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Shockproof? Really?
Every dial caliper I own (I think every one) or have owned says
shockproof right on the dial. Exactly what shock are they proof against? Certainly not being dropped. |
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Shockproof? Really?
On Fri, 2 Mar 2018 18:18:39 -0700, Bob La Londe
wrote: Every dial caliper I own (I think every one) or have owned says shockproof right on the dial. Exactly what shock are they proof against? Certainly not being dropped. Finding out they're pregnant. -- Ed Huntress |
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Shockproof? Really?
On Fri, 2 Mar 2018 18:18:39 -0700, Bob La Londe
wrote: Every dial caliper I own (I think every one) or have owned says shockproof right on the dial. Exactly what shock are they proof against? Certainly not being dropped. My ~35 year old Mitutoyo 505-644 does not. Googling, the current 505-644-50 does and they are $175! Ouch!! -- William |
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Shockproof? Really?
On 3/2/2018 6:25 PM, Ed Huntress wrote:
On Fri, 2 Mar 2018 18:18:39 -0700, Bob La Londe wrote: Every dial caliper I own (I think every one) or have owned says shockproof right on the dial. Exactly what shock are they proof against? Certainly not being dropped. Finding out they're pregnant. That might coincide with being dropped. Because when you drop one you know a new one is coming soon. LOL. |
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Shockproof? Really?
On Fri, 2 Mar 2018 19:34:19 -0700, Bob La Londe
wrote: On 3/2/2018 6:25 PM, Ed Huntress wrote: On Fri, 2 Mar 2018 18:18:39 -0700, Bob La Londe wrote: Every dial caliper I own (I think every one) or have owned says shockproof right on the dial. Exactly what shock are they proof against? Certainly not being dropped. Finding out they're pregnant. That might coincide with being dropped. Because when you drop one you know a new one is coming soon. LOL. I think ****dress uses them to measure the artificial cervix he had installed into his ****. |
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Shockproof? Really?
On Fri, 2 Mar 2018 19:34:19 -0700, Bob La Londe
wrote: On 3/2/2018 6:25 PM, Ed Huntress wrote: On Fri, 2 Mar 2018 18:18:39 -0700, Bob La Londe wrote: Every dial caliper I own (I think every one) or have owned says shockproof right on the dial. Exactly what shock are they proof against? Certainly not being dropped. Finding out they're pregnant. That might coincide with being dropped. Because when you drop one you h know a new one is coming soon. LOL. You're funny on Fridays, Bob. d8-) -- Ed Huntressh |
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Shockproof? Really?
On Fri, 2 Mar 2018 18:18:39 -0700, Bob La Londe
wrote: Every dial caliper I own (I think every one) or have owned says shockproof right on the dial. Exactly what shock are they proof against? Certainly not being dropped. Dial pointer jumping, maybe? Crystal integrity? -- Shake off all the fears of servile prejudices, under which weak minds are servilely crouched. Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call on her tribunal for every fact, every opinion. Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason than that of blindfolded fear. -- Thomas Jefferson |
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Shockproof? Really?
On 3/2/2018 6:18 PM, Bob La Londe wrote:
Every dial caliper I own (I think every one) or have owned says shockproof right on the dial.Â* Exactly what shock are they proof against?Â* Certainly not being dropped. I pulled my two Mitutoyo calipers out of the box and looked at them this morning. The older metric one does not say shockproof on it, but the new one my wife got me for my birthday in January does. Doesn't mean I am not going to put it back in its case in the drawer every single time I am done using it. LOL. I think I am going to make a trip over to Harbor Freight and buy a half dozen of their 20 dollar NTMT dial calipers to leave laying around the shop for guessing with. NTMT (Never The Same Measurement Twice) |
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On Fri, 02 Mar 2018 22:03:49 -0800, Larry Jaques
wrote: On Fri, 2 Mar 2018 18:18:39 -0700, Bob La Londe wrote: Every dial caliper I own (I think every one) or have owned says shockproof right on the dial. Exactly what shock are they proof against? Certainly not being dropped. Dial pointer jumping, maybe? Crystal integrity? From what the metrology guys tell me..its pointer jumping for the most part..and having a rugged mechanism inboard. Ive seen more than a few Chicom calipers that both jumped 0 and busted the guts..while only a few Teslas, B&S, Mitys etc..and then after a long period of abuse. Works the same with wrist watches btw. Assuming the shockproof isnt a lie by the promotion department in China. Gunner --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus |
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Shockproof? Really?
