Machinist Question: What is a "Gage" (Instead of Gauge)?

[Kirk Freeman]

Granted my forte is not machining, or even reloading, and I can always learn more, but what the heck is a "gage"?

Ordering a case gauge (or so I thought) from Dillon and find no "gauges" what so ever, but do find "gages".

Now I know from the law that "a gage" is a token of definance or a pledge of performance on a contract. What is a "gage" in machining?

Is this just an error on the Dillon website?

Or, is this a machining term of which I am ignorant?

 

[shibumiseeker]

Just alternate spellings.

 

[beardedbrodel]

They are the same.

 

[Rookie]

A gauge is gray, while a gage is grey. Hope this helps.

 

[Kirk Freeman]

Alternative spelling? Really? Hmmmm.

Here is the definition by which I know "gage":

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gage

It is a completely different word with a completely different meaning.

Is this a incorrect spelling that became an alternative?

 

[Kirk Freeman]

I'll be dipped in . . . stuff.

Apparently it is an alternative spelling.

Gauge - Definition and More from the Free Merriam-Webster Dictionary

Thanks, guys. Man, that one had me!

 

[rockhopper46038]

As an engineer I admit this one has always bugged me, but it is correct to spell it either way. Much as that grates on me.

 

[shooter521]

As an engineer I admit this won has always bugged me, butt it is correct to spell it either way. Much as that greats on me.

Fixed it for ya.

 

[LP1]

When seconds count, the grammar police are minutes away.

 

[kludge]

As an engineer I admit this one has always bugged me, but it is correct to spell it either weigh. Much as that grates on me.

Fixed it for ya.

Missed one.

 

[shooter521]

When seconds count, the grammar police are minutes away.

And the spelling police are right behind them!

 

[Llamaguy]

I'm really annoyed by gage. My Blazer has it on a dash light, I mean is that "u" that much more expensive?

 

[tmkr]

Is seems to me I read somewhere that either Starret or Brown & Sharp started using "Gage" long ago to describe micrometers and other precision measuring instruments..Maybe cheaper to telegraph,or to differentiate one product from another

 

[longbow]

Lets talk now about plunging and gouging ......

 

[Bunnykid68]

Gage is the name of one of the kids my kids hang with at church youth group

 

[BKExpress]

This came from Yahoo Answers:


Gage is an instrument used to measure magnitude or position; gages may be used to measure the elevation of water surface, the velocity of flowing water ...

Guage is an estimate: judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time); "I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds"
a measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity such as the thickness of wire or the amount of rain etc.
rub to a uniform size; "gauge bricks"
accepted or approved instance or example of a quantity or quality against which others are judged or measured or compared
determine the capacity, volume, or contents of by measurement and calculation; "gauge the wine barrels"
the distance between the rails of a railway or between the wheels of a train
measure precisely and against a standard; "the wire is gauged"
adapt to a specified measurement; "gauge the instruments"
the thickness of wire
mix in specific proportions; "gauge plaster"
bore: diameter of a tube or gun barrel

 

[Dave Doehrman]

When we get done with this, let's discuss the difference between flammable and inflammable. That one always made me scratch my head and go "Hmmmmmmmm".

Flammable Versus Inflammable - What Is the Difference?

 

[Clay]

definitely not the same.

Gauge is typically thickness of material.

Gage is a measurement device used to show 'something' (ex: Air pressure).

 

[LarryC]

definitely not the same.

Gauge is typically thickness of material.

Gage is a measurement device used to show 'something' (ex: Air pressure).

Nope, totally interchangeable, as a retired Engineer that was the Management representative for QS-9000 and ISO standards, I was responsible for Gauge (Gage) tracking /calibration documents (and the auditor would catch any non-crossed T's or dots missing on I's, Either is acceptable spelling for the Noun describing an device used to measure an attribute, or as a verb meaning to use a Gage (Gauge) to determine a measurement. IE: Please use the No / No go gage's (Gauge's) to measure the chamber of this rifle. or Please Gage (Gauge) the thickness of this material.

 

[walleyepw]

Gage and Gauge are used for the same thing. Just as mold and mould. As an engineer, I learned gauge and mould twenty some years ago. Now it saves a keystroke to spell gage or mold.