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Old 10-23-2006, 09:41 PM
Brian Carlton Brian Carlton is offline
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Originally Posted by kip Foss View Post
Brian,

You're right, but I don't think HF offers such a gauge. Personally I wouldn't mess with the bore gauges offered by HF, esp. if one is taking the time and expense to rebuild an engine.
Agreed, a decent bore gauge will probably set you back over $100. but, it's worth it.

I recently had the pleasure of using a professional gauge that is setup to read an I.D. It's set properly on size blocks and each line on the dial is .0001". I could accurately determine the out of round condition on a brand new piece of tooling that I had made. It was .000050". This was the accuracy of the grinding spindle and/or the slight change caused by the installation.

Such a gauge is about $1200. but, you get what you pay for.
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