Articles by Mike Oddy

Thread classes for product threads, and by extension the gages used to inspect them, can become a bit of alphabet soup. Some find the requirements confusing.

The measurement of the depth of a hole sounds straightforward and simple. In many cases it is. In others, there are design features of both the part and the gage that must be considered to insure an accurate measurement and a properly assembled or functioning part. 

External thread inspection can seem confusing and, in some cases, frustrating. There is a wide variety of inspection tools available for external threads.

How do you measure an internal thread on a part? How do you decide what you need?

The use of the go/no-go fixed limit gage is considered one of the simplest forms of pass/fail attribute inspection.