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?
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What's this sticky tape called?
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Plastigauage?
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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 !!
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Adrian Caspersz explained :
I know just what you mean, but sorry I cannot think of the name..
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Plastigauge?
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Kevin explained on 10/07/2019 :
That is the one I had in mind..
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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.
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