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julian Holman <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 26 Aug 2016 23:37:34 -0400
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I found it difficult to picture Rob's set up with the dial gauge, but a
good simple way to deploy this instrument for measuring sounboard
thicknesses is very intelligibly described and *diagrammed*  in the oft
mentioned little treasure of a book-lette by John Barnes, Making a Spinet
by Traditional Methods.

On Friday, August 26, 2016, Rob Brooke <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> The original post on this topic asked for a cheap way of measuring
> soundboard thickness. I was in the same position in the 1970's - needing to
> measure soundboard thickness but having only a limited budget. Here is what
> I came up with. I bought a Sears, Roebuck dial gauge which was able to be
> zeroed and was accurate to about a thousandth of an inch. I made a support
> to hold the dial gauge which could be clamped to the upper framework of my
> go-bar deck....
>

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