Toolmaker's Buttons

[Mikes]

Clearing through a draw of might be useful bits and found a set of toolmaker's buttons which got me wondering if anyone still uses these for setting out. Have they been made totally obsolete by modern digital devices?

 

[Porkypine]

I bet most nowadays wouldn't even know what toolmakers buttons are!

 

[pressbrake1]

Clearing through a draw of might be useful bits and found a set of toolmaker's buttons which got me wondering if anyone still uses these for setting out. Have they been made totally obsolete by modern digital devices?

Still have a use! Especially on lathe work
With dro on borers etc not so much
I use them sometimes as a datum on a big casting. A fixed reference instead of a saved coordinate

 

[Barking Mat]

I bet most nowadays wouldn't even know what toolmakers buttons are!

Lost on me.

 

[Maker]

I can't say it's a tool I've ever come across (And I am a toolmaker! ), but looking at pictures I can think of a couple of jobs I've done which could have benefited from them. I got by fine without them though, but that doesn't mean I won't be acquiring a set soon.

 

[tom2207]

 

[minimutly]

Jebuz, like watching paint dry. Still non the wiser, gave up, skipped forward, gave up again.
Will likely give them a miss.

 

[Barking Mat]

Thank you for that, made things clearer.

 

[pressbrake1]

Jebuz, like watching paint dry. Still non the wiser, gave up, skipped forward, gave up again.
Will likely give them a miss.

You set them with jo blocks or height gauge then clock them in on the machine . Idea for faceplate or four jaw work and when there isn’t a dro available but jig bore precision is required