Grady,
Thanks for the reply, but still looking for a little more clarification.
Here is a picture of a JE piston (high dome) I used in my rebuild.
I used the outer shelf to measure deck height with a dial gauge.
Should my deck height measurements using the dial gauge be the same as the 'squish' area using the solder method?
I found my deck heights ~1.15mm (using the dial gauge method) and my squish area to be about .50mm greater (using the solder method). I think other's have noticed this phenomenon also.
So, when building our engines and using the 1.25-1.5mm 'rule of thumb', are we talking deck height or squish area? (maybe this is a question for Wayne, Walt, etc).