Pretty common older semi-flexible coupler design. Grease to keep all of the bits from fretting and wearing out prematurely.
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Just seems like an overly complex design.
Not really, two sprockets and a very short piece of double row chain with a master link in it. Strong and has a lot of tolerance for axial and radial misalignment in it. They originally were run open and were lubed with the kind of grease used on industrial wire rope. They can be noisy!
I bet those vise grips would be great to use for flat band hose clamps. I see someone already id them as flange tool, but there are hose clamp pliers similar to them as well
This one should be easy, I'm just not finding it to order one. Was in a jewelry store the other day, and the sales person let me borrow this caliper to measure the width of a watch band. The jaw is spring-loaded, and I realized this would be super handy in the woodshop when I'm thicknessing lumber in the planer. What's it called? There was no name on it, and she had no idea how to even use it.
Wife used to make silver jewelry, so I looked up one of her vendors and there it is:
https://www.riogrande.com/product/electronic-compact-digital-gauge/
https://www.riogrande.com/product/electronic-compact-digital-gauge/
Thanks. Not sure I'm needing it enough to pay $90 for one. Maybe I'll wait for the Harbor Freight version.Wife used to make silver jewelry, so I looked up one of her vendors and there it is:
https://www.riogrande.com/product/electronic-compact-digital-gauge/
Its an electronic Leverage Gauge. Used to measure loose or mounted round and fancy cut diamonds and colored stones. They make mechanical ones too. The jewelry industry uses the metric system, fyi. I use 1 almost everyday.
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I think that is the HF version by the looks of it.
That is exactly what I thought when she handed it to me, the display part is identical to the cheap HF digital calipers I have a couple of. Same buttons, same LR44 battery...
Might be the same actual mfg as HF, doubt that they're sourcing from HF unless HF sells one already.
Pretty common battery size for this type of tool. I have a Brown & Sharp and some Mitutoyo calipers that use that battery size.
Pretty common battery size for this type of tool. I have a Brown & Sharp and some Mitutoyo calipers that use that battery size.
HF doesn't make them. HF buys them from overseas mfg's. They might design the particular product and they might not. Depends on the actual product. For instance I see the exact same band saws sold by Northern etc. So Rio Grande etc. might be buying from the same mfg that HF buys from. Unless HF has some sort of exclusivity contract, which may or may not be honored, it makes sense that they would look the same.