Starrett Scale

Paul Batozech · 2005-03-20T06:23:01+00:00

Hi allWas recently going through a box of stuff and came across a scale I'dforgot all about, it might have been my Grandfathers. It's made byStarrett and marked No 588. I think it's fairly old and I'd like to getan approximate idea of it's age, it doesn't appear in the 10 year oldStarrett catalog I have. It's about 1 1/4 inches wide and 7 incheslong. One side has a 6 inch scale in 32nds and decimal equivalents for64ths out to 6 decimal places. The other side has a 6 inch scale in64ths, and tap drill tables. The neat part is that it shows machinescrew taps from 0-80 up through 30-16, as well as fractional screws from1/16-64 through 2 1/4-4 1/2. It also shows NPT tap drills through 3inches.I know some of you collect old machinery related literature and waswondering what era Starrett catalog it appeared in. I did a cursory websearch and found nothing. I'm thinking about contacting Starrett, therejust might be somebody there that would know.ThanksPaul

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michael 21 years ago

Mine are C306R, 6" flex. I have a 12" flex marked C305R. Apparently the C30xR is flex, C60xR is rigid. I'll try to remember to call MSC tomorrow.

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