"Dan Murphy" wrote in message
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"Harold and Susan Vordos" wrote in
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"Dan Murphy" wrote in message
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I think that the
Compac is the best, but I like my Bestest better than my Interapid.

I've owned two Bestest indicators for over 30 years and wouldn't be
without them. Aside from replacing the lenses, neither of them have
given a moment of trouble.


I just got a brand new one to replace the one that needs repair. The old
one was broken back in '91 when I let a sevice tech borrow it. He
crunched it by running a slide into it. I had it repaired and it's been
fine ever since. A couple weeks ago I let someone use it and it flew out
of his hand when he was taking it off of his Mag base. So, I'm thinking
about getting it fixed again, but it's old and I'm not sure it's worth
it. It still works but it seems to have a little side play, and the clock
hand is a little skewed. A new bushing, crystal, and reset the hand it
should be good to go for another twenty years or until I lend it out
again. The Interapid works fine. It's just doesn't seem to be as smooth
as a new one. Plus the clock face doesn't rotate with the crystal
anymore. It moves about a quarter of what the crystal moves. Drives me
mad, so I use it on the bench centers where I can use the fine adjust on
the holder to zero the indicator. I'm thinking this should be a no
brainer to fix and calibrate. $67.00 seems steep though. I have plenty of
good working indicators besides. I scored a brand new Mitutoyo .0001" on
Ebay for $12.00. In the plastic and perfect. I love it when people list
stuff improperly.

Dan

Dam, Dan, I don't know if you're a good guy, or stupid (no offense meant).

You're a lot more generous than I am. I DO NOT LEND TOOLS! Full stop!
I've been very fortunate to have kept all my precision tools in pretty good
shape, with the vast majority now over 45 years old. I got in just as
Starrett went to satin chrome, so almost all of my tools are so finished.
Thanks to never letting others use them, they're all still almost perfect.
My one sadness is my vernier protractor isn't satin chrome, and it's getting
harder and harder to read as I get older, thanks to poor eyes.

Like you, I can't quite warm up to spending $67 to have my one Bestest sent
in for the crystal to be replaced. I'm seriously considering installing
one myself (assuming I can buy one, that is), but it's not something I've
done before. If you have any pointers, I'd welcome them.

Or, if you'd like to send me that .0001" Mitutoyo, I'll double your money!
:-)

Man, what a great buy that was!

Harold