The sort that looks a bit like decorators masking tape, but used in engineering to establish what clearances lie between mating surfaces by looking at indentations when parts are assembled?
What's this sticky tape called?
Jul 10, 2019
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Plastigauage?
plastiguage is like thin plastic wire, it gets squidged flat, measuring the deformation width tells you the clearance.
I have never heard of a tape where you measure the dents !!
Adrian Caspersz explained :
I know just what you mean, but sorry I cannot think of the name..
Plastigauge?
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Kevin explained on 10/07/2019 :
That is the one I had in mind..
But it looks nothing like decorators masking tape
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Lead wire was an older method I have seen used to check the bearing clearance on a ships triple expansion engine. The engineer , the engine and probably the reel of the wire all dated from before the plastic age.
GH
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