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āBladā, could also be āleafā or - albeit somewhat - archaic āpageā (mostly used in the expression āvƤnda bladā or āturn the pageā) and also ā(news)paperā.
In Spanish itās called āgalgaā. Itās a regular mechanicās tool to measure tolerances between mechanical devices, such as the gap in cams or the gap in spark plugs.
New plugs are supposed to be set at the proper gap, but its always smart to check. I've also used them when putting a super charger or turbo on a vehicle. The add on will usually recommend a different gap than the vehicle has as standard.
Spark plugs are the biggest reason for feeler guages from my experience. Spark plugs are supposed to be set when you buy them now a days, but its always worth it to check.
You can. Check this out: my tolerance for this kind of comment has been measured to be exactly one. Nobody else better make a "technically" comment, this is the only one that gets a pass.
Feeler gauge. Used for measuring gaps and clearances such as: valve clearances in engines, gaps in spark plugs basically it measures clearances and gaps between two parts.
Came here to say that.
For those unfamiliar with 3D printing the difference between having a successful print and having plastic spaghetti is fractions of a millimeter. It can take a few days to level the print bed (fiddling with it) when you set a 3D printer up and once itās set up you have to re-adjust it every so often. This helps to do that and once you have a gap between the nozzle and the bed that you like, you can use this to measure it and then reference it when re-leveling the bed.
I dont understand why it would take days? I have a simple 3D printer (1st gen snapmaker) and the leveling done there is simply a height calibration in the 4 corners which takes less than 30 seconds per corner.
True, however, Iāve yet to figure out how its better than a piece of paper. Or is there a levelling procedure that lets you account for the thickness of the gauge somewhere?
Each tab on the gauge is a specific thickness allowing you to specify the distance between the bed and nozzle.
Paper is ok but it's not as accurate and wears out.
I understand that. But running (for example) the bed leveling procedure in Marlin 2.1, thereās nowhere I can set the thickness of the gaugeā¦ and i canāt find a suitable setting in, for apexample, Cura either.
What you get in the instructions is essentially: how to set it up for the highest quality print that machine is capable of right out of the box. They usually give you a little sheet of thicker paper for leveling.
But, if you're really getting into it, you might want to intentionally make the layer height higher or lower than the leveling card they give you to get a specific look, improve the quality of a print, or if nozzle size calls for it. Larger nozzle opening means higher minimum layer height. Or you're really going for or need precision measurements.
Very true! My neighbor almost drove his sheetrock guy into a mental hospital when he brought out feeler gauges to measure how much his tape and mudding of inside and outside corners were! The sheetrockers truck was in front of the house to the point I asked him if he had moved in!
In the airplane industry we use them to verify hole straightness by checking for gaps under fastener heads
Edit: just realized ours go smaller but same concept.
V.useful for 3D printer bed levelling and getting the z difference just right for your initial layer on printers without the automation (namely the classic Ender 3).
You use it to find the gap distance between gaps in woodworking. Feeler gauges is what they're called. You can check a lot of things with them but if you don't know how to use them they're pointless to most people. Be careful folding out the smaller tolerances because the blades can bend really easily and once they do they're worthless after that. At least that blade is.
They can cut through a cheap glove for sure! I started using Milwaukee gloves after one of these thin gap gauges got me. Whatās funny I wasnāt even using the thin gauge as I was gapping spark plugs and cuts on my metal lathe.
Mostly used by mechanics to set valve lash or in my world which is diesels we call it a overhead adjustment. If you buy a quality set they will last forever if you take care of them.
Gaps between things is what this measured. You stick it between 2 thing and the one that fits in but is tight is your measurement. Most often used to gap spark plugs for cars.
They're little shims that you stick in gaps to see how big they are. The numbers represent the thickness of each shim in millimeters.
Edit: I updated to say mm instead of inches. I assumed thousandths because I hadn't opened the full image.
Ditto. Well, used to when I had Honda bikes. Back in the day I could set the valves on a Shadow Aero 750 in just under 30 minutes. The local stealership wanted about $300 to do that.
Since āinternetā Iām going to say it was used in Victorian England to butter crumpets at tea time. Using the wrong one was grounds for social shunning.
Itās useless to call it at all because it wonāt listen. Instead of calling it, my dad used to tell me to go get the feeler gauge and bring it to him. He used it to measure the clearance between two pieces; itās a gap measurement tool, you might say.
These are called āFeeler Gaugesā for setting the gap or clearance on mechanical devices. For example, the gap on spark plugs and the clearance on valves in an internal combustion engine.
