homemade thickness calipers

[fiddlefrets]

Howdy, newbie here --

Would someone point me to the posts on homemade thickness calipers. I put the search in every way I can think of without any success. Thanks

[Chris Oliver]

http://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/showthread.php?4401-Thickness-calipers&highlight=thickness+guage

[fiddlefrets]

Thanks, Chris ... went and looked. The ingenuity of people around one concept never fails to greatly impress!! Won't be letting go of $150 - 200 for a commercial one; money that is much better put to use for tools I can't make so easily (gouges, chisels etc). I'm actually a newbie enrollee in the world of violin making, but you folks are a very fun and inventive group from what little I've seen so far. Thanks, again.

[Pete Jenner]

Probably shouldn't have posted this here but couldn't help myself.
Here is mine. 80088

[Martian]

Mine looks just like blackheathens, I bought dial at Harbour Freight, $13, have built 1 A model, &3 F,s

[Pete Jenner]

Cool Mike. I've carved 1 soundboard so far:-P - Been french polishing it for nearly 3 months - think I've finally got the hang of it:-)
Cheers,

Peter