{"product_id":"feeler-gauge-17-blade","title":"Feeler gauge, 17 blades, 0.02 to 1 mm","description":"\u003cp\u003eA caliper measures a thing. A feeler gauge measures the space between two things, which is a job a caliper cannot do at all once the gap is narrower than its jaws.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSeventeen steel blades on a pivot, 0.02 mm to 1 mm, each marked with its own thickness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHow you read it\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou are not looking for the blade that goes in. You are looking for the blade that goes in with light drag - it slides, but you can feel it touching both sides. The blade below that one is loose and tells you nothing; the blade above will not enter. That drag is the measurement, and it is why this is called a feeler gauge and not a gap gauge.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBlades stack. If nothing single fits, two blades together give you a thickness neither has alone.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eOn a bench like ours\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChecking that a vise jaw closes parallel instead of pinching at the top. Setting the gap between a workpiece and a stop. Measuring how much a flat face is out. Shimming - a 0.05 mm blade tells you exactly how thick a shim you need to cut.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhere it stops\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe blades are thin spring steel and they take a set. A blade that has been bent is no longer the thickness printed on it near the bend, and there is no way to tell by looking. Fold them back into the handle every time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThey rust. Wipe them with an oily rag before they go in a drawer; a pitted blade is a wrong blade.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDo not force one into a gap that will not take it. You are measuring, not levering, and the blades will bend long before the gap does.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mikrabench","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47512874877119,"sku":null,"price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0760\/5826\/3743\/files\/S04af379a35084984afa339c7487b32b1F.webp?v=1789875393","url":"https:\/\/arvonelle.com\/products\/feeler-gauge-17-blade","provider":"ARVONELLE","version":"1.0","type":"link"}