Reading a Standard Micrometer.mp4

[@jennifermasini1326]

11 years later and your still helping people

[@motoprof1441]

Reading the posts below makes me happy that I have helped so many people learn to read the micrometer. Reading one is simple, but my students struggle with the simple decimal system and I find that to be the biggest challenge. Once again, thanks guys for all the kind comments. It really means a lot to me to hear them.

[@mrkassimabdalla9454]

You're the best teacher

[@mintermchugh8176]

You laid it out in a sequential manner where I can use the same steps you explained in your video, for real life experiences. Having the video be 5 minutes, aka not too long, and showing multiple examples to drive home the point were perfect. Thank u for the video it was exactly what I needed

[@rhaymonddugaduga432]

This really helps me in my online class THANKSS!

[@taylorwymer1660]

I'm in an engineering class, we haven't covered this in months and all of a sudden needed to know how to read micrometers, this video was great every easy to learn too! 10/10

[@a-a-ron2686]

I just needed a refresher and this 7 year old video is still helping forgetful people like me. Thanks!

[@BillJ56]

Forty years ago, I used a micrometer daily in my job as a floor inspector in a wire mill. This morning, I pulled out the mike to gauge my guitar bridge pins to order replacements. How soon we forget! Thanks for the helpful video. Just like the old days . . .

[@chappie_b5389]

Taking my A&P online and I could not understand this at all trying to read. This is perfect!

[@qaz3000]

I use a micrometer like once a year. For the past decade+ I have always came back to this exact vid just for a quick refresh to be 100% sure.

[@jockellis]

My machine tools instructor did a fine job teaching this but I now work in Non Destructive Testing and don't ever take measurements. This is an excellent refresher course. Thanks so much for having your dialogue worked out in advance and not starting any sentences with "Uh,..." The true end of the Industrial Revolution came when tolerances began being measured in 10,000ths.

[@robb3111]

Best micrometer tutorial I have seen yet. You explained better than my shop teacher. Thanks alot

[@kylewolfman]

This is the best video I've seen. I start tomorrow my new CNC job with no experience. This helps me alot thank you

[@chickenfoundation9323]

How is it going?

[@Redrocknomad10]

Very helpful. I struggled to understand how each of the scales interacted, and your video cleared it up for me in 5 minutes!

[@brianjohnson217]

Thank you for clarifying reading an imperial micrometer . It was the tenth of a thou that was a grey area for me to understand, after watching you video that area is now crystal clear

[@motoprof1441]

Glad it was helpful!

[@terjeness]

This was one no-nonsense video on the subject, that even a non-math guy can get the first time around. Very good work!

[@citrop]

Thanks. Just bought a micrometer in inch and I couldt quite understand the instructions that came with the micrometer. This saved my day.

[@Imrahil-rf6ly]

I'm studying to become an Airframe and Powerplant mechanic and this really helps! Thank you very much!

[@motoprof1441]

Good luck on your studies. I worked on turbine helicopter engines while in the army.

[@kyosaisho1]

you're a legend dude. others make it hard to read and you make it simple for everybody to do. keep it up!

[@tommarkey2367]

This video is super helpful. I'm still learning so I have to write the numbers down on paper and add them up but before watching this I couldn't even do that

[@motoprof1441]

Most people started by writing down the numbers. Keep practicing and you will not need the paper anymore. God luck.

[@winnie0v0]

Thank you!! I am having a practical exam tomorrow and u saved my life!!!!!!!!!!!

[@leanturkey2480]

Update ?!!

[@Anidem9]

This video made it so much easier for me to understand how to use this tool. Thank you.

[@Vrenny]

thank you SO MUCH for this excellent video. I am an instructor for a manufacturing training program and find that our online content is not detailed enough as far as precision measuring tools. After my students watch this video, they are much more comfortable working with micrometers and are more likely to answer those test questions with confidence when they take their certification test. Great, great video.

[@Tbvck]

Thank you I am impressed with your video. My grandfather past away and left me a few of his starrett, Brown & Sharpe, Pierre Roch, Etalon tools. He was an aircraft/aerospace engineer, he worked on the Saturn V even the Spruce Goose! I never learned to use these tools until watching your video......thumbs up !

[@motoprof1441]

+Tbvck Your grandfather had great taste in tools and you will get many years of use if you take care of them like he did.

