King saud university

College of engineering

Mechanical engineering department ‫قسم الهندسه الميكانيكية‬

Manufacturing of Engineering
Experiment #
1

ME-356

Name: Abdul-Aziz asheq fahad

alshammare
ID number: 427102865
 Tool Maker Microscope
Objective:
To familiarize the student with various uses of a Tool Maker Microscope, and to
determine the basic dimensions of a given thread.

Apparatus:
A tool maker microscope is precision optical measuring equipment, which consists of a
microscope mounted on a column. Attached to the column a table which can move longitudinally
and laterally using two precision micrometers. The table can also be swiveled or tilted to assist
in odd measurements, on the table, the work piece could be fixed between centers or it can be
laid directly on it.

The microscope has a head which consists of a clear glass screen in the focal plane of
the objective lens carrying datum lines which can be rotated through 35Q0, the angle of rotation
being measured direct to one minute and by estimation to a fraction of a minute.

Procedure:
• Mount the thread between centers, and move the table to see the thread image clearly in
the microscope.
• Swivel the microscope or tilt the table by angle to the helix angle of the thread in order to
avoid interference.
• Select a datum line at zero angle and adjust the thread to be parallel with the datum line.
• Set the datum line touching the periphery of the thread, and take micrometer reading.
Move table until the datum line touch the periphery of the thread from the other side,
and take another micrometer reading. The difference between the two readings is the
major diameter of the thread.
• Follow the same procedure to determine the minor diameter.
• Rotate the datum line to coincide with the thread flank. The thread flank angle can be
directly read on the eyepiece scale.
• Determine the thread pitch by moving the datum for several threads.

Requirements:

Work piece # 3 ……Group# 3

Major diameter = 23.1-0.13 = 22.97 mm

Minor diameter = 22.33-1.95 = 20.38 mm
Average diameter = (22.97+20.38)/2 = 21.67 mm
Simple effective diameter = 22.58-1.73 = 20.85 mm
Pitch = 17.1-15.76 =1.34 mm
Flank angle (Included angle) = 61.5°