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WTB Pin gages
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WTB Pin gages.

Looking for a complete set from approximately .250 to .500
in .001 increments

THX

Bob in Saint Augustine
  
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if you dont mind chinesium  ive had good luck with shars brand good quality for the money  discount machine shop on e bay
  
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A google search will produce a number of suppliers. and with that  a variety of prices as well. McMaster-Carr has them, as does Shars.com.  Amazon is another place to get them, Amazon prices don't seem too bad. You will want a minus set. that way the pins will go into the sized hole marked on the pin. 
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do you realize how many of them you are asking for? at a dollar per pin it'd put me in the soup line.
  
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Funny. I have been searching eBay the last couple of days for the same thing. Looks like a new set there is about $130. Used ones usually are missing a few and still go for $90+

I have a Shars Kurt Vise clone on my small desktop mill and a 6” 3 jaw chuck on my SB heavy 10 and am very happy with them.
  
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As much as it pains to say, a lot of my stuff is made off sure. My lathe, My Mill, my shop micrometers, my indicators. While they may not last as long as my Swiss made Micrometers, they work fine and are accurate. 
That being said, in this day and age, when shopping for stuff, one thing you need to take a good look at is the shipping cost. At times I have paid a bit more for a product but made up the difference with a lower shipping price. Just something to keep in mind.
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Thank you one and all for the responses ....

The best price that I've found is close to $130.00 ish for a whole set. 

Because I think I only want 12-18 sizes I think I'm going to buy some aluminum or brass rod and with my drill press and a flat xcut & Single cut file make some. 

My local metal supplier will sell me 24" of 1/2" rod for $6.57.
Given that each one only needs to be a about 2", that should do it.

Even if it ends up being too rough, I'll not be out a lot of $$..

Again thanks for the suggestions. (I'd never heard of Shars..!)

Bob

PS: The closest I've ever come to a lathe is my No. 2 pencil sharpener.. 

nuclearcricket wrote Today at 6:36pm:
As much as it pains to say, a lot of my stuff is made off sure. My lathe, My Mill, my shop micrometers, my indicators. While they may not last as long as my Swiss made Micrometers, they work fine and are accurate. 
That being said, in this day and age, when shopping for stuff, one thing you need to take a good look at is the shipping cost. At times I have paid a bit more for a product but made up the difference with a lower shipping price. Just something to keep in mind.
Sam

  
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