My career depended on the quality of the precision tools I used and no one touched those tools but me.
Don
I can't count the number of times I've watched a journeyman machinist with complete confidence in both his measuring skills and his tools get shredded by a quality control department over non conforming parts due to his improperly calibrated tools or misuse of them. This is the very reason both API and ISO compliance now requires that ALL measuring tools in a shop are included in a quality management/calibration system. When a guy's tool comes back from calibration with a red tag what does he do? Sell it on Ebay and buy a quality replacement.
Fox,
My apologies for using you as an example. Let me offer to loan you any precision measuring tool you could possibly need for the cost of a drive to Acheson (and maybe a beer).
