Read a dial indicator (dial gauge)

See how the numbers work on the dials to measure run-out or out-of-round. The idea works in fractions or decimals, metric or inch-based as well.

[@joshalonzo8488]

One of the better videos on reading a dial indicator, thank you

[@apprenticemath]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@7esseanime]

Your voice is so relaxing, also glad you said different ways of saying the numbers, it's frustrating when people assume I know number lingo. Studying for my job so I don't look or say something foolish. Thank you for the refresher!

[@philprowse8434]

Thank you for the very in depth explanation of using this, and how each part of the dial indicator is used and read. People like me (woodworker) who are not engineers or machinists use these to set the accuracy on our tools. But I had never seen, or used one prior to learning this trade. So this was very helpful! Awesome explanation!

[@apprenticemath]

Thanks for watching. Woodworking tools could be checked for axle, blade, or bit runout to minimize chatter marks and fiber tearout. One example is here, although shot on a demolition not a precision tool kzbin.info/www/bejne/jISToXyFhqqsbK8

[@bp3451]

Thank you for the explanation. To some it may be boring but I appreciate the way you teach (explain) and leave nothing to guessing. Dont change anything in the way you present these videos except if you could use a pen instead of a sharpie.

[@apprenticemath]

Thanks for watching & commenting.

[@Erry5194]

You couldn't have explained it any better. Great job.

[@Archtops]

Thank you for the excellent and clear tutorial! I now know how to read my dial indicator.

[@scottyhughes9179]

This is a perfect and clear explanation. I am new to this. I just obtained an old Starrett indicator, and have been trying to figure it out. Thank you.

[@apprenticemath]

You are welcome!

[@assadkhan90]

Sir you explain very simply to understand everyone,I watch lots of video regarding DTI but you are amazing.

[@jm471964]

worked on a golf course 15 years ago using accu gauge and setting hieghts recently got a job on a golf course and could not for the life of me remember how to use one. your video brought the memories back thanks

[@apprenticemath]

cheers, mate

[@EliaquimChinguelessi]

Thank you very much! Bought my first indicator and came with no instructions. Your video is very helpful.

[@JasonBolte]

Great video. Very thorough and easy to understand.

[@snippits75]

Thanks for taking the time to help others. I thought it was very informative.

[@johnkinnane547]

G'day and thank you very much for this maths lesson on reading a dial gauge I found it very helpful and I have subscribed so that I can go back over these lessons. Kind regards John Tasmania Australia

[@rubigupta8548]

Absolutely excellent teacher.

[@herminigildodelacruzjr1752]

Sir thank you for a clear and very thorough explanation keep doing what your doing god speed

[@justheretolearn4557]

This is an excellent teaching video - thank you very much for making it!

[@apprenticemath]

Just Here to Learn You`re welcome

[@harnesswinergy9785]

The reply to Binness was fantastic. Warm regards

[@apprenticemath]

+Harness Winergy Thanks for watching

[@tsimms561]

Very informative, this guy is smart!

[@genuzz]

Thank you for sharing this. For it's as much as thorough and explicative! Will share and subscribe.

[@moistmilk]

Excellent video, Thanks for your teaching !

[@harshmellow6929]

Thanks for the video. Easy to understand.

[@jmtayloriii]

Very helpful. Thank you.

[@ttoy3603]

thank you for the tutorial I really appreciate it.....

[@Crichly]

Very helpful video. Thank you!

[@kawikabeauchamp5750]

Thanks for the video, I've learned a lot.

[@c.f.sedgwick1885]

That was excellent. Thank you.

[@asheeshebola5699]

Cool thank you .Good info to work with to measure ball joint radial measurement .

[@jimthigpen333]

Great teaching ! Thanks a lot.

[@albaaqiy1160]

Thanks WELL defined plz continue for different dials

[@nilssen2]

You can do much more than just runout on rotating items with a dial indicator. At work I use a dial indicator to measure the side to side movement of rudders among other things.

[@apprenticemath]

Absolutely, but a different video, titled measurement options using a dial indicator.

[@deanving13]

Great video! Thanks for the info. I completely understand now.

[@apprenticemath]

No problem!

[@raefblack7906]

Yeah man , right on the spot!

[@truebluekit]

Very good tutorial. Thank you for making and sharing this.

[@vedantambekar5771]

Excellent video thanks for sharing!!