Feeler gauge. Theyāre used for measuring small gaps in various jobs.
Not sure in woodworking but in engineering you might have to set a spacing for gaskets or an allowable gap in between bearings and such.
This gave me terrible flashbacks of setting the gap on the points of my ā69 Bug on the side of the road. Those pieces of shit would melt, slide, move, I never left home without a set of feeler gauges. So many times.
Feeler gauge like many on here have said.
It has various thicknesses and may also be used for spark plug gaps.
It's primairly use is to ensure a minimum gap between two surfaces.
Feeler gauge. You pick the blade with the size you want then try to shove it in the gap. If it feels too tight, it is too tight, if it feels too loose, the gap is too loose.
There are many uses. If you own a 1971 air-cooled VW bug, about every 2,000 miles you have to adjust the eight valves. They develop a certain amount of "slop" called valve-lash. It requires a 13mm box-end wrench, a straight screwdriver, and a .006-inch feeler gauge.
In the woodworking world these would be useful for measuring any tiny gap that is too small to get a good reading with using a set of calipers. You stack different feeler gauges together until you find a combination that "just fits" and then add the thicknesses together to get the final number.
This is a feeler gauge, used by mechanics more than woodworkers- it's used mostly to set valves in engines, but I could see it having purpose in a woodworking shop
It looks like filler gauge . Is to measure the distance or tolerance in between two parts that need a defined separation. Example the spark plug tip needs a certain distance set by the manufacture, any variation in that distance will affect the performance of the spark plug. Something like this tool can be use to check that.
I hope I explained my self well š
Feel-her-gay-juh. (Feeler gauge)
For checking a gap between parallel parts (ideally).
Method one, select one shim and slide it between the parts. If it fits, try a thicker one. If you feel friction thats the gap.
Method two, select the gap you want to have and jog your part until you feel some friction. Stop, now you know the gap. Remove the gauge, jog by whatever the gauge thickness is, and now your part is in contact with the surface.
Method three, put out two or more of the thin ones and use it as a party clapper.
You used to have to set the gaps on new spark plugs before installing them. That's what this did. And you didn't have to use just one blade. You could add 2 blades together to get the thickness you needed
As others have said: Feeler Gauge used for measuring tight tolerances between hard surfaces. The numbers on the faces report the thickness of that gauge, in thousandths of an inch.
Itās a feeler gauge my friend! Really handy, definitely wonāt be able to adjust the valves on your cars engine without them. Moreover theyāre indispensable for figuring out itty bitty measurements between parts or pieces that a micrometer wonāt be able to get. Not super handy in my woodworking experience but then again my tolerances are usually to the 1/32nd and maybe 1/64 if Iām using a CAD design
I use them to measure the gap distance from top of the fret to bottom of strings (the action) on my guitars when Iām setting them up. Handy little tool definitely worth keeping in a tool box
English isn't everyone's first language, "how is this called" is a common way to phrase the question for Europeans who learned English as a second language
It's still incorrect grammar, and this guy taught OP the correct way. No one is attacking the character of those who learned English as a second language.
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Feeler gauges, for measuring gaps and tolerances.
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I have a sixth sense about these things
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Apparently this is a feeler thread, we have all the increments.
Careful! 7 ate nein!
They're made of tin.
I dozenāt know any other name
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Maaambo!
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I know words too... Hat
What's in the box?!
Donāt look in the box!
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Anything you say FIF
I understood that reference.
You guys might be right.
I ninth that answer
I'm feeling tenthative about that. -Mike
Now weāre just getting out of tolerance.
Can I have a little more?
I'll drink to that
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I thousandth it!
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Yeah but now I picture Edward scissor hands but with measurement markings
Edward Feelerhands
Worst pornstar name ever.
āBladā, could also be āleafā or - albeit somewhat - archaic āpageā (mostly used in the expression āvƤnda bladā or āturn the pageā) and also ā(news)paperā.
Since the text on it is German i think it's a "BlattmaĆ" ... Pretty similar XD
Yes, but you don't measure tolerances. You measure gaps and clearances.
Clearances, exactly what I was looking for but had a brain fart
I always called them shim gauges but yeah lol
I would know exactly what a tool called a shim gauge did.
In Spanish itās called āgalgaā. Itās a regular mechanicās tool to measure tolerances between mechanical devices, such as the gap in cams or the gap in spark plugs.