[@johnhoward7987]

Thank you very much. Going for a job interview for an Aerospace manufacturing company tomorrow and it’s been a while since I’ve used a micrometer.

[@realsteel85]

Thank you for this video. I just started begging machinery class. I'm having a hard time figuring out how to properly measure and this helped me out. Now i just need to buy some tools and practice.

[@Looticus9714]

realsteel85 it’s been 5 years, hows life been?

[@12101916]

Thanks. Very helpful. I'm currently going to school to become a machinist and had some questions about reading a micrometer, but this video answered all my questions. Thanks again.

[@nerdofgod4167]

Thank you for the video. Yet another measuring tool that needs to be taught in school so we do look like a bunch of knuckleheads in the work world.

[@Kspice9000]

Still useful in 2022. Direct and concise.

[@motoprof1441]

My number one video made three years ago titled Reading a Standard Micrometer. It was made to teach my students on how to read and use the micrometer. It can be found at Reading a Standard Micrometer.mp4

[@alfonsogiovannimandiello4518]

motopro

[@davecatlin7917]

motoprof1441

[@cristobaltorres3625]

Thank you

[@JohnSmith-pv5xp]

Very helpful , and a good refresher course!

[@manasansiva8878]

How did you embed the link inside text. Was this available as an option back then and not now???

[@I_vchris]

This is a good video, short and straight to the point.

[@yblocker]

Much better video than the 1982 blur instructional I have at my school.

[@killbotbaggins4223]

Wow that was easy my instructor confused the hell out of me

[@Patrick_B687-3]

Does he call you by your KZbin handle in class? Hey TBaggins, get over here!

[@armandorivas6918]

Fr tho! 😂

[@zaquedavis3391]

Confusing at first but you explained it well and I love the multiple examples. Thank you. Great video!

[@SouthpawAutoworks]

This video is very helpful in understanding how to use this tool. Thank you for the contribution.

[@tonymon15]

best thoroughly explained video out there on micrometer. Thank you

[@dc5723]

Thank you very much for this video. I had forgotten how to use a Vernier micrometer to measure disc brake rotors and appreciate is very educational video.

[@racingtoy2000]

Im going to teach my kids using your video. Extremely well instructions, thanx a lot.

[@bbtjd001]

Well thought out and explained...thanks. That helped a lot. Very useful information that every aspiring machinist needs to know,

[@drumtwo4seven]

Best video on how to read a micrometer 👍

[@Hondatech26]

Thank you very much for making this video. I just recieved a set of fowler vernier micrometers and I could not for the life of me figure out how to read down to the 0.0001". After waching this it makes complete sense where the direction sheet included with the micrometer set failed to. Thanks again, really appreciate the video.

[@KilometerKingdom]

Dude. Your amazing! I felt very uneasy in this area, "how to use a micrometer" and now i know. Thanks!!!

[@nickayivor8432]

Brilliant video tutorial 👏 👌 👍 From Nick Ayivor from London England UK 🇬🇧

[@AtimatikArmy]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but you said, "Vernier Micrometers can measure to ten thousandths of an inch." I think what you meant was that vernier micrometers can measure to a tenth of a thousandth of an inch. In other words: .010" = ten thousandths of an inch .001 = a thousandth of an inch (tolerance of standard micrometer) .0001 = a tenth of a thousandth, or simply said as ONE TEN thousandTH of an inch (tolerance of vernier micrometer) .00001 = ten millionths of an inch .000001 = a millionth of an inch or "micron" Since this is an instructional video I thought it was key to point out this critical detail. It can get to be very confusing and have found this communication issue to come up from time to time when talking about ten thousandths of an inch versus one ten thousandths of inch; so the language needs to be very clear ands concise. (I'm employed full-time as a machinist)

[@bobterwilleger]

Reply to *Atimatik Army* 1: A micron is not a millionth of an inch. A micron is a micrometer. 2: A ten-thousandth of anything is 1/10,000, not the same as 10 one-thousandths 10 x 1/1000. The confusion may be the plural. You could say "accurate to one ten-thousandth inch"

[@y.z.6517]

10*(1000^-1*inch) vs (10^-1*1000^-1*inch) == (10*1000)^-1*inch I never heard a human say the former. Why not just say (100^-1*inch) ?

