True. That’s why I said it wasn’t really scientific, but it’s all I have. If you use it like I mentioned in the previous post it can show that one punching compresses more than another. It doesn’t quantify anything. Jim From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Alan Eder Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2010 2:58 PM To: caut at ptg.org Subject: Re: [CAUT] Mitutoyo gauge I use similar dial pressure gauges for measuring various compress-able materials (such as action cloth and cardboard), but to get a consistent measurement rather than to get a comparative "compress-ability" measurement. For that, the best tool would probably be a durometer. Alan Eder -----Original Message----- From: Jim Busby <jim_busby at byu.edu> To: caut <caut at ptg.org> Sent: Tue, Dec 21, 2010 8:50 am Subject: [CAUT] Mitutoyo gauge John P, Here is a pic of the gauge I use for thickness. (It’s not zeroed out.) Jim Busby -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut.php/attachments/20101221/12c33d37/attachment.htm>
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