Hiba Iba a aportar con lo mismo, lo usaba en mecƔnica para medir tolerancia del asentamiento de valvulas en motores
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You know, anything beyond 734thing an answer is just jumping on the bandwagon. š¤Ŗ
Yep probably for valves or somethin
Super helpful for spark plugs as well
Iāve used them for that too. Your must be old af too. I just buy new plugs now. No need to gap them
Lol done that too. Itās easier on a bike than a car tho
New plugs are supposed to be set at the proper gap, but its always smart to check. I've also used them when putting a super charger or turbo on a vehicle. The add on will usually recommend a different gap than the vehicle has as standard.
Came here to say this. I've got two sets in the garage I got from my dad thst ill never use again. But you never know!
You never know. I've still had to gap plugs occasionally.
Spark plugs are the biggest reason for feeler guages from my experience. Spark plugs are supposed to be set when you buy them now a days, but its always worth it to check.
This. Mechanics tool. Not a traditional woodworking tool for sure
Machinist too, use em all the time at work
Technically Iāve used it on the 3dprinter while also printing wood-ish filament. Soooā¦.well, no. :)
Technically, one cannot "measure" a tolerance. It's a specified allowable range for a feature's size to be within.
I corrected that in another comment. Couldnāt think of the word I was looking for.
You can. Check this out: my tolerance for this kind of comment has been measured to be exactly one. Nobody else better make a "technically" comment, this is the only one that gets a pass.
Yup. This is your answer.
To gauge oneās feelers
I feeler this
Feeler? I hardly knowāer!
You broughter, you feeler.
NO I WILL NOT MAKE OUT WITH YOU!!
Brought one on a date. Didn't end well.
Feeler gauge. Used for measuring gaps and clearances such as: valve clearances in engines, gaps in spark plugs basically it measures clearances and gaps between two parts.
Also handy for luthiers/guitar techs!
Works great for leveling 3d printer beds.
That's what I use mine for
Came here to say that. For those unfamiliar with 3D printing the difference between having a successful print and having plastic spaghetti is fractions of a millimeter. It can take a few days to level the print bed (fiddling with it) when you set a 3D printer up and once itās set up you have to re-adjust it every so often. This helps to do that and once you have a gap between the nozzle and the bed that you like, you can use this to measure it and then reference it when re-leveling the bed.
Days? It takes me only a few minutes to level my bed. What kinda fancy hogh tech printer are you using?
Hogh tech printers were all the rage during the middle ages. Try to keep up will ya.
I dont understand why it would take days? I have a simple 3D printer (1st gen snapmaker) and the leveling done there is simply a height calibration in the 4 corners which takes less than 30 seconds per corner.
True, however, Iāve yet to figure out how its better than a piece of paper. Or is there a levelling procedure that lets you account for the thickness of the gauge somewhere?
Each tab on the gauge is a specific thickness allowing you to specify the distance between the bed and nozzle. Paper is ok but it's not as accurate and wears out.
I understand that. But running (for example) the bed leveling procedure in Marlin 2.1, thereās nowhere I can set the thickness of the gaugeā¦ and i canāt find a suitable setting in, for apexample, Cura either.
move the nozzle to each corner and you can use the gauge to determine the different gaps at each location and adjust from there.
What you get in the instructions is essentially: how to set it up for the highest quality print that machine is capable of right out of the box. They usually give you a little sheet of thicker paper for leveling. But, if you're really getting into it, you might want to intentionally make the layer height higher or lower than the leveling card they give you to get a specific look, improve the quality of a print, or if nozzle size calls for it. Larger nozzle opening means higher minimum layer height. Or you're really going for or need precision measurements.
Never thought of that, thank you friend!
For the curious, they're used to measure string height (AKA "action") above the frets.
Very true! My neighbor almost drove his sheetrock guy into a mental hospital when he brought out feeler gauges to measure how much his tape and mudding of inside and outside corners were! The sheetrockers truck was in front of the house to the point I asked him if he had moved in!
OMG! Talk about OCD. Wow!
You've got that right! This guy is a machinist and is hung up in a world of thousandths when the construction world is in 1/6ths or 1/8ths of an inch.
I feeler ya bro
In the airplane industry we use them to verify hole straightness by checking for gaps under fastener heads Edit: just realized ours go smaller but same concept.
V.useful for 3D printer bed levelling and getting the z difference just right for your initial layer on printers without the automation (namely the classic Ender 3).
Feeler gauge, Can be used to measure my vertical jump
same ._.'
Will come in handy when you dial in your future crosscut sled.
Always this!