On Sat, 3 Mar 2018 10:49:37 -0700, Bob La Londe
wrote: On 3/2/2018 6:18 PM, Bob La Londe wrote: Every dial caliper I own (I think every one) or have owned says shockproof right on the dial.* Exactly what shock are they proof against?* Certainly not being dropped. I pulled my two Mitutoyo calipers out of the box and looked at them this morning. The older metric one does not say shockproof on it, but the new one my wife got me for my birthday in January does. Doesn't mean I am not going to put it back in its case in the drawer every single time I am done using it. LOL. I think I am going to make a trip over to Harbor Freight and buy a half dozen of their 20 dollar NTMT dial calipers to leave laying around the shop for guessing with. NTMT (Never The Same Measurement Twice) Unless you get the all plastic ones..the HF calipers work just as well as just about any "good one". They may not last 30 yrs in a busy shop..but most makers today, foreign and domestic (any domestic makers left?) make mics and calibers more than good enough..and accurate enough for home shop and moderate commercial use. --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus |
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Shockproof? Really?
Gunner Asch on Sat, 03 Mar 2018 20:51:05 -0800
typed in rec.crafts.metalworking the following: Unless you get the all plastic ones..the HF calipers work just as well as just about any "good one". They may not last 30 yrs in a busy shop..but most makers today, foreign and domestic (any domestic makers left?) make mics and calibers more than good enough..and accurate enough for home shop and moderate commercial use. I want a dial caliper in fractions of an inch. Because I do a lot of woodworking using inches and fractions thereof - and I haven't memorized the drill size conversion charts. -- pyotr filipivich "With Age comes Wisdom. Although far too often, Age travels alone." |
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On 3/3/2018 9:51 PM, Gunner Asch wrote:
On Sat, 3 Mar 2018 10:49:37 -0700, Bob La Londe wrote: On 3/2/2018 6:18 PM, Bob La Londe wrote: Every dial caliper I own (I think every one) or have owned says shockproof right on the dial.Â* Exactly what shock are they proof against?Â* Certainly not being dropped. I pulled my two Mitutoyo calipers out of the box and looked at them this morning. The older metric one does not say shockproof on it, but the new one my wife got me for my birthday in January does. Doesn't mean I am not going to put it back in its case in the drawer every single time I am done using it. LOL. I think I am going to make a trip over to Harbor Freight and buy a half dozen of their 20 dollar NTMT dial calipers to leave laying around the shop for guessing with. NTMT (Never The Same Measurement Twice) Unless you get the all plastic ones..the HF calipers work just as well as just about any "good one". They may not last 30 yrs in a busy shop..but most makers today, foreign and domestic (any domestic makers left?) make mics and calibers more than good enough..and accurate enough for home shop and moderate commercial use. --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus I've noticed that. Initially atleast they all work just fine, but my 50 year old Companiom mics (cheap, but made in USA) are not very good. I never really mention it, but my Harbor Freight and Speedway calipers have held up just as well as my Fowlers. I don't know about the Mitutoyos, because I am very careful with them, although my old metric one may have been dropped once or twice before it came to me. Its got some of that spongy accuracy like a badly treated Harbor Freight one. My cheap Speedway mics are nearly as accurate as my ancient Starrets after adjustment. I checked them all at atleast 3 points in their travel with gage blocks. I also found atleast compared to the Starret standards that my 4 inch gage block is off by almost a thousandth. LOL. |
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On 3/4/2018 8:24 AM, pyotr filipivich wrote: Gunner Asch on Sat, 03 Mar 2018 20:51:05 -0800 typed in rec.crafts.metalworking the following: Unless you get the all plastic ones..the HF calipers work just as well as just about any "good one". They may not last 30 yrs in a busy shop..but most makers today, foreign and domestic (any domestic makers left?) make mics and calibers more than good enough..and accurate enough for home shop and moderate commercial use. I want a dial caliper in fractions of an inch. Because I do a lot of woodworking using inches and fractions thereof - and I haven't memorized the drill size conversion charts. -- pyotr filipivich "With Age comes Wisdom. Although far too often, Age travels alone." Harbor Freight sells one, or they used to. Their selection has been reduced dramatically in recent years. I have one and its pretty accurate for what it is, but for most of my wood working a tape measure is good enough. If I start an important project I buy a new tape measure and check it against my machinist scale at the beginning of the project. Usually if I need something done more accurately than that I just let one of the CNC machines cut it to dimension. I rarely use my fractional dial caliper. Here is a picture of the one I have: http://tacklemaker.info/index.php?ac...sa=view;pic=55 I don't know why, but I tend to like dial calipers much more than electronic digital ones. Even for my one inch mic I prefer the analog digital to an electronic digital. I see HF has a 12" digital though. It would have come in handy for my current job. Its a nasty mishmash of imperial and metric dimensions. I have a 12" Fowler inch caliper that has never been dropped, but I have had to write conversion all over the cabinet of my mills with a dry erase marker to keep from getting lost. LOL. |
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Shockproof? Really?
