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3. Enter a Tolerance Grade of 6 and toggle through the available
Tolerance Positions for the entered Grade:
6 g b
(Thread Class)
INT
MM
6H
b
eXT
MM
6G
b
eXT
MM
6H
b
*
eXT
MM
6e
* Repeated presses of
b
will continue to toggle through the available
Tolerance Positions of the specified Grade.
Note:
The number 3 can be entered to select both U.S. and Metric
classes. If no Thread Size is stored when accessing the Thread
Classification function, the U.S. Class will always be displayed. In order
to select a Tolerance Class with a Grade of 3 for a Metric Thread Size,
the Metric Thread Size must be stored prior to accessing the Thread
Classification function.
Numeric Thread Size
Enter a #8-32 screw and toggle through the available Internal
Thread (Class 2B) characteristics, then switch to External
Thread (Class 2A) and toggle through the available Thread
characteristics.
Note:
The default U.S. Thread Class is 2B (Internal). To view the
current Thread Class, press
g b
. To change the class, press
b
again.
Thread Size calculations for Pitch, Major, and Minor Diameter
attributes are compliant with ANSI/ASME B.1.1-2003 and ANSI/ASME
B.1.13M-2005.
KeySTROKe
DISPLAy
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ALL CLeARed
1. Verify Thread Class is set to 2B:
g b
(Thread Class)
INT 2b
KeySTROKe
DISPLAy
(cont’d)
