Gunner Asch on Tue, 06 Mar 2018 11:17:18 -0800
typed in rec.crafts.metalworking the following:
On Tue, 06 Mar 2018 09:09:29 -0800, pyotr filipivich
wrote:

Gunner Asch on Mon, 05 Mar 2018 21:12:49 -0800
typed in rec.crafts.metalworking the following:

It is not as accurate as a decimal one though. The dial turns at a
higher rate. One turn is one inch.

Not as accurate as a micrometer - or a laser for that matter.

But a dial which shows the full inch, also lets me "see" that it
is "about two hairs past a quarter inch". Just don't forget to add
the inch - I do not want to think about the number of times I read the
'fraction' of a digital/ dial caliper or mic and forgot the rest of
it.

You are measuring something that is 4.357"..and you forget the 4"?

Nurse! Atropine! Stat!!!

(Grin)

Snerk - more like (squinting at mic) 'That's .2" and not "that's
.002 plus two times .250". Nerts.

I cut it off twice and it is still too short!
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pyotr filipivich
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Thats why digitals are handy for many people.

Yeah - precision guesswork. B-)

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pyotr filipivich
"With Age comes Wisdom. Although far too often, Age travels alone."