On 3/2/2018 7:18 PM, Bob La Londe wrote:
Every dial caliper I own (I think every one) or have owned says shockproof right on the dial.Â* Exactly what shock are they proof against?Â* Certainly not being dropped. My first dial caliper was a Starrett, because I thought it was quality. No cover over the rack and no way to reset it when it jumped on a chip. After that, I bought cheap ones because I found that none lasted well in the shop environment. I'd pick up 3 at the local Enco store or Harbor Fright, they were accurate enough and would last about 2 years, then back for 3 more. I tried a few digital ones, but I had to pull the battery when I'd put it away or it would be dead the next time I needed it. Turning it off just seemed to turn off the display, not the whole unit. Now that I'm retired, I keep finding new ones in odd places around the house. Why did I put that there? David --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. http://www.avg.com |
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On Sun, 04 Mar 2018 07:24:09 -0800, pyotr filipivich
wrote: Gunner Asch on Sat, 03 Mar 2018 20:51:05 -0800 typed in rec.crafts.metalworking the following: Unless you get the all plastic ones..the HF calipers work just as well as just about any "good one". They may not last 30 yrs in a busy shop..but most makers today, foreign and domestic (any domestic makers left?) make mics and calibers more than good enough..and accurate enough for home shop and moderate commercial use. I want a dial caliper in fractions of an inch. Because I do a lot of woodworking using inches and fractions thereof - and I haven't memorized the drill size conversion charts. -- pyotr filipivich "With Age comes Wisdom. Although far too often, Age travels alone." You wont find a Dial caliper in fractions. You will however find a DIGITAL caliper in fractions at...Harbor Freight. --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus |
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On Sun, 4 Mar 2018 11:00:03 -0700, Bob La Londe
wrote: On 3/3/2018 9:51 PM, Gunner Asch wrote: On Sat, 3 Mar 2018 10:49:37 -0700, Bob La Londe wrote: On 3/2/2018 6:18 PM, Bob La Londe wrote: Every dial caliper I own (I think every one) or have owned says shockproof right on the dial.* Exactly what shock are they proof against?* Certainly not being dropped. I pulled my two Mitutoyo calipers out of the box and looked at them this morning. The older metric one does not say shockproof on it, but the new one my wife got me for my birthday in January does. Doesn't mean I am not going to put it back in its case in the drawer every single time I am done using it. LOL. I think I am going to make a trip over to Harbor Freight and buy a half dozen of their 20 dollar NTMT dial calipers to leave laying around the shop for guessing with. NTMT (Never The Same Measurement Twice) Unless you get the all plastic ones..the HF calipers work just as well as just about any "good one". They may not last 30 yrs in a busy shop..but most makers today, foreign and domestic (any domestic makers left?) make mics and calibers more than good enough..and accurate enough for home shop and moderate commercial use. --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus I've noticed that. Initially atleast they all work just fine, but my 50 year old Companiom mics (cheap, but made in USA) are not very good. I never really mention it, but my Harbor Freight and Speedway calipers have held up just as well as my Fowlers. I don't know about the Mitutoyos, because I am very careful with them, although my old metric one may have been dropped once or twice before it came to me. Its got some of that spongy accuracy like a badly treated Harbor Freight one. My cheap Speedway mics are nearly as accurate as my ancient Starrets after adjustment. I checked them all at atleast 3 points in their travel with gage blocks. I also found atleast compared to the Starret standards that my 4 inch gage block is off by almost a thousandth. LOL. Ive got Starrett, Brown and Sharp and NSK mike sets up to 14" Ive also got some mechanical digital Mities that go from 1-12" I brokered a deal 2 weeks ago for Starretts up to 48" and pi tapes to 20 feet. And of course..ID bar mikes to 14' Gunner |
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Bob La Londe on Sun, 4 Mar 2018 11:14:34 -0700 typed
in rec.crafts.metalworking the following: I don't know why, but I tend to like dial calipers much more than electronic digital ones. Even for my one inch mic I prefer the analog digital to an electronic digital. Dial calipers, like analog clocks, don't just tell you the measurement/time - but where you are in the inch/hour. Yes .250 is a quarter of an inch. So is .275, for some values of "one quarter". But a fractional dial shows you that either you are not yet down to a quarter inch, or you're "oversize". Just as 9:50 doesn't _show_ you that you have "that much" time till 10. -- pyotr filipivich "With Age comes Wisdom. Although far too often, Age travels alone." |
