Poor mans digital height gage/scribe

[Al8236]

A simple height gage made from a Harbor Freight caliper.


The base was cut from some 1" aluminum stock I had on hand the shoe/scriber from an old carbide saw blade and I soldered together a clamp from some brass sheet.


The unwanted bits of the calipers were cut away and the whole thing held in the base with a setscrew running along the slot.
Some things I would do different now that I've used it a while, 1: make the base out of some thinner cast iron this is because 2: the scriber needs to be shorter, it gets some flex sideways at that length!