=========== Very informative thread with may good posts.
It appears that the edge finder (and wiggler/stick-pin) were developed as a work-around for spindle and tool-holder concentricity problems, particularly as these were used under power.
Does anyone know the history of the edge finder such as when it was developed, who developed it, etc.
Is the Schmidt/Flexbar the best of the manual edge finders are there even more expensive [manual/conventional] ones?
The pictures are impressive as are the prices. How many people are using Schmidt and Flexbar products?
What's the groups opinion on the other items such as their
285$ surface gauge or their 995$ squareness gauge?Also what is the groups experience with sine bars, both magnetic [short generally 2 - 2_1/2 inches] and the full size 5/6/10 inch sine bars?
Unka' George [George McDuffee]
------------------------------------------- He that will not apply new remedies, must expect new evils: for Time is the greatest innovator: and if Time, of course, alter things to the worse, and wisdom and counsel shall not alter them to the better, what shall be the end?
Francis Bacon (1561-1626), English philosopher, essayist, statesman. Essays, "Of Innovations" (1597-1625).