Radius Measuring Tool for Calipers

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Radius Measuring Tool for Calipers

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0.2mm layer, 2 walls, 15% infill
0.2mm layer, 2 walls, 15% infill
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Tired of having a large collection of radius gauges?

 

This is an adapter tool for measuring a radius or fillet with a set of calipers. Insert the end of the calipers into the slot, and the hole at the end of the slot allows the caliper's depth probe to stick through. Square the right angle of the adapter up to the corner you want to measure, and then slide the caliper's depth probe out to get a measurement. This number is not your radius though, as you then need to multiply that measurement by 2.414. Why 2.414? Because that's what the geometry comes out to in order to get a nice radius measurement. In the last picture, you can see my sticky note next to my example measurement showing how the process works. I then mocked up the fillet in CAD to verify and it matches. Props to Kthayi for doing the math. This has been a helpful tool for me for measuring - it's nice not having to store so many radius gauges.

 

I made a rather simple print profile - prints in about 20 minutes and doesn't require any supports. I printed it on my X1 Carbon with PLA Basic Black.

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I love this idea. Embossed the multiplication Embossed the multiplication factor so I can't forget it. Also shortened the legs for easier storage.
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Love that addition, great idea.
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This is a very good idea and I actually thougt of doing something similar myself, but I didnt think of a calliper. Though I think you would need to subtract maybe like .5 or 1mm from your measured distance (before multiplying) due to tolerances to get an accurate result. But depending on the exakt geomety that might not even be necessary.
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That's a good point on tolerances, I wonder what the level of precision is on that. For my printing purposes - I recently used this for measuring the corners of an Android tablet I was designing a tray holder for and it worked out well. Snapped into the corners nicely.
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0.2mm layer, 2 walls, 15% infill
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0.2mm layer, 2 walls, 15% infill
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