[@diemakersolutions4426]

Sorry altimatik gotta agree with Bob here.

[@76verdee]

Great video, I had forgotten how to read the veneer micrometers, thanks

[@motoprof1441]

Me too. When I was in school in the mid 70's, they told us that the imperial system would be replaced by the metric system within 10 years. They did teach us the metric system, but the country clearly never switched and most of what I learned has been forgotten. It is so much easier. I can teach how to read a metric mic a lot easier than a standard one.

[@crownking3752]

whats the name of the background song? and thank you this video was helpful.

[@motoprof1441]

@@crownking3752 Sorry, I'm not sure. The video was made a long time ago.

[@crownking3752]

@@motoprof1441 no worries great video though

[@vankuipland]

There is a big difference between reading and measuring. Reading tells you what the numbers and lines mean but to be able to actually measure properly is a different matter. I have as a Toolmaker ( 55 years experience) used both inch and metric. The inch in precision engineering was converted to a metric ( 1000 )unit but still is a very cumbersome way to measure on the micrometer. If you can measure something with a metric micrometer within 0.005 you are doing extremely well. With measuring I mean having it checked after with slip gauges ( gauge blocks ) ! If you have 10 people measuring the same item they most likely all come up with a slightly different measurement.

[@motoprof1441]

I was just saying something similar to one of my students today. It's easy to teach them to READ the micrometer, but a whole lot harder to teach them to use the tool to make proper measurements.

[@leehidalgo629]

Thank you so much for this information! I really do appreciate it.... The video was very informative.

[@erlingweiseth2774]

Best explanation I've seen so far, on an inch micrometer. And I'm a metric guy..;)

[@fanbladechopsuey9151]

World changing video. Now my student finally understands why he shouldn't run .0055 rod bearing clearances.

[@BuckeyeGreve]

Thanks motoprof....that was the most useful/informative example i've seen. It really helped me.

[@EEMoney414]

Very helpful video! All it took was me to review this video twice and now I can read a micrometer no problem

[@LoneStarMini]

Great Job!! the best one I've seen thus far...

[@user-ii1fe5hv4f]

This helped sooooo much on the vernier scale thank you!

[@bubbalee6780]

Straight forward and to the point great video thanks

[@PacoRollz]

Thanks for the video! Straight to the point.

[@robertdowney9482]

Good this video is being watch around the world especially third world countries they appreciate it so much thanks

[@vincentmarotta9800]

So I won't be commenting anything new here, but it might help those still confused: For the "vernier scale" portion where he takes measurements from the left side (in the first example it was 0.0004"), it might be hard to understand what two lines he's comparing (the one on the left, and another random line on the thimble) or WHY. The way you do this is you look at all the lines on the thimble, and see if any of those lines match up EXACTLY (or is the most exact line pair of them all) and you write down the measurement of that left line it most matches with. So in his first case: The number 13 and the number 4 had lines which matched exactly. If you were to look at all the other lines, they wouldn't match up as good as these two did. So you look at the line on the left that is paired with the 13 line, and you take that measurement. So 13 and 4 match each other, so 4 represents 0.0004". Write it down, add it up, and you're done. Just wanted to clear that up. The only other thing people get confused with is remembering that on the first step each little line represents 0.025" (and not just 1, 2, 3, etc). So it goes like this: 0.1, 0.025, 0.050, 0.075, 0.2, 0.025, 0.050, 0.075, 0.3..... In realty the measurements will be: 0.100 , 0.125 , 0.150 , 0.175 , 0.200 , 0.225 , 0.250 , 0.275 , 0.300.... Hope this helped a little.

[@trentonspivey7343]

Great review before my interview thank you for the upload.

[@Abstrac7s]

The anvil is actually a frame, the measurement faces Is between the opening from the spindle. The anvil is the part where the thimble touches the closed part

[@etarter]

Great video. Studying this for my measuring quiz tomorrow in Auto class. Passing it onto friends in class. Very helpful. Keep posting up more videos if you would.

[@419candy]

That is not the anvil, That is the frame. The anvil is the measuring face opposite the spindle.

[@complainergamer]

HAHA! Awesome. Always good for a refresher as there are many types of Callipers! This is a great vid for a refresher!! Thanks!

