Before contacting your gage maker about a problem gage, follow a few steps to help determine the problem as quickly as possible.

In my last column I dealt with the subject of wear on gages. Being a faithful reader you'll recall that I also wrote that the word "reject" is another gage-user complaint that strikes terror in the hearts of all those who produce gages. Being a simple guy, I thought that would be the topic for my next rant. So here we are.