John T. Smith
Limited Power of Attorney for Section 16 Reporting Obligations

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby
constitutes and appoints each of Lee D. Rudow,
Michael J. Tschiderer and Scott D. Deverell, each
acting individually, as the undersigned's true and lawful
attorney-in-fact, with full power of substitution and
authority to:

(1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in
the undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director
of Transcat, Inc. (the "Company"), Forms 4 and 5 in
accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder, as amended from
time to time (the "Exchange Act");

(2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of
the undersigned that may be necessary or desirable to
complete and execute any such Form 4 or 5, including any
amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such form
with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission
and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

(3) take any other action of any type whatsoever in
connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of
such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best
interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it
being understood that the documents executed by such
attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant
to this Limited Power of Attorney shall be in such form
and shall contain such information and disclosure as such
attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's
discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each attorney-in-fact
full power and authority to do and perform any and every
act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary or desirable
to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers
herein granted, as fully and to all intents and purposes as
the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with
full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such
attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully
do or cause to be done by virtue of this Limited Power of
Attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.
The undersigned acknowledges that this Limited Power of
Attorney authorizes, but does not require each
attorney-in-fact to act in his discretion on information
provided to him without independent verification of such
information and further acknowledges that the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the
request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the
Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities
to comply with Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

This Limited Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and
effect until the undersigned is no longer required to
file Forms 4 and 5 under Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act
with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and
transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless
earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing to
the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has signed this Limited Power
of Attorney this 2nd day of May, 2016.

			/s/ John T. Smith
			    John T. Smith