[@lahiruyasanka1114]

Good explaining sir. To day learn good reading dial gage. God bless you sir. I am Sri Lanka

[@jamesgui3733]

Thank you for the video. It really helps. I just surface faced a cast plate and the needle only moves .005".

[@luismedrano653]

Clear and easy thanks!

[@YorkWestonTC]

Good stuff! Thanks.

[@lxsmith2]

right on!

[@mohamedalbalushi1808]

Helpful big time. Thanks

[@skaramicke]

or you can measure the difference between two cycles in any other kind of repeating motion to.

[@sanjaybisht7888]

VERY PROFESSIONALLY EXPLAINED VIDEO, THANKS A LOT FOR THIS EDUCATIONAL VIDEO.

[@heretohear8662]

You are a fantastic teacher!!

[@apprenticemath]

Thank you! 😃

[@Mike-bq7qk]

Thank you this video was very helpful.

[@Ihsan_almohsin]

Well explained!

[@F.B.IAgent007]

This video was very helpful... thank you sir❤️

[@gopalkrushnagouda5109]

thank you... please share how to read proving ring reading and how to calculate itslist count.

[@brhanetekie8558]

Highly valuable info

[@davidmuller1958]

So helpful and easy to understand

[@abdulazoz3352]

thank you that's very clear

[@Grappa96]

Excellent!

[@mohammadansari5220]

I am understanding 1/100 =0.01 what I called in inch what is means of filler??

[@jintochacko6408]

Thanks for good information about rotating

[@tianmuring]

i want to know to align the couple coupling

[@lancelotmasunda1803]

Great teacher 👏

[@jayk2k]

Thanks for this video : ) Where is your video for spindle run out ? i could not find it in your videos

[@apprenticemath]

Here is this kzbin.info/www/bejne/iYLQi2NojZZnrKs

[@prasadsuperman]

very good demonstration and very helpful to my students thank q

[@apprenticemath]

You`re welcome. I shot it for my students, good for any student. Here is another topic for students Triangle and square challenge

[@nickayivor8432]

Thank you very much helpful information video

[@tonygerrard2989]

Thanks for this video...

[@vskkgaming]

thank you for sharing...

[@bartman5430]

Old video but extremely helpful....I just set the timing on my old sled

[@apprenticemath]

Cool, thanks

[@valerierobinson4934]

Thanks. Ur helping me read thousandths

[@apprenticemath]

Glad to hear that

[@zircontweezers4904]

thanks for sharing

[@viralpatel3133]

THANK YOU

[@StandForTruth205]

I just started work at NTN Bower on a outer diameter grinder built in the 40s, as I feed the parts in they are coming back around on a conveyer belt and I have to check them on a dial indicator which I have no clue as of now how to read, today is my 3rd day on the job, I hope I can get it, thanx for the video, numbers and math are my worst subject

[@apprenticemath]

Good work looking up the info you needed, hope you do well!

[@davestune]

Thank You

[@billofalltrades2633]

Very well done

[@MUKESHKUMAR-wz3eg]

Thank you

[@human75768]

very helpful when work

[@mikecapps8723]

great video ,

[@mariaero]

Thank you sir...

[@markmarturano]

Love it! thank you!

[@apprenticemath]

Glad you like it!

[@zdrojek76]

Really helpful THX

[@Samzi2002]

Thanks a lot ❤

[@manofsteel6923]

The last indicator you showed . Is it 0.314? its on 4th division right?

[@richharrisonline]

Thank you sir :)

[@ebukareuben5785]

thanks for your video

[@muzzammilsiddiqi6362]

Kindly provide the details of DEMEC Strain gauge with working and design

[@brianmiller9917]

Very helpful

[@escuderofavio]

Thanks for this video, really informative. I had a question. I just purchased a dial bore gauge but mine is only half and inch. It rotates 5 times for 1/2 an inch. Do i read it the same? it has 0-0.25 on the face. Any help would be appreciated. thank you.

[@apprenticemath]

Favio Escudero In principle it reads the same. The following makes sense in terms of manufacturing and gearing an instrument: 1 full indicator needle rotation on the face must advance the tip the maximum distance printed on the dial face. If you have a dial face 0 - 1/4 inch, 4 full turns must make 1 inch of travel. Check it, does your have this 4:1 gearing built into?

