When the job at hand is measuring something with micron-range precision, thoughts generally turn to a tool with a Mitutoyo or Starrett nameplate. But with a clever design and a little electronics know ...

There's a lot to do when building your own engine and some you can skip but not degreeing the camshaft isn't one! There are certain processes when building an engine that are considered as "the right ...

How we missed this one from a few years ago is unknown, but we’re glad to catch up with it now. Have you ever needed to measure how thick the ink in a Sharpie line is? Of course you haven’t. But if ...

Some of the scientific measuring instruments you see in engine building articles might appear to be expensive, exotic implements far beyond the means of the average car crafter. And to the extent that ...