Calibrated arcuate wedge tool for measuring a gap adjacent to a curved surface

A tool for measuring gaps proximate curved surfaces, said tool comprising:

• a curved tool body having a substantially C-shaped cross section, said tool body having a first end, and a second end which is narrower than the first end;
• said tool body having substantially flattened top and bottom surfaces which are substantially parallel to one another, and having curved front and rear surfaces;
• wherein said tool body tapers gradually and continuously from the first end to the second end, and becomes progressively narrower as it moves away from the first end;
• wherein said tool body also gradually curves, as it moves from the first end to the second end;
• and further wherein at least one exterior surface of said tool body has indicia thereon, to indicate the thickness thereof, at selected, regularly spaced apart intervals.

A method of measuring a gap proximate a curved surface of a workpiece, comprising the steps of:

• a) aligning a curved surface of a tool body with a curved surface of the workpiece;
• b) sliding a narrow end of said tool body into a gap between said curved surface and a portion of said workpiece which is spaced away from said workpiece curved surface, said tool body progressively widening as it moves away from said narrow end;
• c) slidably moving said tool body through said gap until said tool body simultaneously contacts both said workpiece curved surface and said spaced away portion;
• and
• d) reading indicia on said tool body corresponding to the width of said tool body in said gap.