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Topic: MICROMETER
3). Calculation
The length (l) from original point to point “x” is calculated as follows.
The length of the main sale division is 1mm. Therefore, distance “a” on main scale from 32.0mm line to
37.0mm line is 5mm.
37.0mm – 32.0mm = 5.0mm
The length of vernier scale division is 9/10mm. Therefore, the distance “b” on vernier scale from point “x”
to sixth line is 5.4mm
9/10 mm x 6 = 5.4mm
Distance “b” is 5.4mm – 5.0mm longer than distance “a”. Then we have the length (l) like this.
32mm- (5.4mm – 5.0mm) = 31.6mm・・・length (l)
2. Make your paper vernier calliper
1) Make paper vernier calliper using the pattern sheet, a pair of scissors (or a cutter, a metal ruler and a cutting
board) and cello tape.
2) Cut out the pattern sheet along black lines as fairy as possible. I recommend cutting along inner side of
the width of black lines. Fold the papers along dotted red lines in order to make printed side outside. The
most important foldings are the jaw parts. Do them carefully.
3) Close “the outside calliper jaws” and read the vernier scale. If your vernier scale 0 line aligns with the
main scale 0 line, your paper vernier calliper is perfect. If it shows bigger than zero, you should deduct
the length from actual measuring result. Check the vernier scale line from left end and find a line which
aligns with a main scale line. Read and record the amount which is shown on aligned vernier scale. If it
shows between 2 and 3, it means 0.25mm.
The spindle of an ordinary metric micrometer has 2 threads per millimetre, and thus one complete revolution
moves the spindle through a distance of 0.5 millimetre. The longitudinal line on the frame is graduated with 1
millimetre divisions and 0.5 millimetre subdivisions. The thimble has 50 graduations, each being 0.01 millimetre
(one-hundredth of a millimetre). Thus, the reading is given by the number of millimetre divisions visible on the
scale of the sleeve plus the particular division on the thimble which coincides with the axial line on the sleeve.
Suppose that the thimble were screwed out so that graduation 5, and one additional 0.5 subdivision were visible
(as shown in the image), and that graduation 28 on the thimble coincided with the axial line on the sleeve. The
reading then would be 5.00 + 0.5 + 0.28 = 5.78 mm.