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Runout Experts needed...

I have 2 circles that I scanned. I drew a line between the 2 and that is being used as my Datum. Can runout be measured using a line drawn between to circles? I was told that using cones makes it nearly impossible to get good runout data.
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  • This is pretty much what I've done on several parts and I like it, our in house engineering drawings don't use much GDT so it is up to me to define datums as I see functionally important... and I report the form deviations I want to, but it all saves our ass when assemblies fail and we need to defend our parts. Often the root cause is never really determined but those with the least inspection data are on the hook. Those 2 datum surfaces on a shaft will often be the bearing journals for example and the rest of the shaft can be checked for runout functionally the way it will be restrained by the bearings in service.
  • Sorry for the late response, I was unavailable to respond " family emergency". I will try this and see if I can get this to work...