[@escuderofavio]

apprenticemath My gauge is half an inch unlike yours that's an inch. The guage is just like yours on the video. However, as explained, mine reads .001 graduation and it has 0-.25. Now, if my math is right, is .001 times 100 equals to .1 and .1 times 5 turns (which it only does) equals to .5 (half inch as the needle). Do i read this gauge at .001 graduation?? sorry for the quesitons just condused. I bought it from amazon and it indicated it had graduaiton of .0005; however, when i got it this was not so on the gauge. Thanks.

[@apprenticemath]

Favio Escudero You are right, that`s how it`s geared, that`s how its read. Now about the 0.0005 - the painted marks are at 0.001, measurements can be taken directly when the needle is aligned with the mark. The precision is 0.001 When the needle is between 2 painted marks, you estimate the last digit to be 0.0005, round up or down. Say 0.003 plus a little is either 0.0030 or 0.0035 Or almost 0.157 is 0.1570 or 0.1565 Here is my video on significant and estimated digits kzbin.info/www/bejne/fnelo3ZrjbJ3hZo

[@toddnorman4211]

I know it’s been 4 yrs since you asked your question. Hopefully you finally got the correct answer. If not here it is. You have a 0 to a quarter inch indicator. So one revolution is .05. Next revolution is .10 3rd rev is .15 4th rev is .20and final 5th rev is .25 So The last rev is 25/100 which reduced down is a quarter of an inch. Hope this helped

[@piecetoyou8285]

Hi,sir I know that you teaching would be spot on ,on the way you explain on this video,how to read the dial and how to write the decimal or fraction , But I am having trouble why as a fraction ten thousonths of an inch is written 1000 and not 10000.to me how you written 1000 shows me its one thousanths ,could you explain please,

[@vivekmule3194]

Very good videos

[@turbofiat]

So if I am trying to find 4 mm BTDC on my engine (to set the ignition timing), and I am using an Imperial dial indicator, a depth of 4 mm would equal .1575" . So .1575" would be roughly the "16" mark on the outer dial. Correct?

[@apprenticemath]

Not even close. After 15 full turns "75" mark on the outboard dial. (Sorry about the delay) Nice Trabi.

[@Ricky-mouser]

You are correct that 4mm equals .1575". Drop the last 5 for this is called 1/2 thousandths or tho for short. So you have 157 thousandths. 1 turn is a 100 then go 57 more

[@Ricky-mouser]

@@apprenticemath I think you should check your math

[@hamzah1039]

well explanations

[@razanalhaddad7635]

Thanks a lot this is very helpful

[@apprenticemath]

No worries!

[@Moak2009]

Very useful

[@derricklowe140]

Thank you so much.

[@apprenticemath]

You're welcome!

[@amulsoni8567]

Thanks sir.

[@bonesdimessaih6830]

Thank you thank you!!!!!

[@apprenticemath]

Thanks for watching!

[@gbenz6494]

Great teacher

[@apprenticemath]

Thank you! 😃

[@randy80ism]

Where can I buy the dial indicator? Where I work at, we use the dial indicator alot. To set inserts radius on the machines. That way inserts can cutting parts. Exp. 5.50 mm (+/-) 0.10 mm

[@apprenticemath]

Look around pro/industrial local tool suppliers (they carry the brands that work and customers trust) who carry tools for machinists and millwrights. Some other ideas Lee Valley Tools, Grainger.

[@macgregoreziontormis5348]

Sir very nice explaination. Please upload how to read properly '' dial bore gauge''

[@muhammadkhalidkhankhan9238]

Thankx.to.all.old.farands.

[@NoNegotiations]

Nice. Each small line is 1thousands of an inch. (.001) Thanks.

[@henryking6582]

Awesome video, please can you make a review of this video using millimeter dial gauge because of us that are not use to inches

[@apprenticemath]

Will do when I find a mm dial gauge

[@nasrahmed6236]

Thanks alot

[@mohamedalbalushi1808]

Would you please demonstrate dial indicator starts with .0005 " that would be more helpful thank you again.

[@apprenticemath]

Can not be shown accurately, number too small, it is exactly halfway between 0 and the first painted line (which is at 0.0001)

[@jervornemartin1794]

This video was very helpful because I have red dear exams coming up nest week

[@WelshRabbit]

What's a red dear exam? I've heard of white tail deer, but never "red dear." By the way, how did you do on your red dear exam?

[@ecinedsenorof1320]

thanks

[@MS-ld3jn]

Thank you!! Video was a bit long but clear nonetheless

[@apprenticemath]

Thanks for watching!