Thread: Height Gauge Price

Hi Ben,
Although I'm not into to steel, have you tried John McJing, in Sydney.

Carbatec sell a 6" one for $99

Professional Digital Height Gauge : CARBA-TEC

Hare and Forbes have a 300mm one

M704 | Digital Height Gauge | machineryhouse.com.au

Originally Posted by bwal74

Hi,

Just wondering if anyone has bought a new height gauge lately. Just trying to get an idea for a price for either a 250mm or 300mm version. Actually any size will do. I got a price from DRO in the UK for a 150mm digital Chinese one for approx $150.00 including freight. Ebay and Gumtree have nothing of interest.

Cheers Ben

Hi Ben.
is it need to be digital ? I have a vintage japanese Mitutoyo with carbide tip . not sure if it 250mm or 300mm but sure it big one . if you are interest let me know via PM,
regards
Peter

Hi Ben,

I used a cheap digital calliper to make mine. I modified the jaws and used the cut off piece to fabricate an extension to the existing moving jaw so that I can get down to zero hight.
I had a four inch by half inch cast iron disc that I used for the base. Total cost £10 for the callipers plus a couple of hours machining. The really hard part was getting the calliper column exactly square to the base. I will take a couple of photos later.

Regards:
BaronJ

Try Amazon, they are great for this stuff

Amazon.com: digital height gauge

Originally Posted by bwal74

Hi,

Just wondering if anyone has bought a new height gauge lately. Just trying to get an idea for a price for either a 250mm or 300mm version. Actually any size will do. I got a price from DRO in the UK for a 150mm digital Chinese one for approx $150.00 including freight. Ebay and Gumtree have nothing of interest.

Cheers Ben

check ebay usa might see something of decent quality there for cheaper (including freight to aus) than here in aus

I dropped out of the bidding at Boeing on a Mitutoyo 600 digital at $210 ($260) 'cause I already have a 500 Chinese one I bought 20 years ago. Being a Patternmaker and using it on a printers stone is a bit rough and ready but better than nothing.
H.

Before i bought GQ's 300mm dial Mits i was looking on ebay US, there were some good looking smaller ones to be had a decent prices, but once you get to the larger ones the shipping cost goes through the roof because they are too long for a flat rate box.

Ew

Originally Posted by Ueee

Before i bought GQ's 300mm dial Mits i was looking on ebay US, there were some good looking smaller ones to be had a decent prices, but once you get to the larger ones the shipping cost goes through the roof because they are too long for a flat rate box.

Ew

What size and on what sites Ewen? I don't need anything bigger than a 300mm.

Ben

Originally Posted by BaronJ

Hi Ben,

I used a cheap digital calliper to make mine. I modified the jaws and used the cut off piece to fabricate an extension to the existing moving jaw so that I can get down to zero hight.
I had a four inch by half inch cast iron disc that I used for the base. Total cost £10 for the callipers plus a couple of hours machining. The really hard part was getting the calliper column exactly square to the base. I will take a couple of photos later.

Regards:
BaronJ

Sorry its taken a day or so.