WR Thorpe Pipe Gauges
W.R. Thorpe Pit Gauge
The WR Thorpe Pipe Pit Gauge (left) 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 pipes are etched on the gauge. it should be in the hands of every field superintendent, engineer, or foreman working with pipe. The Pipe Pit gauge is made of 0.50" highly polished stainless steel - is 2-11/16" wide and 5-1/4" long, which is vest-pocket size. The indicator arm has a stylus which fits into the pits of pipe being measured. A guide is fastened to the gauge 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 (thousandths of an inch). The gauge weighs 8 ounces.
W.R. Thorpe Pipe Thickness Gauge
The WR Thorpe Pipe Thickness Gauge (right) can be used to great advantages by pipeliners, warehousemen, plumbers, pipe and plate fabricators, buyers or any one required to measure the thickness of pipe or plate. The gauge is easy to use, has only one moving part and registers accurately to within plus or minus .005". The pipe thickness gauge is vest pocket size, 6-5/16" long by 2-7/8" wide and is made of highly polished .0478" stainless steel. Gauges are supplied with leather carrying case. Table listing 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; and a table of decimal inch equivalents of Birmingham wire gauge numbers are shown on the front and reverse sides of the gauge. The pipe thickness gauge is a companion tool of the pipe pit gauge. The gauge weighs 8 ounces.