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Bob La Londe on Sun, 4 Mar 2018 11:00:03 -0700 typed
in rec.crafts.metalworking the following: My cheap Speedway mics are nearly as accurate as my ancient Starrets after adjustment. I checked them all at atleast 3 points in their travel with gage blocks. I also found atleast compared to the Starret standards that my 4 inch gage block is off by almost a thousandth. LOL. What's the old saying "2+2=5 for large values of 2 and small values of 5"? -- pyotr filipivich "With Age comes Wisdom. Although far too often, Age travels alone." |
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On 3/4/2018 5:16 PM, Gunner Asch wrote:
On Sun, 04 Mar 2018 07:24:09 -0800, pyotr filipivich wrote: Gunner Asch on Sat, 03 Mar 2018 20:51:05 -0800 typed in rec.crafts.metalworking the following: Unless you get the all plastic ones..the HF calipers work just as well as just about any "good one". They may not last 30 yrs in a busy shop..but most makers today, foreign and domestic (any domestic makers left?) make mics and calibers more than good enough..and accurate enough for home shop and moderate commercial use. I want a dial caliper in fractions of an inch. Because I do a lot of woodworking using inches and fractions thereof - and I haven't memorized the drill size conversion charts. -- pyotr filipivich "With Age comes Wisdom. Although far too often, Age travels alone." You wont find a Dial caliper in fractions. You will however find a DIGITAL caliper in fractions at...Harbor Freight. But you might find a dial caliper in fractions. I got mine at Harbor Freight. LOL. Here is a picture of the one I have: http://tacklemaker.info/index.php?ac...sa=view;pic=55 |
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Gunner Asch on Sun, 04 Mar 2018 16:16:25 -0800
typed in rec.crafts.metalworking the following: On Sun, 04 Mar 2018 07:24:09 -0800, pyotr filipivich wrote: Gunner Asch on Sat, 03 Mar 2018 20:51:05 -0800 typed in rec.crafts.metalworking the following: Unless you get the all plastic ones..the HF calipers work just as well as just about any "good one". They may not last 30 yrs in a busy shop..but most makers today, foreign and domestic (any domestic makers left?) make mics and calibers more than good enough..and accurate enough for home shop and moderate commercial use. I want a dial caliper in fractions of an inch. Because I do a lot of woodworking using inches and fractions thereof - and I haven't memorized the drill size conversion charts. -- pyotr filipivich "With Age comes Wisdom. Although far too often, Age travels alone." You wont find a Dial caliper in fractions. You will however find a DIGITAL caliper in fractions at...Harbor Freight. Not to harsh your mellow, but https://www.woodcraft.com/products/w...l-dial-caliper Dial fractional caliper $58.50 measures to 6 1/2 inches http://www.starrett.com/metrology/pr...detail/1202F-6 Starrett - so you know it is good. They like it too $110. and in my price range: General Tool at Home Depot https://www.homedepot.com/p/General-Tools-6-in-4-Way-Dial-Caliper-142/100080103 But that's in 1/64ths which is somewhere between decimal and useful. Of course, I haven't been by Fast Eddy's Pawn Shop and Brokerage House to see what they got there. (You should have seen the silly rifle they had - someone accessorized with more enthusiasm than sense. If I've had the money, I'd have bought it, just to start hanging more "stuff off it" - sort of like the Swiss Army Gun or http://www.weapon-blog.com/2016/01/omg-scary-gun/.) -- pyotr filipivich "With Age comes Wisdom. Although far too often, Age travels alone." |
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On Sun, 4 Mar 2018 17:46:25 -0700, Bob La Londe
wrote: On 3/4/2018 5:16 PM, Gunner Asch wrote: On Sun, 04 Mar 2018 07:24:09 -0800, pyotr filipivich wrote: Gunner Asch on Sat, 03 Mar 2018 20:51:05 -0800 typed in rec.crafts.metalworking the following: Unless you get the all plastic ones..the HF calipers work just as well as just about any "good one". They may not last 30 yrs in a busy shop..but most makers today, foreign and domestic (any domestic makers left?) make mics and calibers more than good enough..and accurate enough for home shop and moderate commercial use. I want a dial caliper in fractions of an inch. Because I do a lot of woodworking using inches and fractions thereof - and I haven't memorized the drill size conversion charts. -- pyotr filipivich "With Age comes Wisdom. Although far too often, Age travels alone." You wont find a Dial caliper in fractions. You will however find a DIGITAL caliper in fractions at...Harbor Freight. But you might find a dial caliper in fractions. I got mine at Harbor Freight. LOL. Here is a picture of the one I have: http://tacklemaker.info/index.php?ac...sa=view;pic=55 Isnt that what I just said? That you can get em at HF? --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus |
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On Sun, 04 Mar 2018 16:56:48 -0800, pyotr filipivich
