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Pipe
Thickness Gage
& Pipe Pit Gage
By W. R. Thorpe

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Thorpe Pipe
Thickness Gage
For Measuring Wall Thickness of Pipe
or Plate
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| Front Face of Gage |
Back Face of Gage |
The W. R. Thorpe Pipe Thickness Gage can be used to great
advantage by pipeliners, warehousemen, plumbers, pipe and plate
fabricators, buyers or any one required to measure the thickness of
pipe or plate. The Gage is easy to use, has only one moving part and
registers accurately to within ±0.005". The scale is graduated
in both fractional and decimal inches and will measure thicknesses
from 0" to 5/8'. The Gage Gage is vest pocket size, 6-5/16"
long by 2-7/8" wide and is made of highly polished .0478"
stainless steel. Gages are supplied with a leather carrying case.
The reverse side of the Gage provides a
table which lists weights per foot, wall thicknesses and schedule
numbers of 67 different nominal sizes of pipe, from 2-inch .154"
wall to 30-inch .500" wall. It also lists decimal inch
equivalents of Birmingham wire gage numbers. The Pipe Thickness Gage
is a companion tool of the pipe Pit Gage shown below.

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Thorpe Pipe Pit Gage
Handy Instrument for Standardizing
Judgment of Pipe Condition

The Gage fits neatly into a leather
case, and can be easily carried in one's pocket. It will serve as a
constant guide for judging the condition of pipe. Useful formulas,
tables, and data giving O.D., wall thickness, and weight per foot for
various sizes of pipe are etched on the Gage. It should be in the
hands of every field superintendent, engineer or foreman working
with pipe.
The Pipe Pit Gage is made of .050"
highly polished Stainless Steel - is about 2-11/16" wide and
5-1/4" long, which is vest-pocket size. It weighs 8 oz. The
indicator arm has a stylus which fits into the pits of pipe being
measured. A guide is fastened to the Gage to protect and guide the
indicator arm. The scale on the right of the guide is shown as an arc
and is expressed in sixteenths of an inch and in mils.

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