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£308. The extra £80.02p was my charming government. Is Canada to US the same import tax and vat?

You then need a pc to run it, I have an old laptop that would work, but it is bulky so bought a raspeberry pi 400, amazing thing, turns a old tv into a smart tv by using it as a monitor, lots of uses, first seen it suggested on Islandix site blog, £110ish new, lots of cheaper used ones on ebay.

https://www.islandix.com/blog/page/2

https://www.raspberrypi.com/

Then Mitutoyo cables, they are not cheap in the UK, £50 each, but found 2 new and unused for £40.
Mitutoyo gauges, are expensive, on the Islandix site he suggests the option of igaging. I dropped lucky on auction, someone had put wrong serial number and I scooped it up for £40 and another for £60.

https://www.islandix.com/blog/catego...tors?order=asc


Oh yes, a screen or monitor. Mine was free from a friend upgrading his tv.

There is an optional twin port for a digital tension-meter which is £200. You don’t need it, you can swap ports to do the tension, but obviously if you was in a fast paced environment you might want it, as the company owner Ryan points out.

If you then add it to the cost of a truing stand & tools, you have to be prepared to make that investment.

I know some people are going to say why? So let’s get past that, why not? I love tools and building wheels. It is a hobby, but when I retire I will keep building some to supplement the state pension we have here, the big screen=big gauges=no glasses! I am not rich but I have a little metaphorical jar I put away a bit each month, and when you have just got past the big “C”, you fair run with it to the sweet shop, lol!

Is it worth the cost? Now that is a fair question. If it does what I bought it to do, then it was a bargain. I will let you know. This is a big leap for an analogue loving mechanical dinosaur. I liked it because it projects bigger analogue looking dials! I know, I know…

Goodnight everyone, up for work in 7 hours!