Micrometer best practices
We’re going to back up a little to something that’s an essential skill to have in engine machining or any kind of machining for that matter.
You MUST know how to operate and read and care for a micrometer. It sounds, elementary, I know, but sometimes it pays to go back to the basics for a quick review. For the sake of this article, I’ll be talking about an inch micrometer. Most people think of an outside micrometer when they hear the term “micrometer”. An “outside micrometer” is one that measures the outside of something such as diameter, length, thickness.