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Title: Adjustable Spacers
Post by: Arbalist on May 05, 2015, 07:07:35 AM

Clever, shame they're only in plastic.

(http://www.maestro-design.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/view_3WR.jpg)

http://www.maestro-design.co.uk/product/wonderbar/

Title: Re: Adjustable Spacers
Post by: Lew_Merrick_PE on May 05, 2015, 01:11:49 PM

How about Adjustable Parallels or Screw Spacers (which are an internally threaded tube/circumferential clamp with an externally threaded "plug?").  I have kept two sets of Adjustable Parallels in my toolchest since my apprenticeship days.  I usually make up Screw Spacers in sets of three.

Another (non-adjustable) device of great utility is collections of 1/2-hard strip (usually 301 CRES left over from jobs that require it) is (slip-form) rolled to various diameters such that they fit in my lathe chucks to provide a lathe-chuck parallel for parts that do not otherwise "fit" when turning.  For small (4 inch/100 mm) chucks, a set of 5 in each width will suffice.  Larger chucks may require a dozen or more.  I keep them in ditty bags (cloth draw-string bags such as hiker's and climber's use) so I can find them.