Micrometer help

[beekeeper]

Sounds strange from someone that grew up in a Machine shop.

What I am looking for is someone that has taken a micrometer apart!
How do you get the mike part out of the "C" shell?
I want to try to make a micrometer seater for a Lee seating die.
The ones for sale are 9/16" 18 thread and the Lee dies are 5/8" 11 thread so I need to make one from scratch but have never taken a micrometer completely apart and need the complete stem to make the seater.

So no one gets offended I was going to use a 12 dollar 0-1 Harbor freight mike to make the seater instead of one of my good sterrit mikes.


beekeeper

[Fyodor]

What exactly is your question?

I've taken apart my dad's micrometer when I was a kid. I just turned the handle until it feel out. It assembled the same way.

Maybe you've got a picture of the one you want to take apart?

[beekeeper]

I can take the shaft and knob out by as you say just unscrewing the handle.
What I need to take off of the "C" frame is the barrel(lower half with the markings).
In other words have a complete micrometer without the "C" frame.


beekeeper

[oscarflytyer]

Found this. not sure it will help. And not sure what the HF one looks like. But from pics I was looking at, and what I recall of mine... Looks like the mic markings are on a piece that is attached to the top of the C. But I don't know if you can separate the mic body with markings from the C...

https://www.google.com/search?q=microme ... B537%3B276

[Fyodor]

Oh, now I understand, my mistake. I've never taken that out.

Well, I guess these are pressed in and are not meant to be disassembled. Of it was a cheap tool, try pushing it out with an arbor press or some light taps with a rubber mallet an a piece of wood.

An extreme solution would be to cut it off...

[number1wrench]

Some of this inexpensive stuff is not even machined to that tight of press fit tolerance, just assembled with a adhesive. try heat and see if you might get things to start moving. Just a thought for what it's worth.

[motard]

I should have a russian one somewere that never worked propperly (bad allignement of the jaws) if I could find it can share pics of the insight. Too far unfortunately to send to you