"Gunner Asch" wrote in message
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On Tue, 30 Sep 2008 00:05:36 -0400, "Flash"
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"Gunner Asch" wrote in message
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On Mon, 29 Sep 2008 14:43:54 -0500, Ignoramus24410
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On 2008-09-29, Gunner Asch wrote:
On Mon, 29 Sep 2008 10:34:51 -0500, Ignoramus24410
wrote:

My Mitutoyo Digimatic caliper is refusing to work and says "Err 05".
Would anyone have any idea what this may mean?


Ayup..it cant read the scale any longer.

Its the equivelent of the Microsoft Blue Screen of Death.

Ive got 4 Mitys in the junk box that all have that error.

Means the circuit board is toast and it costs almost $60 for Mity to
replace it, based on 2 estimates from Mity in Los Angeles


Too bad.

Are the "new mitutoyo calipers" sold on ebay, counterfeit?


No idea. It should be noted that even the Chicom imports are just as
accurate as the Mits in the vast majority of cases. They simply just
dont last as long oftentimes.

Yeah..Ive got drawers filled with Miti, NSK, Fowler, Federal and so
forth. And use decent cheap chicom stuff for most of the dirty nasty
jobs, like leaving them laying on the carraige of the lathe while
cutting chips, with flood coolant.


"Obama, raises taxes and kills babies. Sarah Palin - raises babies
and kills taxes." Pyotr Flipivich


Gunner, not to dispute your death certificates, but I have resurrected a
gang on Mitutoyo (and other electronic) calipers, that "die". and I
havefound that a number of them gave up because of damage, chips, small
specks of dirt, swarf, attached to the reader, though the scale in the
beam
remained ok.

Repair involved full disassembly, cleaning the pickup thoroughly.


Flash

(Formerly Tool & Gage Supervisor in a LARGE foundry/machine-shop kinda
company)

I ought to dig them out and send em to you. Fixem all and send me back
half, you keep half.


Gunner, You'd have spend more than their worth on postage to this side of
the continent, and I'd have to spend twice as much more on insurance to ship
'em back. But thanks for the offer.

I just bought an 8" knockoff at Horrible Freight last week for $19.95, and
they check as good as the Mitts.

(It is all a matter of "economics" trumping "esthetics" , . . . . . .
SIGH)



How big a shadow-box are you building for the foursome? Planning a ceremony
of sorts? I met Mitutoyo's esteemed Dr. Matsuga a few times and was also in
two of his classes in metrology, and I believe he would approve if the
service was Shinto-based.

Flash