Question on pin gages

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Albert.A
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Question on pin gages

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Hello everyone.

Lately I have noticed that I more and more often really need to use pin gages, but since they don't even seem to exist over here I don't have access to them locally.

I have searched around and I mostly find imperial sets, and the metric i find don't seem to come in the right sizes, and if they do they are more expensive than the imperial ones.

So, my question is: Are the increments between the gages small enough that I would be able to find a good fit in a metric hole with a set of imperial gages? What I'm talking about is a set of .251-.500 inch because I read in another thread that that's the size of set some of you guys use. :)

Weird question perhaps, but anyway..

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As long as the increments are hundredths of an inch or maybe 1/10th of a millimeter, you should be able to find one to fit inside any mortise without an issue.
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Re: Question on pin gages

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answer is yes... I use mainly metric drill bits...

logically thinking though.. .when you get 190 to 250 pin gauges between .251 and .5 .. the answer is of course :-)
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Re: Question on pin gages

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The .251 to .500 set I got actually had 250 pieces, each one thousandth of an inch larger than the last. That should have a pin to fit any hole you need in that range. I got the .126 to .250 set as well and have used them to expand a loose tenon with success.
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Thanks guys, that's what I thought. :)
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