B A R R Y wrote:
bent wrote:
And some people actual buy micrometers that are
good only to .001", go figure.

Somehow, I manage to get by with these when measuring wood thickness:

http://www.garrettwade.com/shopping/product/detailmain.jsp?itemID=106171&itemType=PRODUCT&iMai nCat=12395&iSubCat=12407&iProductID=106171

Boy, am I imprecise! G

Those are great! Mine are a little longer, good to 1/128 th.
I, on impulse, bought a digital caliper once, but one time grabbed my
old one, without thinking, to check to see if the digital was
right...sooooo.. in the drawer it went... now still needing a battery.
I mean, if you use a familiar caliper over a new-fangled one, you have
a caliper you trust.
I have well over a dozen tape measures. They all measure the same. I
only 'really' trust one.
Most of this crap is in one's head.

r--- who likes them little brass jobbies.