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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001309992-04-000001
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20041109
FILED AS OF DATE:		20041201
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20041201

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			PELRIN JAMES
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001309992

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-22529
		FILM NUMBER:		041177334

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		BUSINESS PHONE:		856-424-6886

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O INTEST CORP
		STREET 2:		7 ESTERBROOK LANE
		CITY:			CHERRY HILL
		STATE:			NJ
		ZIP:			08003

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			INTEST CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001036262
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	INSTRUMENTS FOR MEAS & TESTING OF ELECTRICITY & ELEC SIGNALS [3825]
		IRS NUMBER:				222370659
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		7 ESTERBROOK LANE
		CITY:			CHERRY HILL
		STATE:			NJ
		ZIP:			08003
		BUSINESS PHONE:		856-424-6886

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		7 ESTERBROOK LANE
		CITY:			CHERRY HILL
		STATE:			NJ
		ZIP:			08003
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    <periodOfReport>2004-11-09</periodOfReport>

    <noSecuritiesOwned>0</noSecuritiesOwned>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001036262</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>INTEST CORP</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>INTT</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerName>PELRIN JAMES</rptOwnerName>
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            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O INTEST CORP</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>7 ESTERBROOK LANE</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>CHERRY HILL</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NJ</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>08003</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
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        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>GM-Temp Mgmt Product Segment</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

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        <derivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Incentive Stock Options (Right to buy)</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>2.99</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <exerciseDate>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <value>2011-10-22</value>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>20000</value>
                </underlyingSecurityShares>
            </underlyingSecurity>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </derivativeHolding>
    </derivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Exercisable in annual increments of 20% beginning on October 23, 2002.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ James Pelrin</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2004-12-01</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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<B><U><FONT FACE="CG Times (W1),Times New Roman"><P ALIGN="RIGHT">EXHIBIT 24</P>
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<U><P ALIGN="CENTER">POWER OF ATTORNEY</P>
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</FONT><P>Know all men by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Robert E. Matthiessen and Hugh T. Regan, Jr., signing singly, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to: <BR>
<BR>
1.&#9;Execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, such Forms 3, 4 and 5 as may be required to be filed by the undersigned by virtue of the undersigned's capacity as an officer or director of inTEST Corporation (the "Company") in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules and regulations thereunder; <BR>
<BR>
2.&#9;Do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5 and timely file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and <BR>
<BR>
3.&#9;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, and 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 Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion. <BR>
<BR>
&#9;The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully 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 power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned 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 Securities Exchange Act of 1934. <BR>
<BR>
&#9;This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 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 delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact. <BR>
<BR>
&#9;IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 30th day of November, 2004.</P>
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<U><P>/s/ James Pelrin<BR>
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