wrote: You wont find a Dial caliper in fractions. You will however find a DIGITAL caliper in fractions at...Harbor Freight. Not to harsh your mellow, but https://www.woodcraft.com/products/w...l-dial-caliper No ****? Cool! Ive never seen one of those before! Thanks for the link!! I have one of the digital fractional calipers..but not one of those. Way cool! Gunner --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus |
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On 3/5/2018 12:41 AM, Gunner Asch wrote:
On Sun, 4 Mar 2018 17:46:25 -0700, Bob La Londe wrote: On 3/4/2018 5:16 PM, Gunner Asch wrote: On Sun, 04 Mar 2018 07:24:09 -0800, pyotr filipivich wrote: Gunner Asch on Sat, 03 Mar 2018 20:51:05 -0800 typed in rec.crafts.metalworking the following: Unless you get the all plastic ones..the HF calipers work just as well as just about any "good one". They may not last 30 yrs in a busy shop..but most makers today, foreign and domestic (any domestic makers left?) make mics and calibers more than good enough..and accurate enough for home shop and moderate commercial use. I want a dial caliper in fractions of an inch. Because I do a lot of woodworking using inches and fractions thereof - and I haven't memorized the drill size conversion charts. -- pyotr filipivich "With Age comes Wisdom. Although far too often, Age travels alone." You wont find a Dial caliper in fractions. You will however find a DIGITAL caliper in fractions at...Harbor Freight. But you might find a dial caliper in fractions. I got mine at Harbor Freight. LOL. Here is a picture of the one I have: http://tacklemaker.info/index.php?ac...sa=view;pic=55 Isnt that what I just said? That you can get em at HF? No. You said you could get a digital one their. I got a dial one there. Reads in fractions. Posted a link to a picture of mine too. |
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On 3/5/2018 12:43 AM, Gunner Asch wrote:
On Sun, 04 Mar 2018 16:56:48 -0800, pyotr filipivich wrote: You wont find a Dial caliper in fractions. You will however find a DIGITAL caliper in fractions at...Harbor Freight. Not to harsh your mellow, but https://www.woodcraft.com/products/w...l-dial-caliper No ****? Cool! Ive never seen one of those before! Thanks for the link!! I have one of the digital fractional calipers..but not one of those. Way cool! Gunner --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus It is not as accurate as a decimal one though. The dial turns at a higher rate. One turn is one inch. |
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On Mon, 5 Mar 2018 11:25:39 -0700, Bob La Londe
wrote: On 3/5/2018 12:43 AM, Gunner Asch wrote: On Sun, 04 Mar 2018 16:56:48 -0800, pyotr filipivich wrote: You wont find a Dial caliper in fractions. You will however find a DIGITAL caliper in fractions at...Harbor Freight. Not to harsh your mellow, but https://www.woodcraft.com/products/w...l-dial-caliper No ****? Cool! Ive never seen one of those before! Thanks for the link!! I have one of the digital fractional calipers..but not one of those. Way cool! Gunner --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus It is not as accurate as a decimal one though. The dial turns at a higher rate. One turn is one inch. Yeah..I read that. Im simply not sure why anybody would want one. But it is cool. |
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On Mon, 05 Mar 2018 11:51:38 -0800, Gunner Asch
wrote: On Mon, 5 Mar 2018 11:25:39 -0700, Bob La Londe wrote: On 3/5/2018 12:43 AM, Gunner Asch wrote: On Sun, 04 Mar 2018 16:56:48 -0800, pyotr filipivich wrote: You wont find a Dial caliper in fractions. You will however find a DIGITAL caliper in fractions at...Harbor Freight. Not to harsh your mellow, but https://www.woodcraft.com/products/w...l-dial-caliper No ****? Cool! Ive never seen one of those before! Thanks for the link!! I have one of the digital fractional calipers..but not one of those. Way cool! Gunner --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus It is not as accurate as a decimal one though. The dial turns at a higher rate. One turn is one inch. Yeah..I read that. Im simply not sure why anybody would want one. But it is cool. On pondering it...I can see some...some... uses for this in places that make raw materials..boards, sheets and similar stock in mills. You can easily see how close to say..5/8" your planer is cutting. But..you are going to have to adjust the blades in thousands, based on the commerical planers Ive worked on. So if your .625 sheet is actually coming out .608...you adjust the blades the proper +.017 and get it back to what its supposed to be. So yeah..I can see some..some uses for this. Not one Id ever have though that I can foresee. But..shrug...if it floats a guys boat. |
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On Sun, 04 Mar 2018 07:24:09 -0800, pyotr filipivich
