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DIY Depth measurement tool

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I thought I had posted about this tool I made last year, but I cannot find the post.  I have been using this quite a bit lately while turning staffs on my lathe.  Ugh...the watch from hell.

Anyway, I snagged this micrometer off of a microscope table that has been in my scrap pile for 40 years! 

I 3D printed an adjustable mount with a brass washer glued on the end.  The adjustment screw allows me to zero the tool.  Not really zero though, because everything is backwards.  It is zeroed at 10.

It really works great.  I only wish I could reverse the scale (left handed), because I have to count backwards!!  No matter, it gets the job done.

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