[@darenjanea2060]

Thank you so much 🥰❤️ its good to have like you.... You help me of my modules

[@ashishkhandekar8713]

This helped me a lot to understand how to read the micrometer. thank you :)

[@Africansoundboy]

Me too bro.

[@nicholasfornshell7362]

Thanks for the video! I needed to learn how to use a micrometer since it will be part of my physics test today!

[@frankfromupstateny3796]

Outstanding video...especially the "last measurement. Cheers.

[@jazminbravo806]

Omg, thank you for doing this!! You explained it better than my professor did .

[@questionablesight]

This is how I learned to read a micrometer! Great video, good job

[@CubNole]

Simply stated, thanks for your help!

[@r.e.r.e.2877]

Very well explained; Thumbs up, good job.

[@jamiebailey194]

Thank you! This was easy to understand.

[@TheLonetreecreations]

That's a good video. I'm a machinist and can read a mic already but wanted to watch some videos. You do a very good job of explaining how to read one. That really is the easiest way to say the number. Sometimes we'll say .1385 "one thirty eight five". Just a little faster to say is all. Great video though.

[@monica93304]

Thank you for the video! Now I understand the concept.

[@Anonymous-it5jw]

Great video. Some of the viewers commented on having been taught to measure using the metric system, while others were taught use decimal measurements in the SAE or inch-foot-yard system. Didn't NASA have some problems a few years ago with some critical of the measurements for a space mission being Metric and others in inches in decimal format, and nobody noticed? The Hubble telescope mission perhaps, which required having a corrective lens built and carried into space and fitted on top of the mirror to correct the refractive error?

[@Jeff-jg7jh]

I don't think it was metric measurements that messed up Hubble(a different story). It was an unbelievable backyard tool that the guys made. It's a great story actually.

[@motoprof1441]

No, because the thimble has not come around to the zero line yet, so the .500" line cannot be counted. Back up a little and watch it again. I explained that because that is a common error with my students. It explains this at about 3.53. I hope it makes sense now.

[@Garrastazuful]

It´s the best micrometer explanation i´ve ever seen.

[@ommykhatib]

right to the point

[@UnixCommando]

Fantastic video.

[@yoyomortal1]

Wow it was very difficult for me to explain it but now it's so easy after I watched this video thanks so much

[@michaelrocha5948]

Awesome! Simple instructions.

[@tjoyce81]

Thanks for this video. It has just helped me a lot!!!

[@lilgossipgirl1942]

Tom Joyce

[@jessicabiggs3412]

Very informative helped me out a ton

[@TheFirePrincesS100]

Jzakallah!!tmr is my physic practical,it helped me alot!

[@jesusisalive3227]

Very good video!

[@Ramit7269]

Very well put. Thank you. Easy to fallow!

[@krakadile]

Waooo more clear than that, I don't think so. Good job man.

[@Dp295]

thanks man i pass my exam because of this video . an great explanation so i understood very well

[@xceptionallycreative]

Excellent! God Bless you sonny.

[@DavidLouisVIP]

Awesome video !

[@NowTrade]

Very Cool, right to the point.

[@sdorce1]

Man thank you for this video.

[@odessy8]

Exactly the info. I needed. Thanks for posting it.

[@nelsonmercado7837]

Perfect thank you for helping me understand and to pass my performance test

[@kooroshhaziny8992]

Thank you very much sir for explaining.

[@dpruitt808]

Thanks for clarifying! Makes more sense now! 🖒

[@doug595959]

best video on you tube thank you

[@738polarbear]

absolutely excellent vid well explained.

[@nicolmichaelmoyo3479]

very interesting learned a lot from this lecture

[@CuriousEarthMan]

What a great video! Very informative! Thank you for posting! So that's the difference between a mic and a Vernier? Learned other stuff too. Thanks!

[@mikeingeorgia1]

Thanks for making this, it was very helpful!

[@colintrent]

thanks man this is gunna help alot for my test on reading micrometers tomorrow fkn college tests are bitches to figure out

[@Amopower]

Very nicely described, easy to understand, thanks! I have a Fowler rotor caliper, digital, and it had no instructions. I cannot seem to get the spindle to move no matter what i do. I turn the thimble but its not moving the spindle. I am wondering if there is a piece missing that connects the thimble to the spindle, some sort of locking ring...