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The micrometer adjustment nut is used by a milling machine operator to limit the depth to which a cutting tool may plunge into a workpiece Photograph of a micrometer adjustment nut on a milling machine. On a manual milling machine, the micrometer adjustment nut limits the depth to which the cutting tool may plunge into the workpiece.
Blade micrometers have a matching set of narrow tips (blades). They allow, for example, the measuring of a narrow o-ring groove. Pitch-diameter micrometers (aka thread mics) have a matching set of thread-shaped tips for measuring the pitch diameter of screw threads. Limit mics have two anvils and two spindles, and are used like a snap gauge ...
In 1890, L.S. Starrett patented a micrometer with other improvements, transforming the rough version of this tool into a modern micrometer. [5] During the same year Starrett began making and refining saw blades, and continues to be a major manufacturer as of 2015. [citation needed] In 1895 Starrett patented the divider with trammel. [6]
Though some earlier 19th century tools were called combination squares, the modern combination square was invented in the late 1870s by American inventor Laroy S. Starrett, and patented in 1879. [note 1] [8] In 1880 he founded the L. S. Starrett Company in Athol, Massachusetts, United States. The tool was originally designed for machinists, but ...
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Micrometer can mean: Micrometer (device), used for accurate measurements by means of a calibrated screw; Micrometre, a millionth of a metre
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