Thanks again to everyone for all of the information. I had metal shop and wood
shop in school, but the metal shop class was really just working with sheet
metal and spot welders...the ubiquitous toolbox project.  So I have never had
any machining training or experience. This is my first mic so I have been
reading up on how to use it.

I like that it has the ratchet mechanism; that will prevent me from over
tightening or trying to guess just how snug is enough when measuring.  This
particular mic isn't graduated for tenths, just to thousandths and I will really
probably never need anything more discerning. I have a small atlas lathe (which
COULD be run by treadle) but it is a project I am rebuilding and will likely
never do any serious machining.

May I ask, who posted the need to divest a couple of mic's? There was no
signature on the post and my email only show Old tools as the return address. I
need to pick up a good mic for my son in law to replace this one he gave me. He
didn't have one either and was planning on keeping this until he saw how
enamored I was with it. He graciously gave it to me and now I should find a
replacement for him.

Thanks again!

Brent

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