Robert Roland wrote:
"Bob La Londe" wrote:

I could not find an affordable (ok cheap) dial caliper with a metric
dial.

If cheap is your only requirement:
http://www.dealextreme.com/p/analog-150mm-caliper-6199
...

The problem with that one is it's 2mm per revolution. The bar is marked
in cm with 4 ticks between each. So to get the mm you have to count
ticks, multiply by 2 & add the dial reading. High resolution, but a
nuisance. I'd rather rather have one with 1 cm per revolution.

Bob