wrote: Gunner Asch on Sat, 03 Mar 2018 20:51:05 -0800 typed in rec.crafts.metalworking the following: Unless you get the all plastic ones..the HF calipers work just as well as just about any "good one". They may not last 30 yrs in a busy shop..but most makers today, foreign and domestic (any domestic makers left?) make mics and calibers more than good enough..and accurate enough for home shop and moderate commercial use. I want a dial caliper in fractions of an inch. Because I do a lot of woodworking using inches and fractions thereof - and I haven't memorized the drill size conversion charts. My $20 HF digital shows in thou, mm, and fractions at the touch of a button. I buy batteries from China at $0.12-$0.20 apiece in lots of 10. -- Shake off all the fears of servile prejudices, under which weak minds are servilely crouched. Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call on her tribunal for every fact, every opinion. Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason than that of blindfolded fear. -- Thomas Jefferson |
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Gunner Asch on Sun, 04 Mar 2018 23:43:21 -0800
typed in rec.crafts.metalworking the following: On Sun, 04 Mar 2018 16:56:48 -0800, pyotr filipivich wrote: You wont find a Dial caliper in fractions. You will however find a DIGITAL caliper in fractions at...Harbor Freight. Not to harsh your mellow, but https://www.woodcraft.com/products/w...l-dial-caliper No ****? Cool! Ive never seen one of those before! Thanks for the link!! I have one of the digital fractional calipers..but not one of those. Way cool! You're welcome. -- pyotr filipivich "With Age comes Wisdom. Although far too often, Age travels alone." |
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Bob La Londe on Mon, 5 Mar 2018 11:25:39 -0700 typed
in rec.crafts.metalworking the following: On 3/5/2018 12:43 AM, Gunner Asch wrote: On Sun, 04 Mar 2018 16:56:48 -0800, pyotr filipivich wrote: You wont find a Dial caliper in fractions. You will however find a DIGITAL caliper in fractions at...Harbor Freight. Not to harsh your mellow, but https://www.woodcraft.com/products/w...l-dial-caliper No ****? Cool! Ive never seen one of those before! Thanks for the link!! I have one of the digital fractional calipers..but not one of those. Way cool! Gunner 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. -- pyotr filipivich "With Age comes Wisdom. Although far too often, Age travels alone." |
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Gunner Asch on Mon, 05 Mar 2018 12:03:25 -0800
typed in rec.crafts.metalworking the following: On Mon, 05 Mar 2018 11:51:38 -0800, Gunner Asch wrote: On Mon, 5 Mar 2018 11:25:39 -0700, Bob La Londe wrote: On 3/5/2018 12:43 AM, Gunner Asch wrote: On Sun, 04 Mar 2018 16:56:48 -0800, pyotr filipivich wrote: You wont find a Dial caliper in fractions. You will however find a DIGITAL caliper in fractions at...Harbor Freight. Not to harsh your mellow, but https://www.woodcraft.com/products/w...l-dial-caliper No ****? Cool! Ive never seen one of those before! Thanks for the link!! I have one of the digital fractional calipers..but not one of those. Way cool! Gunner It is not as accurate as a decimal one though. The dial turns at a higher rate. One turn is one inch. Yeah..I read that. Im simply not sure why anybody would want one. But it is cool. On pondering it...I can see some...some... uses for this in places that make raw materials..boards, sheets and similar stock in mills. You can easily see how close to say..5/8" your planer is cutting. But..you are going to have to adjust the blades in thousands, based on the commerical planers Ive worked on. So if your .625 sheet is actually coming out .608...you adjust the blades the proper +.017 and get it back to what its supposed to be. So yeah..I can see some..some uses for this. Not one Id ever have though that I can foresee. But..shrug...if it floats a guys boat. Guys buy tools like women buy shoes - because they like it, they will have it, and some other ... person, won't. Nyah. And, as you say, "Whatever floats your boat." I want one to make matching holes or dowels with drills a bit easier. -- pyotr filipivich "With Age comes Wisdom. Although far too often, Age travels alone." |
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On Mon, 05 Mar 2018 20:46:20 -0800, pyotr filipivich
wrote: Gunner Asch on Mon, 05 Mar 2018 12:03:25 -0800 typed in rec.crafts.metalworking the following: On Mon, 05 Mar 2018 11:51:38 -0800, Gunner Asch wrote: On Mon, 5 Mar 2018 11:25:39 -0700, Bob La Londe wrote: On 3/5/2018 12:43 AM, Gunner Asch wrote: On Sun, 04 Mar 2018 16:56:48 -0800, pyotr filipivich wrote: You wont find a Dial caliper in fractions. You will however find a DIGITAL caliper in fractions at...Harbor Freight. Not to harsh your mellow, but https://www.woodcraft.com/products/w...l-dial-caliper No ****? Cool! Ive never seen one of those before! Thanks for the link!! I have one of the digital fractional calipers..but not one of those. Way cool! Gunner It is not as accurate as a decimal one though. The dial turns at a higher rate. One turn is one inch. Yeah..I read that. Im simply not sure why anybody would want one. But it is cool. On pondering