Parallels

[petro1headParticipant @petro1head]

I feel a project is brewing

[JAParticipant @ja]

I have a nice set of parallels, somewhere. And quite a lot of bright mild steel strip.

I have never had any problems with the latter. The money saved on not buying parallels can be put to better use like bottles of wine,

JA

[David George 1Participant @davidgeorge1]

A selection of my parallels.

I have some round sets of 4 all of the same height about 8mm tall and 20mm tall usefull when holding castings etc. A pair of 1"x1/2" x 9" long a pair of 12mm x 25mm x 150mm long which do most of my heavy work. I have a set of adjustable Starrett parrallel which are useful to measure steps and slots as well as adjusting to support a job. I also have two pair of thin parallels so i can drill a job without hitting the parallels, these are 1mm x 20mm x 75mm long and 1.5mm x 25mm x 75mm long. I also hsve a few other general purpose pairs of parallels of various thicknesses that I have collected over the years. These are all hardened and ground whilst at work for various jobs. The thin pairs of parallels have a tendency to tip so I put a light 12mm diamiter spring between them when in use. You can't have to many parallels.

David

[petro1headParticipant @petro1head]

Just a quick update:

I bought the set from Warco for £85 inc next day free delivery.

Very impressed with the quality and accuracy

[old martParticipant @oldmart]

We have lots at the museum, many donated, and I find that however many sizes you have, it's always the size you don't have that you want to use.

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