Hard Gage Rentals - Thread Gages or Thread Rings

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Bob the QE

#1
Hello Cover's,
Is anyone aware of a company that rents thread gages or thread rings? We have a project that will last a short while and will probably never use the gages again so we are looking at a cost effective way to do go/nogo inspections of threads. The company must be in the US and I would prefere the Midwest but if that isn't possible there is always FedX.

Thanks for the help in advance
 
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#2
I don't specialize in the dimensional world, so I'm not specifically aware. But my first thought would be to contact some of the major players in the test equipment rental world with model numbers and manufacturers of your items and ask them for a quote. It may or may not pan out.
 

Wayne

Gage Crib Worldwide
#3
Is anyone aware of a company that rents thread gages or thread rings?
Please do not take this as self promotion. It is, but it is also a direct answer to Bob’s question. ;)

When I started Gage Crib worldwide Inc in 1993 it was established as a Thread Gage Rental company.

I was working at a Fortune 500 company where I knew my time was short. The boss who hired me took a sudden early retirement and his replacement wanted me gone. :argue:

In December of 1992, while I was doing my job as a Technical Purchasing Agent, I needed arrange to have five 5”-12 UN-2A/2B connections validated. I was correctly told that thread gages were needed, and that they were a standard size, but the gages were not stocked by anyone.

I knew that after my purchase of the gages and their single use, the gages would be consigned to a back shelf in the gage crib until the company was dissolved and they were sold at auction. What a waste! :nope:

In my mind it seemed that since they were a standard size, someone must rent them. I started a national search for a gage rental company. I found no active thread gage rental companies. :confused: I found several who used to rent thread gages, but had since discontinued the practice. Curiosity caused me to quiz them as to why they no longer rented thread gages and I learned the reasons.

I was a good purchasing Agent, :cool: and if I could not find something, it did not exist. I also knew that if I had a need for this non-existent something, others did too. Knowing that my time with this company was drawing to a close; I saw this as a business opportunity. :agree1:

I took the information gained and puzzled over it on my Christmas/New- Years break and devised a business model which would avoid the problems related to me by the failed businesses. :tg:

When I was released from my employment, on that very afternoon I began trying to rent thread gages. I tried for three years, but ultimately determined that it was a failed business notion, yet Gage Crib Worldwide Inc still exists.

Gage Crib Worldwide Inc was established as a green business, before green was in vogue, basically to recycle thread gages already in the market place. While the rental concept failed, used/surplus/reworked thread gages did prove saleable. Today new thread gages are the prime item sold at Gage Crib Worldwide Inc, but used/surplus/reworked thread gages continue to be readily available.

So after this long tale I can say that occasionally a company does come to our attention who rents thread gages, but that service always seems to end soon.

My best suggestion for you is to look and see if a used/surplus/reworked thread gage is available, and if not, bite the bullet and buy a new thread gage.

I know that your need was urgent, and that I am answering this far after the fact, but others may find this data useful.

Marc; feel free to remove this post if it is too promotional. I took efforts not to put links in the text and left no contact data in order to minimalize promotion. I tried to just relate the details. I thought a simple “no” from a random Wayne might not be credited. Thus the long story. :yes:
 

Wes Bucey

Quite Involved in Discussions
#4
Why not list the thread sizes you need to gage? male/female; straight/tapered - perhaps one of our Cove readers has a little-used set which could be sent to a calibration/repair service at the Op's expense and subsequent use. I echo Wayne's lament about perfectly good gages gathering dust because the part they checked is no longer made.
 
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