it...I can see some...some... uses for this in places that make raw materials..boards, sheets and similar stock in mills. You can easily see how close to say..5/8" your planer is cutting. But..you are going to have to adjust the blades in thousands, based on the commerical planers Ive worked on. So if your .625 sheet is actually coming out .608...you adjust the blades the proper +.017 and get it back to what its supposed to be. So yeah..I can see some..some uses for this. Not one Id ever have though that I can foresee. But..shrug...if it floats a guys boat. Guys buy tools like women buy shoes - because they like it, they will have it, and some other ... person, won't. Nyah. And, as you say, "Whatever floats your boat." I want one to make matching holes or dowels with drills a bit easier. Easier how? Buy measuring spacing with an instrument which breaks down measurements by 64ths of an inch..or by measurements which break them down by 1000ths of an inch? (hint..go with 1000ths) -- pyotr filipivich "With Age comes Wisdom. Although far too often, Age travels alone." --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus |
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On Mon, 05 Mar 2018 20:46:20 -0800, pyotr filipivich
wrote: Bob La Londe on Mon, 5 Mar 2018 11:25:39 -0700 typed in rec.crafts.metalworking the following: On 3/5/2018 12:43 AM, Gunner Asch wrote: On Sun, 04 Mar 2018 16:56:48 -0800, pyotr filipivich wrote: You wont find a Dial caliper in fractions. You will however find a DIGITAL caliper in fractions at...Harbor Freight. Not to harsh your mellow, but https://www.woodcraft.com/products/w...l-dial-caliper No ****? Cool! Ive never seen one of those before! Thanks for the link!! I have one of the digital fractional calipers..but not one of those. Way cool! Gunner 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) -- pyotr filipivich "With Age comes Wisdom. Although far too often, Age travels alone." --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus |
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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! -- pyotr filipivich "With Age comes Wisdom. Although far too often, Age travels alone." |
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Gunner Asch on Mon, 05 Mar 2018 21:11:15 -0800
typed in rec.crafts.metalworking the following: On Mon, 05 Mar 2018 20:46:20 -0800, pyotr filipivich wrote: Gunner Asch on Mon, 05 Mar 2018 12:03:25 -0800 typed in rec.crafts.metalworking the following: On Mon, 05 Mar 2018 11:51:38 -0800, Gunner Asch wrote: On Mon, 5 Mar 2018 11:25:39 -0700, Bob La Londe wrote: On 3/5/2018 12:43 AM, Gunner Asch wrote: On Sun, 04 Mar 2018 16:56:48 -0800, pyotr filipivich wrote: You wont find a Dial caliper in fractions. You will however find a DIGITAL caliper in fractions at...Harbor Freight. Not to harsh your mellow, but https://www.woodcraft.com/products/w...l-dial-caliper No ****? Cool! Ive never seen one of those before! Thanks for the link!! I have one of the digital fractional calipers..but not one of those. Way cool! Gunner It is not as accurate as a decimal one though. The dial turns at a higher rate. One turn is one inch. Yeah..I read that. Im simply not sure why anybody would want one. But it is cool. On pondering it...I can see some...some... uses for this in places that make raw materials..boards, sheets and similar stock in mills. You can easily see how close to say..5/8" your planer is cutting. But..you are going to have to adjust the blades in thousands, based on the commerical planers Ive worked on. So if your .625 sheet is actually coming out .608...you adjust the blades the proper +.017 and get it back to what its supposed to be. So yeah..I can see some..some uses for this. Not one Id ever have though that I can foresee. But..shrug...if it floats a guys boat. Guys buy tools like women buy shoes - because they like it, they will have it, and some other ... person, won't. Nyah. And, as you say, "Whatever floats your boat." I want one to make matching holes or dowels with drills a bit easier. Easier how? Buy measuring spacing with an instrument which breaks down measurements by 64ths of an inch..or by measurements which break them down by 1000ths of an inch? (hint..go with 1000ths) Wood swells that much when you breath on it. 8-) * I wants one because I wants one. For the same reason people get a Ronco pocket fisherman, or a Henry Taylor #7 Spoon Gouge. Because I think it will solve a problem. "Think of the flame thrower. Someone had to think to themselves "I want to be able to set stuff on fire - way over there." and then work all the bugs out. tschus pyotr * co-worker told of working in a woodworking store, guy comes in wants a block of wood 100 cm on a side, to .001. "Sir, wood swells that much just by breathing on it. Also - a block that large is going to be impossible to find." -- pyotr filipivich "With Age comes Wisdom. Although far too often, Age travels alone." |
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On 3/6/2018 10:09 AM, pyotr filipivich wrote:
