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Steve@Advance

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Thanks for all the replies. After reading the
responses, I came to the conclusion that spending
more money and seeking name brands wouldn't make
much difference for my application.

In an inspection room, yes it would... Getting
knocked around in the shop, no, they'll last until
I drop them!

Settled on an $89 Mitutoyo from Zoro Tool. Should
have them by Tuesday or Wednesday.

Thanks again everybody!
 
Steve@Advance paid $89.00 for his calipers. You are advocating paying $10.00 for a guess-stick. If that's all you want, rulers are even cheaper.
 

I bought a cheap set of digitals (6" & 12") , have a good Mitutoyo 6" digital (pawn shop) , a 6" & 12" dial , along with my dad's old 6" vernier .

I used the 6" dial this weekend to verify my rear brake cylinder was the 1.125 not the 1.1875 choice .

The cheapo 6" sometimes skips if you open it too fast , ie 3.5" may read 2.25 on the read out . The 12" is broken because it has plastic to hold the adjusting wheel in place , which snapped about the tenth time I used it .

The neat thing about the digital is you can switch to metric , and you can reset zero to a baseline reading to tell if the other parts are larger or smaller , ie if you want measure the lift of a cam lobe .

But I would not recomend a cheap digital to anyone .
 
For normal, reasonably accurate measurements I just wet my right index finger with saliva, hold it up in the air, and take a measurement. 99% of the time I'm usually not off by more than a mile or two. Now if it's an extremely precision measurement that has to be accurate down to the Nth degree, I leave that to the MATHEMATICIANS.

LOL!

:>)
 
RE; cheap digital

I am in total agreement with that!

While I admit that it is prim and proper shop
practice to check the zero of a caliper before
using it we all follow that procedure,, right?? Ya
right!

Well those cheapo digital calipers will put you
back into good shop practice believe me as I found
out after spending a hour making a part that was
totally out of tolerance due to the fact the
stupid cheapo caliper zeros wherever it happens to
be set when turned on. I placed that fine POS in
the vise and squished it. Normally a person would
notice such but as I was taught I always close my
calipers all the way and then open them just a bit
before placing them in the tool box, I never store
them closed all the way.

I have a set of digital Starretts that are fine
calipers but my day to day usage is still dial
type. Cheapos are good to have around as long as
they are not the bottom of the barrel type if for
no other reason to give to the borrowers.
 
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