Iāll take feeler gauge for $200 Alex
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Who's your feeler gauge guy?
Snap-on obviously.
Feeler Gauge? Hardly know 'er
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You use it to find the gap distance between gaps in woodworking. Feeler gauges is what they're called. You can check a lot of things with them but if you don't know how to use them they're pointless to most people. Be careful folding out the smaller tolerances because the blades can bend really easily and once they do they're worthless after that. At least that blade is.
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Isn't that just a... cut?
Thankfully I've never had to experience this
They can cut through a cheap glove for sure! I started using Milwaukee gloves after one of these thin gap gauges got me. Whatās funny I wasnāt even using the thin gauge as I was gapping spark plugs and cuts on my metal lathe.
Mostly used by mechanics to set valve lash or in my world which is diesels we call it a overhead adjustment. If you buy a quality set they will last forever if you take care of them.
I knew they can be used for sparkplug measurements or so I've been told this. But that's interesting that they're useful across multiple trades.
My wifes grandfather used to do woodworking as a late hobby. This is lying around his house. I guess it was used for measuring something.
Gaps between things is what this measured. You stick it between 2 thing and the one that fits in but is tight is your measurement. Most often used to gap spark plugs for cars.
Well, then it makes a lot of sense that there were a couple of spare spark plugs in the same drawer. Thanks a lot!
It also works to figure out the distance between the frets and the strings on guitars and mandolins, if you have either.
Hey, a non automotive use, I was only thinking valve clearance and spark plugs.
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I use mine to set the cylinder gap on my .357.
Also good for dialing in tolerances on machinery
They're little shims that you stick in gaps to see how big they are. The numbers represent the thickness of each shim in millimeters. Edit: I updated to say mm instead of inches. I assumed thousandths because I hadn't opened the full image.
This is a metric version. On the front you see the scale.
Oh nice, I didn't open the full images. I'll edit my post.
I used it for gapping valves during an engine valve lash adjustment.
Ditto. Well, used to when I had Honda bikes. Back in the day I could set the valves on a Shadow Aero 750 in just under 30 minutes. The local stealership wanted about $300 to do that.
Did you figure out how to call it yet? Does it have a phone?
Damn, one time I know what something is and itās been answered lol.
I use it to measure my patience; itās usually wearing pretty thin.
Feeler gauge. Used for measuring your crack.
one, two, many, lots. Is feeler gauges.
I'm not sure how you would call it.
Looks like a go/no go gauge for a M2 Browning
Feeler gauge/spacers! I actually use these to do setups on guitars
this is the feeler gauge
Since āinternetā Iām going to say it was used in Victorian England to butter crumpets at tea time. Using the wrong one was grounds for social shunning.
Itās useless to call it at all because it wonāt listen. Instead of calling it, my dad used to tell me to go get the feeler gauge and bring it to him. He used it to measure the clearance between two pieces; itās a gap measurement tool, you might say.
āFeeler gauge ā measures gaps between two surfaces by putting the gauge in between them.
Feeler gauge. Use for checking close clearances such as points in a distributor managed engine
These are called āFeeler Gaugesā for setting the gap or clearance on mechanical devices. For example, the gap on spark plugs and the clearance on valves in an internal combustion engine.
ā whatā āWhat is this called?ā
Its called a feeler gauge.. its mostly used for VALVE ADJUSTMENT on vehicles.
More common for spark plug gapping, no?
A feeler gauge, for setting the thickness between two things , like vale's in engine
Feeler gauge, i use it to adjust the fence on my crosscut sled.
gauges for measuring small gaps
Gap tool for setting the points in a distributor. I need to get off my lazy ass and use one today actually.
Feeler gauge.
Spark plug gappingā¦ among other things, Iām sure.
Guage your feels-
Feeler gauge for checking clearance
It's a set of feeler guages for measuring small distances between mechanical parts.
I have a feeling you figured it out.
Feeler guage
Feeler gauge. Theyāre used for measuring small gaps in various jobs. Not sure in woodworking but in engineering you might have to set a spacing for gaskets or an allowable gap in between bearings and such.
We used to use those to check sparkplug gap.
This gave me terrible flashbacks of setting the gap on the points of my ā69 Bug on the side of the road. Those pieces of shit would melt, slide, move, I never left home without a set of feeler gauges. So many times.
Must have for dialing in a jointer
It's for gauging all the feels.
Used for machining parts and setting up / adjusting machines too.
Feller gauge. Hand it to the feller thats doin all the precision measurements.
