickness that is the cat's meow, I can make a dedicated gauge from wood, plastic, etc. The same link has shorter gauges for much less. It sounded like you were using these for an industrial application. |
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On 10/7/2016 4:23 PM, Stormin' Norman wrote:
On Fri, 7 Oct 2016 15:49:54 -0700, Taxed and Spent wrote: On 10/7/2016 3:40 PM, Stormin' Norman wrote: On Fri, 7 Oct 2016 14:15:30 -0700, Taxed and Spent wrote: On 10/7/2016 2:11 PM, dpb wrote: On 10/07/2016 3:29 PM, Taxed and Spent wrote: I have a dough sheeter, which has two adjustable rollers for establishing the thickness of a sheet of dough. There are no measurement indicators on the machine, so I am looking for a gauge to jam in between the rollers to measure their separation, i.e. the thickness of the resulting dough sheet. ... I'm presuming these aren't precision measurements nor particularly thin...what about a few plexiglass shims or the like? I'd think 1/32" would be more than enough discrimination...what's the desired range? zero to 0.25 inches. I haven't figured out exactly what I want to go construct anything yet, but feeler gauges might be a good start (though perhaps a clumsy start, if I need to add a couple together). Take a look at this set of long feeler gauges. http://amzn.to/2cXQEnG yikes - expensive. Actually regular feeler gauges will be long enough, and if I combine two, three, or four thicknesses I can get most anything. if I zero in on a particular thickness that is the cat's meow, I can make a dedicated gauge from wood, plastic, etc. The same link has shorter gauges for much less. It sounded like you were using these for an industrial application. oooh! this is what I was thinking of! https://www.amazon.com/Uxcell-Metric...feeler%2Bgauge |
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On Fri, 7 Oct 2016 16:55:52 -0700, Taxed and Spent
wrote: On 10/7/2016 4:23 PM, Stormin' Norman wrote: On Fri, 7 Oct 2016 15:49:54 -0700, Taxed and Spent wrote: On 10/7/2016 3:40 PM, Stormin' Norman wrote: On Fri, 7 Oct 2016 14:15:30 -0700, Taxed and Spent wrote: On 10/7/2016 2:11 PM, dpb wrote: On 10/07/2016 3:29 PM, Taxed and Spent wrote: I have a dough sheeter, which has two adjustable rollers for establishing the thickness of a sheet of dough. There are no measurement indicators on the machine, so I am looking for a gauge to jam in between the rollers to measure their separation, i.e. the thickness of the resulting dough sheet. ... I'm presuming these aren't precision measurements nor particularly thin...what about a few plexiglass shims or the like? I'd think 1/32" would be more than enough discrimination...what's the desired range? zero to 0.25 inches. I haven't figured out exactly what I want to go construct anything yet, but feeler gauges might be a good start (though perhaps a clumsy start, if I need to add a couple together). Take a look at this set of long feeler gauges. http://amzn.to/2cXQEnG yikes - expensive. Actually regular feeler gauges will be long enough, and if I combine two, three, or four thicknesses I can get most anything. if I zero in on a particular thickness that is the cat's meow, I can make a dedicated gauge from wood, plastic, etc. The same link has shorter gauges for much less. It sounded like you were using these for an industrial application. oooh! this is what I was thinking of! https://www.amazon.com/Uxcell-Metric...feeler%2Bgauge That should give you a relative measurement but probably not an accurate measurement of the gap between two cylindrical rollers. I think feeler gauges would be a better choice. Is this for a commercial / industrial application or is this for home use? If home use, then I doubt it would make a big difference. |
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On 10/7/2016 5:09 PM, Stormin' Norman wrote:
On Fri, 7 Oct 2016 16:55:52 -0700, Taxed and Spent wrote: On 10/7/2016 4:23 PM, Stormin' Norman wrote: On Fri, 7 Oct 2016 15:49:54 -0700, Taxed and Spent wrote: On 10/7/2016 3:40 PM, Stormin' Norman wrote: On Fri, 7 Oct 2016 14:15:30 -0700, Taxed and Spent wrote: On 10/7/2016 2:11 PM, dpb wrote: On 10/07/2016 3:29 PM, Taxed and Spent wrote: I have a dough sheeter, which has two adjustable rollers for establishing the thickness of a sheet of dough. There are no measurement indicators on the machine, so I am looking for a gauge to jam in between the rollers to measure their separation, i.e. the thickness of the resulting dough sheet. ... I'm presuming these aren't precision measurements nor particularly thin...what about a few plexiglass shims or the like? I'd think 1/32" would be more than enough discrimination...what's the desired