Just picked this up on ebay. Might have cost me $100 to get it, but with 4-5,000 crystals i have that are unmarked on their size, it will pay for itself tenfold!
Posts: 1626 | Location: North Dakota in the USA | Registered: December 09, 2009
Let's see, considering Mike's suggestion. The original is in brass so it retains the size and will never wear out, it could last a thousand years. We could replicate this by doing a precise drawing that is then copied in the exact size on card-stock and laminated. Since most of us would use the gauge infrequently a laminated card-stock copy would last for quite a long while. The cost of this using our usual unpaid volunteers would be a couple dollars. By the time it is shipped the total out-of-pocket should be under five dollars.
What do you think of this plan?
Lindell
Posts: 10553 | Location: Northeastern Ohio in the USA | Registered: November 19, 2002
Hi all. I have a conversion chart that came with my crystal cabinet. It is a hand drawn three way conversion chart Ligne-metric-and American sizes. My scan was too large to send. If anyone wants a copy just eMail me your address and I will send you one.........Keith ..ckeithjohnson@eriecoast.com
Posts: 198 | Location: Vermilion, Ohio in the USA | Registered: May 14, 2003
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Francis,
There's no reason you couldn't measure a square crystal with this type of gauge, but determining the point of tangency where you read off the intercept would be somewhat more tricky than for a round crystal.
Personally, I would prefer to use a caliper for a square crystal.
Best Regards,
Ed
Posts: 6696 | Location: Southwestern Pennsylvania, USA | Registered: April 19, 2004
I still find accuracy is my best friend so I use a dial caliper to measure the bezel and "convert" the size (INCHES) with A "Size Chart"BELOW. Of course we have William White, the A1 grade crystal maker right here to "fill in" with the actual correctly ground and sized crystal . . .
Posts: 6492 | Location: Southern California in the USA | Registered: July 19, 2007
Jared, I received you picture and am checking a frind who does laser etching to see if we can make an all metal "edition" of this gauge. I would like to help design it so we can use it to scale Crystal Bezels also as what we need these days is a reliable way to size bezels for replacements.
Posts: 6492 | Location: Southern California in the USA | Registered: July 19, 2007
The laser shop can use the picture Jared made and fine tune it with the dimensional chart I gave them. It will look and work like the one Jared has but also has a "hole pattern" to use small dowel pins to gauge crystal bezels in the 12-18 sizes.
I will to mount this on a nice walnut base at it will be printed on a brushed stainless laminated black plastic to show black inset printing. When a sample is ready I will show pics.
Posts: 6492 | Location: Southern California in the USA | Registered: July 19, 2007
for years.
would be a couple dollars. By the time it is shipped the total out-of-pocket should be under five dollars.
