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    The easiest dial indicator holder you've ever seen!

    Support for dial indicator 100% homemade. Made with old printer shaft and aluminum scrap.


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    Thanks machining 4 all! We've added your Dial Indicator Mount to our Measuring and Marking category,
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    Joining another piece of printer shaft with 8.0 mm of scrap with a bearing number 608-2Z, we still could make an edge finder! Despite its a very old trick, it works perfectly and the cost is almost zero!

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    And still using a magnet from a recent project, you get a magnetic base!

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