range? zero to 0.25 inches. I haven't figured out exactly what I want to go construct anything yet, but feeler gauges might be a good start (though perhaps a clumsy start, if I need to add a couple together). Take a look at this set of long feeler gauges. http://amzn.to/2cXQEnG yikes - expensive. Actually regular feeler gauges will be long enough, and if I combine two, three, or four thicknesses I can get most anything. if I zero in on a particular thickness that is the cat's meow, I can make a dedicated gauge from wood, plastic, etc. The same link has shorter gauges for much less. It sounded like you were using these for an industrial application. oooh! this is what I was thinking of! https://www.amazon.com/Uxcell-Metric...feeler%2Bgauge That should give you a relative measurement but probably not an accurate measurement of the gap between two cylindrical rollers. I think feeler gauges would be a better choice. Is this for a commercial / industrial application or is this for home use? If home use, then I doubt it would make a big difference. home use, with a dough sheeter. This will be close enough - repeatably is more important than precision. |
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On Fri, 7 Oct 2016 17:16:50 -0700, Taxed and Spent
wrote: On 10/7/2016 5:09 PM, Stormin' Norman wrote: On Fri, 7 Oct 2016 16:55:52 -0700, Taxed and Spent wrote: On 10/7/2016 4:23 PM, Stormin' Norman wrote: On Fri, 7 Oct 2016 15:49:54 -0700, Taxed and Spent wrote: On 10/7/2016 3:40 PM, Stormin' Norman wrote: On Fri, 7 Oct 2016 14:15:30 -0700, Taxed and Spent wrote: On 10/7/2016 2:11 PM, dpb wrote: On 10/07/2016 3:29 PM, Taxed and Spent wrote: I have a dough sheeter, which has two adjustable rollers for establishing the thickness of a sheet of dough. There are no measurement indicators on the machine, so I am looking for a gauge to jam in between the rollers to measure their separation, i.e. the thickness of the resulting dough sheet. ... I'm presuming these aren't precision measurements nor particularly thin...what about a few plexiglass shims or the like? I'd think 1/32" would be more than enough discrimination...what's the desired range? zero to 0.25 inches. I haven't figured out exactly what I want to go construct anything yet, but feeler gauges might be a good start (though perhaps a clumsy start, if I need to add a couple together). Take a look at this set of long feeler gauges. http://amzn.to/2cXQEnG yikes - expensive. Actually regular feeler gauges will be long enough, and if I combine two, three, or four thicknesses I can get most anything. if I zero in on a particular thickness that is the cat's meow, I can make a dedicated gauge from wood, plastic, etc. The same link has shorter gauges for much less. It sounded like you were using these for an industrial application. oooh! this is what I was thinking of! https://www.amazon.com/Uxcell-Metric...feeler%2Bgauge That should give you a relative measurement but probably not an accurate measurement of the gap between two cylindrical rollers. I think feeler gauges would be a better choice. Is this for a commercial / industrial application or is this for home use? If home use, then I doubt it would make a big difference. home use, with a dough sheeter. This will be close enough - repeatably is more important than precision. Yeah, then you can use anything. I thought you were involved with a commercial bakery producing croissants or a food manufacturer making something like pastry dough or pasta. |
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On 10/7/16 3:29 PM, Taxed and Spent wrote:
I have a dough sheeter, which has two adjustable rollers for establishing the thickness of a sheet of dough. There are no measurement indicators on the machine, so I am looking for a gauge to jam in between the rollers to measure their separation, i.e. the thickness of the resulting dough sheet. Something like the old spark plug gap setting jam gauge, I suppose. Any ideas? Allen wrenches? |
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On 10/7/2016 5:26 PM, Stormin' Norman wrote:
On Fri, 7 Oct 2016 17:16:50 -0700, Taxed and Spent wrote: On 10/7/2016 5:09 PM, Stormin' Norman wrote: On Fri, 7 Oct 2016 16:55:52 -0700, Taxed and Spent wrote: On 10/7/2016 4:23 PM, Stormin' Norman wrote: On Fri, 7 Oct 2016 15:49:54 -0700, Taxed and Spent wrote: On 10/7/2016 3:40 PM, Stormin' Norman wrote: On Fri, 7 Oct 2016 14:15:30 -0700, Taxed and Spent wrote: On 10/7/2016 2:11 PM, dpb wrote: On 10/07/2016 3:29 PM, Taxed and Spent wrote: I have a dough sheeter, which has two adjustable rollers for establishing the thickness of a sheet of dough. There are no measurement indicators on the machine, so I am looking for a gauge to jam in between the rollers to measure their separation, i.e. the thickness of the resulting dough sheet. ... I'm presuming these aren't precision measurements nor particularly thin...what about a few plexiglass shims or the like? I'd think 1/32" would be more than enough discrimination...what's the desired range? zero to 0.25 inches. I haven't figured out exactly what I want to go construct anything yet, but feeler gauges might be a good start (though perhaps a clumsy start, if I need to add a couple together). Take a look at this set of long feeler gauges. http://amzn.to/2cXQEnG yikes - expensive. Actually regular feeler gauges will be long enough, and if I combine two, three, or four thicknesses I can get most anything. if I zero in on a particular thickness that is the cat's meow, I can make a dedicated gauge from wood, plastic, etc. The same link has shorter gauges for much less. It sounded like you were using these for an industrial application. oooh! this is what I was thinking of! https://www.amazon.com/Uxcell-Metric...feeler%2Bgauge That should give you a relative measurement but probably not an accurate measurement of the gap between two cylindrical rollers. I think feeler gauges would be a better choice. Is this for a commercial / industrial application or is this for home use? If home use, then I doubt it would make a big difference. home use, with a dough sheeter. This will be close enough - repeatably is more important than precision. Yeah, then you can use anything. I thought you were involved with a commercial bakery producing croissants or a food manufacturer making something like pastry dough or pasta. I will be doing all of that. But not every day, so I want to figure something out, take notes, and go back to it again in a couple months without having to re-invent the wheel. |
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On Friday, October 7, 2016 at 4:29:43 PM UTC-4, Taxed and Spent wrote:
I have a dough sheeter, which has two adjustable rollers for establishing the thickness of a sheet of dough. There are no measurement indicators on the machine, so I am looking for a gauge to jam in between the rollers to measure their separation, i.e. the thickness of the resulting dough sheet. Something like the old spark plug gap setting jam gauge, I suppose. Any ideas? Hotel key cards (and similar cards) measure in at 1/32". I save all of mine. They may good spreaders, shims, etc. Since they're plastic, they would be easy for you to keep clean considering they are being used on a food related appliance. |
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On 10/7/2016 8:55 PM, DerbyDad03 wrote:
On Friday, October 7, 2016 at 4:29:43 PM UTC-4, Taxed and Spent wrote: I have a dough sheeter, which has two adjustable rollers for establishing the thickness of a sheet of dough. There are no measurement indicators on the machine, so I am looking for a gauge to jam in between the rollers to measure their separation, i.e. the thickness of the resulting dough sheet. Something like the old spark plug gap setting jam gauge, I suppose. Any ideas? Hotel key cards (and similar cards) measure in at 1/32". I save all of mine. They may good spreaders, shims, etc. Since they're plastic, they would be easy for you to keep clean considering they are being used on a food related appliance. good idea. thanks. |
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Taxed and Spent formulated the question :
On 10/7/2016 5:09 PM, Stormin' Norman wrote: On Fri, 7 Oct 2016 16:55:52 -0700, Taxed and Spent wrote: On 10/7/2016 4:23 PM, Stormin' Norman wrote: On Fri, 7 Oct 2016 15:49:54 -0700, Taxed and Spent wrote: On 10/7/2016 3:40 PM, Stormin' Norman wrote: On Fri, 7 Oct 2016 14:15:30 -0700, Taxed and Spent wrote: On 10/7/2016 2:11 PM, dpb wrote: On 10/07/2016 3:29 PM, Taxed and Spent wrote: I have a dough sheeter, which has two adjustable rollers for establishing the thickness of a sheet of dough. There are no measurement indicators on the machine, so I am looking for a gauge to jam in between the rollers to measure their separation, i.e. the thickness of the resulting dough sheet. ... I'm presuming these aren't precision measurements nor particularly thin...what about a few plexiglass shims or the like? I'd think 1/32" would be more than enough discrimination...what's the desired range? zero to 0.25 inches. I haven't figured out exactly what I want to go construct anything yet, but feeler gauges might be a good start (though perhaps a clumsy start, if I need to add a couple together). Take a look at this set of long feeler gauges. http://amzn.to/2cXQEnG yikes - expensive. Actually regular feeler gauges will be long enough, and if I combine two, three, or four thicknesses I can get most anything. if I zero in on a particular thickness that is the cat's meow, I can make a dedicated gauge from wood, plastic, etc. The same link has shorter gauges for much less. It sounded like you were using these for an industrial application. oooh! this is what I was thinking of! https://www.amazon.com/Uxcell-Metric...feeler%2Bgauge That should give you a relative measurement but probably not an accurate measurement of the gap between two cylindrical rollers. I think feeler gauges would be a better choice. Is this for a commercial / industrial application or is this for home use? If home use, then I doubt it would make a big difference. home use, with a dough sheeter. This will be close enough - repeatably is more important than precision. That's what precision is, ITYM it is more important than 'accuracy'. |
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On 10/8/2016 5:49 AM, FromTheRafters wrote:
Taxed and Spent formulated the question : On 10/7/2016 5:09 PM, Stormin' Norman wrote: On Fri, 7 Oct 2016 16:55:52 -0700, Taxed and Spent wrote: On 10/7/2016 4:23 PM, Stormin' Norman wrote: On Fri, 7 Oct 2016 15:49:54 -0700, Taxed and Spent wrote: On 10/7/2016 3:40 PM, Stormin' Norman wrote: On Fri, 7 Oct 2016 14:15:30 -0700, Taxed and Spent wrote: On 10/7/2016 2:11 PM, dpb wrote: On 10/07/2016 3:29 PM, Taxed and Spent wrote: I have a dough sheeter, which has two adjustable rollers for establishing the thickness of a sheet of dough. There are no measurement indicators on the machine, so I am looking for a gauge to jam in between the rollers to measure their separation, i.e. the thickness of the resulting dough sheet. ... I'm presuming these aren't precision measurements nor particularly thin...what about a few plexiglass shims or the like? I'd think 1/32" would be more than enough discrimination...what's the desired range? zero to 0.25 inches. I haven't figured out exactly what I want to go construct anything yet, but feeler gauges might be a good start (though perhaps a clumsy start, if I need to add a couple together). Take a look at this set of long feeler gauges. http://amzn.to/2cXQEnG yikes - expensive. Actually regular feeler gauges will be long enough, and if I combine two, three, or four thicknesses I can get most anything. if I zero in on a particular thickness that is the cat's meow, I can make a dedicated gauge from wood, plastic, etc. The same link has shorter gauges for much less. It sounded like you were using these for an industrial application. oooh! this is what I was thinking of! https://www.amazon.com/Uxcell-Metric...feeler%2Bgauge That should give you a relative measurement but probably not an accurate measurement of the gap between two cylindrical rollers. I think feeler gauges would be a better choice. Is this for a commercial / industrial application or is this for home use? If home use, then I doubt it would make a big difference. home use, with a dough sheeter. This will be close enough - repeatably is more important than precision. That's what precision is, ITYM it is more important than 'accuracy'. right you are. |
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On 2016-10-07, Taxed and Spent wrote:
establishing the thickness of a sheet of dough. There are no measurement indicators on the machine..... Micrometers? Long feeler gauges? What fits!? What's the cost? Have you tried putting a piece of dough thru the machine and roughly measuring the dough? (I thought this woulda been the obvious answer, but I guess not nb |
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On 10/8/2016 9:52 AM, notbob wrote:
On 2016-10-07, Taxed and Spent wrote: establishing the thickness of a sheet of dough. There are no measurement indicators on the machine..... Micrometers? Long feeler gauges? What fits!? What's the cost? Have you tried putting a piece of dough thru the machine and roughly measuring the dough? (I thought this woulda been the obvious answer, but I guess not nb measuring the dough would not help in resetting the rollers next time, without guesswork. Feeler gauge would be the best answer, or the tapered gauge I posted earlier. I have one on order and will see how it works in this application. |
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On 2016-10-08, Taxed and Spent wrote:
measuring the dough would not help in resetting the rollers next time, without guesswork. My bad. I did not realize the entire roller adjustment mechanism completely changes to something different every time you use it. nb |
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