MtlBiker Posted January 29, 2022 Report Posted January 29, 2022 I've been using a typical caliper to measure the thickness of leather and it reads in inches or mm. Is there a pocket gauge that reads in ounces? I've been searching on Amazon and it seem all measure in mm or inches. Surely there's an accurate gauge that reads in ounces? Thanks Quote Current machines: Janome HD3000 and Skyline S5, Consew 206RB-5, Singer Profinish serger, Techsew 2750 PRO, Sailrite LSZ-1 Premium, Consew DCS-S4 Skiver
Members TomE Posted January 29, 2022 Members Report Posted January 29, 2022 Bottom scale is ounces. https://www.springfieldleather.com/SLC-Plastic-Leather-Gauge Quote
CFM chuck123wapati Posted January 29, 2022 CFM Report Posted January 29, 2022 19 minutes ago, MtlBiker said: I've been using a typical caliper to measure the thickness of leather and it reads in inches or mm. Is there a pocket gauge that reads in ounces? I've been searching on Amazon and it seem all measure in mm or inches. Surely there's an accurate gauge that reads in ounces? Thanks i use a caliper also i just put a piece of masking tape on the back with the conversions. Quote Worked in a prison for 30 years if I aint shiny every time I comment its no big deal, I just don't wave pompoms. “I won’t be wronged, I won’t be insulted, and I won’t be laid a hand on. I don’t do these things to other people, and I require the same from them.” THE DUKE!
MtlBiker Posted January 29, 2022 Author Report Posted January 29, 2022 7 minutes ago, chuck123wapati said: i use a caliper also i just put a piece of masking tape on the back with the conversions. Only problem I have with using a caliper is that it doesn't fit in my pocket! But that certainly does work. Quote Current machines: Janome HD3000 and Skyline S5, Consew 206RB-5, Singer Profinish serger, Techsew 2750 PRO, Sailrite LSZ-1 Premium, Consew DCS-S4 Skiver
Members Dwight Posted January 29, 2022 Members Report Posted January 29, 2022 1 hour ago, MtlBiker said: Only problem I have with using a caliper is that it doesn't fit in my pocket! But that certainly does work. One like this will . . . May God bless, Dwight Quote If you can breathe, . . . thank God. If you can read, . . . thank a teacher. If you are reading this in English, . . . thank a veteran. www.dwightsgunleather.com
MtlBiker Posted January 30, 2022 Author Report Posted January 30, 2022 4 hours ago, TomE said: Bottom scale is ounces. https://www.springfieldleather.com/SLC-Plastic-Leather-Gauge Thanks, but I was hoping to find a gauge like this but with a reading in ounces: What I have now looks like this, and obviously it doesn't fit in a pocket too well... Quote Current machines: Janome HD3000 and Skyline S5, Consew 206RB-5, Singer Profinish serger, Techsew 2750 PRO, Sailrite LSZ-1 Premium, Consew DCS-S4 Skiver
Members Dwight Posted January 30, 2022 Members Report Posted January 30, 2022 Well . . . if you really want one . . . you could just make a new face for the thing on a computer . . . very gently get the cover off. . . pry off the hand . . . put on a new face. It would be an evening's work . . . but the other choice would be to paste a printout on the back . . . 4 oz = 1.58 mm / 8 oz = 3.17 mm etc. Actually . . . I'd love to have that little MM dude . . . preferably in inches . . . but that would be OK that way. Too much leather is sold as "this" thickness . . . and it is often times just on the verge of a lower one or higher one . . . or meanders around in thickness all over the hide. I take my mechanical 6 inch caliper with me when I go to buy leather. May God bless, Dwight Quote If you can breathe, . . . thank God. If you can read, . . . thank a teacher. If you are reading this in English, . . . thank a veteran. www.dwightsgunleather.com
Members TomE Posted January 30, 2022 Members Report Posted January 30, 2022 https://www.weaverleathersupply.com/catalog/item-detail/65-3041/leather-thickness-gauge/pr_8768 Quote
kgg Posted January 30, 2022 Report Posted January 30, 2022 4 hours ago, MtlBiker said: Thanks, but I was hoping to find a gauge like this but with a reading in ounces: You can get one like you have shown from the buckle guy for $96.05 US ( https://www.buckleguy.com/tg-25p-leather-thickness-gauge/ ) there is also a video of their gauges on youtube of them gauge having both measurements: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjJVqhBJW2E kgg Quote Juki DNU - 1541S, Juki DU - 1181N, Singer 29K - 71(1949), Chinese Patcher (Tinkers Delight), Warlock TSC-441, Techsew 2750 Pro, Consew DCS-S4 Skiver
Members ketch Posted January 30, 2022 Members Report Posted January 30, 2022 this one is reasonably priced and works good https://tandyleather.com/products/pocket-leather-gauge?_pos=1&_sid=16c28d9af&_ss=r Quote
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