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 Re: How do you define facing length?
Author: Mojo 
Date:   2022-10-03 17:33

I have had a few Babbitt gauges. I have outsourced my own and I currently use a LAW gauge which is no longer made. I have my own stash of them.

Thinner lines are better for precise work. If you only measure to the nearest .5, and use +/- if the reading is a little higher/lower, a thick line gauge will do. I measure to the nearest .1, which is overkill but I do it.

I have a collection of gauges. Most of the thick line ones have silk screened scales on them with no etching into the glass.

Etching is done with acid or laser. Then a color fill product it used to make the stripes in the etching.

You can buy a color fill crayon to see if you can freshen up the lines of your Babbitt gauge.

The other thing to check is the scale. Hold them on top of each other to see if they match up. Or use calipers to check if the distance from zero to 50 or so is correct. I have a few in my collection that are off.

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