Quote Originally Posted by Saltfever View Post
This is hilarious. In all my years in the industry I have never been exposed to DTI as a “dial” test indicator. While “dial indicator” is basic machinist language the Test indicator in my environment was always referred as just a test indicator. The word “test” was the defining characteristic since it had better resolution and a more versatile body.

When you mentioned “DTI” I googled it and came up with Digital Tension Indicator. That seemed to fit in perfectly with the theme of this thread and I thought I had missed yet another nugget of wisdom. That led to my reply requesting information about your device for “digital tension measurement” and my reference to probing programs.

The absolute king of acronym use is still the military followed closely by the medical field. However, in its short life compared to the others, the digital world is now just as cryptic. ROTFLMAO at my misunderstanding and apologies to all.
I have to admit that, in your first post, you seemed to have not connected with what I had written, but, being unsure and not wishing to offend, I let it slide.

I'm a self-taught, completely amateur, hobbyist machinist. I've never spent a day on the shop floor nor have I ever worked in a machine shop. As a result, there are the inevitable gaps in my knowledge of both technique and terminology. I've always heard it referred to as a DTI so that's the term I use.

In some support of that terminology, if you visit the Acronym Finder website...

Abbreviations and acronyms dictionary

and enter DTI, "Dial Test Indicator" shows up, right above "Direct Tension Indicator", so the term must be in general use somewhere.

ROTFLBTCDICAJTTWADBSIHPWTRHITSBKABAYB is arguably the longest acronym known but I've never seen it used. If you can't unravel it, it's decoded here...

Urban Dictionary: ROTFLBTCDICAJTTWADBSIHPWTRHITSBKABAYB