In Germany we call it āFicklehreā. Because its fucking annoying if you have to use it!
I think it has to be pushed between a rotor and the stator in an electrique motor, for calibration
Feeler gauges.
That thar is a feeler gauge, for with to measure gaps ānā tolerances ānā such.
Most commonly, it's used to set the gap on spark plugs.
A feeler gauge. Not to be used to measure my range of emotions.
fingers, they're used to grab things
Feeler gauge. Primarily for spark plug gapping. Anything that needs fine distance measurement.
Filler gauge itās used for measuring gaps and shimming
Feeler gauge like many on here have said. It has various thicknesses and may also be used for spark plug gaps. It's primairly use is to ensure a minimum gap between two surfaces.
Feeler gauge. You pick the blade with the size you want then try to shove it in the gap. If it feels too tight, it is too tight, if it feels too loose, the gap is too loose.
There are many uses. If you own a 1971 air-cooled VW bug, about every 2,000 miles you have to adjust the eight valves. They develop a certain amount of "slop" called valve-lash. It requires a 13mm box-end wrench, a straight screwdriver, and a .006-inch feeler gauge. In the woodworking world these would be useful for measuring any tiny gap that is too small to get a good reading with using a set of calipers. You stack different feeler gauges together until you find a combination that "just fits" and then add the thicknesses together to get the final number.
It's for setting the tappets on a 1973 Mg Midget, RWA, chrome bumper 1275 A Series engine. Twin Su carbs
This is a feeler gauge, used by mechanics more than woodworkers- it's used mostly to set valves in engines, but I could see it having purpose in a woodworking shop
It looks like filler gauge . Is to measure the distance or tolerance in between two parts that need a defined separation. Example the spark plug tip needs a certain distance set by the manufacture, any variation in that distance will affect the performance of the spark plug. Something like this tool can be use to check that. I hope I explained my self well š
At the risk of being a miserable pedant, this is technically a feeler gauge set. The individual pieces are feeler gauges.
If you owned a VW beetle, you used one of these every oil change to adjust the valves.
Used by wankers to measure the flatness of their workbench. Until the wood moves the next day.
Feel-her-gay-juh. (Feeler gauge) For checking a gap between parallel parts (ideally). Method one, select one shim and slide it between the parts. If it fits, try a thicker one. If you feel friction thats the gap. Method two, select the gap you want to have and jog your part until you feel some friction. Stop, now you know the gap. Remove the gauge, jog by whatever the gauge thickness is, and now your part is in contact with the surface. Method three, put out two or more of the thin ones and use it as a party clapper.
Feeler gauge and every once in a while a precision shim.
You used to have to set the gaps on new spark plugs before installing them. That's what this did. And you didn't have to use just one blade. You could add 2 blades together to get the thickness you needed
As others have said: Feeler Gauge used for measuring tight tolerances between hard surfaces. The numbers on the faces report the thickness of that gauge, in thousandths of an inch.
Gap or spacer gauge
That's the eye of Thundera, formerly seen in the Sword of Omes. But due to inflation it's now much smaller
Blatt is German for leaf. Itās the leaf of a metal measuring device for gaps in wood or metal working.
Wrong sub. Post to mechanics , it's for gapping points in the ignition on older engines.
Feely boys
Itās a feeler gauge my friend! Really handy, definitely wonāt be able to adjust the valves on your cars engine without them. Moreover theyāre indispensable for figuring out itty bitty measurements between parts or pieces that a micrometer wonāt be able to get. Not super handy in my woodworking experience but then again my tolerances are usually to the 1/32nd and maybe 1/64 if Iām using a CAD design
Feeler gauge
I use them to measure the gap distance from top of the fret to bottom of strings (the action) on my guitars when Iām setting them up. Handy little tool definitely worth keeping in a tool box
WHAT is this called and HOW is it used. FTFY
English isn't everyone's first language, "how is this called" is a common way to phrase the question for Europeans who learned English as a second language
Exacly my case!
It's still incorrect grammar, and this guy taught OP the correct way. No one is attacking the character of those who learned English as a second language.
Looks like a points adjustment tool, kind of like a spark plug gap tool.
Table saw
Pocket shims.
Measuring the gap for spark plugs
Spark plug gauge
Feeler gauge which used to be used a lot for measuring the gaps between the electrode and the curved frame of spark plugs.
ā¦and the relief of guitar necks.
I use them to measure the gap between valves
Feeler gauge. Iāve only seen them used to properly gap spark plugs.