Mitutoyo 515-322

[Chas84]

Hi, I have taken ownership of some junk, but in with it is a mitutoyo 515-322,
It looks like a precise measuring device, and seems very well made, in a wooden box, but quite old.
Would someone be kind enough just to briefly tell me what it does,or is commonly used for and how much it's worth, if anything. IL try get some pictures up.
Thanks

 

[brightspark]

here its worth what someone's willing to pay for it http://www.mqs.co.uk/mitutoyo-515-3...acy-1-micrometer-head-accuracy-23kg-mass.htmlnot a fraction where near what it cost new

 

[Richard.]

Chas84
Exactly as said above it’s worth what people are willing to pay for it.
I wouldn’t bother with the pics. Not wanting to sound rude but we get the “what’s it worth” 1st posts quite often and they are just bad attempts to pitch gear for a quick sale and this isn’t that type of place. If that’s not you then the best thing to do is pop on the introduction section say hello and join the club. Build up a few posts, join in on the banta and your questions on your kit value will be taken more seriously. If you contribute to the forum regularly you’ll earn yourself some selling privileges and perhaps you’ll get the chance to sell it. Until that point it’s best you don’t push the item or your quest for its value because it’s the quickest way to see yourself sin binned by post 2.
If your sticking around then let me be the first to say welcome

 

[Chas84]

Chas84
Exactly as said above it’s worth what people are willing to pay for it.
I wouldn’t bother with the pics. Not wanting to sound rude but we get the “what’s it worth” 1st posts quite often and they are just bad attempts to pitch gear for a quick sale and this isn’t that type of place. If that’s not you then the best thing to do is pop on the introduction section say hello and join the club. Build up a few posts, join in on the banta and your questions on your kit value will be taken more seriously. If you contribute to the forum regularly you’ll earn yourself some selling privileges and perhaps you’ll get the chance to sell it. Until that point it’s best you don’t push the item or your quest for its value because it’s the quickest way to see yourself sin binned by post 2.
If your sticking around then let me be the first to say welcome

Richard,
Thanks for taking the time to answer my questions . Quite helpful.

 

[Richard.]

I was actually trying to be helpful. Don’t take my post the wrong way. It wasn’t meant to be a stab at you. I’m just saying it helps to get the introduction in first before saying here’s what I got, what does it do and what’s it worth.

It’s a beautifully made height master from mitutoyo. Its an inspection tool really and it measures liner hieght and distances in the vertical position to high accuracy in much the same way as a micrometer measures. It’s way more accurate than a height gage. Some can be laid on there backs to measure horizontally too But you can use it to check from both faces on the blocks. It’s main use is to act as a precise measuring reference when it's sitting on a calibrated surface plate.

It is essentially a complete stack of gage blocks that can easily and quickly be set to any dimension to serious accuracy.

I believe you Would get a calibrated gage block with it to set a calibrated zero point . I’ve never laid my hands on one so I cannot tell you any more than what I’ve seen from watching inspectors using them. You can make them much more useful with riser blocks to go bigger but I’d imagine they’d cost a fortune like the item itself.

 

[graffian]

If you want to see if there are any for sale look for height micrometer.

 

[Chas84]

Thanks guys ,that's the kind of information I was looking for.
If I wanted to just sell it I could put it on eBay and forget about it.
All I thought was it was probably an engineering device, and not knowing any engineers in real life, thought I would ask here, where I know there are some incredibly clever people.
I view this forum regularly, it's helped me save my transit from the scrapheap, and taught me how to weld, on a very basic level.
You are right I should have introduced myself better. Anyhow, thanks a lot , that is good information, which I could not find elsewhere on the net.

 

[Pete.]

If it was in excellent nick I would stick it on ebay for £150-200, if it's an oldie with signs of use and wear then £40-50 at a guess. They are one of those things that are super-expensive new but hold little used value - until someone needs one and usually if you need one then you need one that's got a valid cert.