Having a knack of carpentry and building frames in the past encouraged me to build my own garage storage. At first, I was not that confident enough to perform this task as I had left the practice of such works for quite a few years. With good observation skills, I had gathered the knowledge of carpentry and frames but hardly practiced it. Now, that I was in need of a storage in my garage, I decided to do it myself. It was not an easy decision because the process involved a lot of difficulties. That was the time, the thread gauges proved to be the best help to solve all my difficulties. Gauges are actually a tool that helped me to check the major and minor diameter, pitch diameter, and per inch of the threaded part of the nuts and screws.
I wanted a build a garage that stored all my equipments and materials that included some loose stuff, plastic bins, lids, etc. I also planned for a corner of the storage to hang my heavy-lift bike, wheel barrow holder and much more. My plan was very well-structured and I was determined to execute it as it was. For this, I got all the tools and materials which included drill, shape measure, circular saw, extension ladder, nuts, lag screws, corner braces and many more. I managed to get all the materials as per my ideas, needs and requirements. I started my work by measure the ceiling and my garage top. With this I was likely to determine the space that the shelves would occupy. The first thing that I started with was attaching the corner braces to place the shelves. Here, I noticed one of the biggest mistakes in my whole plan. To fix the braces, I had to make use of the screws and nuts. I could only attach the braces efficiently if the screws and nuts were fixed appropriately. The screws were just not fixing as I was unaware of the length of the nuts and the space enabled in the corners.
I got really panicky for the shelves would not hold if the nuts were not in place. My friend suggested using UNF plug gauges. These gauges are meant to measure the internally threaded part of the nut. As my friend suggested I got a couple of these types of gauges that made my work much easier than before. As I also needed to use the screws in abundance, I did not want to face the same problem again. My friend informed me about UNF thread ring gauges that are specifically meant to measure the externally threaded part of the screws. Without any extra efforts, I was able to pass the gauges throughout the entire length of the screws and nuts that gave the exact measurement of the tools. With the help of gauges and all the other tools, I was finally able to fix all my shelves and holders efficiently. finally I got six sets of UNF ring and plug ages,
Gauges made my work really very easy and since then, these tools have been a part of every carpentry activity I took up.