I cut it off twice and it is still too short! -- pyotr filipivich "With Age comes Wisdom. Although far too often, Age travels alone." Measure twice, cut once, weld and repeat. |
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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! -- pyotr filipivich "With Age comes Wisdom. Although far too often, Age travels alone." Thats why digitals are handy for many people. --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus |
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On Tue, 06 Mar 2018 09:09:29 -0800, pyotr filipivich
wrote: Gunner Asch on Mon, 05 Mar 2018 21:11:15 -0800 typed in rec.crafts.metalworking the following: On Mon, 05 Mar 2018 20:46:20 -0800, pyotr filipivich wrote: Gunner Asch on Mon, 05 Mar 2018 12:03:25 -0800 typed in rec.crafts.metalworking the following: On Mon, 05 Mar 2018 11:51:38 -0800, Gunner Asch wrote: On Mon, 5 Mar 2018 11:25:39 -0700, Bob La Londe wrote: On 3/5/2018 12:43 AM, Gunner Asch wrote: On Sun, 04 Mar 2018 16:56:48 -0800, pyotr filipivich wrote: You wont find a Dial caliper in fractions. You will however find a DIGITAL caliper in fractions at...Harbor Freight. Not to harsh your mellow, but https://www.woodcraft.com/products/w...l-dial-caliper No ****? Cool! Ive never seen one of those before! Thanks for the link!! I have one of the digital fractional calipers..but not one of those. Way cool! Gunner It is not as accurate as a decimal one though. The dial turns at a higher rate. One turn is one inch. Yeah..I read that. Im simply not sure why anybody would want one. But it is cool. On pondering it...I can see some...some... uses for this in places that make raw materials..boards, sheets and similar stock in mills. You can easily see how close to say..5/8" your planer is cutting. But..you are going to have to adjust the blades in thousands, based on the commerical planers Ive worked on. So if your .625 sheet is actually coming out .608...you adjust the blades the proper +.017 and get it back to what its supposed to be. So yeah..I can see some..some uses for this. Not one Id ever have though that I can foresee. But..shrug...if it floats a guys boat. Guys buy tools like women buy shoes - because they like it, they will have it, and some other ... person, won't. Nyah. And, as you say, "Whatever floats your boat." I want one to make matching holes or dowels with drills a bit easier. Easier how? Buy measuring spacing with an instrument which breaks down measurements by 64ths of an inch..or by measurements which break them down by 1000ths of an inch? (hint..go with 1000ths) Wood swells that much when you breath on it. 8-) * I wants one because I wants one. For the same reason people get a Ronco pocket fisherman, or a Henry Taylor #7 Spoon Gouge. Because I think it will solve a problem. "Think of the flame thrower. Someone had to think to themselves "I want to be able to set stuff on fire - way over there." and then work all the bugs out. tschus pyotr * co-worker told of working in a woodworking store, guy comes in wants a block of wood 100 cm on a side, to .001. "Sir, wood swells that much just by breathing on it. Also - a block that large is going to be impossible to find." -- pyotr filipivich "With Age comes Wisdom. Although far too often, Age travels alone." ROFOMAO!!!! Well done Sir!! Gunner --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus |
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"pyotr filipivich" wrote in message
... ... * co-worker told of working in a woodworking store, guy comes in wants a block of wood 100 cm on a side, to .001. "Sir, wood swells that much just by breathing on it. Also - a block that large is going to be impossible to find." -- pyotr filipivich "With Age comes Wisdom. Although far too often, Age travels alone." Hmmmmm...I could sell my scrap cutoffs of 6x6 deck posts as kits to make the Platonic Solids. |
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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! -- pyotr filipivich "With Age comes Wisdom. Although far too often, Age travels alone." Thats why digitals are handy for many people. Yeah - precision guesswork. B-) -- pyotr filipivich "With Age comes Wisdom. Although far too often, Age travels alone." |
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"Jim Wilkins" on Tue, 6 Mar 2018 15:07:25 -0500
typed in rec.crafts.metalworking the following: "pyotr filipivich" wrote in message .. . ... * co-worker told of working in a woodworking store, guy comes in wants a block of wood 100 cm on a side, to .001. "Sir, wood swells that much just by breathing on it. Also - a block that large is going to be impossible to find." -- pyotr filipivich "With Age comes Wisdom. Although far too often, Age travels alone." Hmmmmm...I could sell my scrap cutoffs of 6x6 deck posts as kits to make the Platonic Solids. Sound like it might have possibilities. Especially when considering what is being sold... -- pyotr filipivich "With Age comes Wisdom. Although far too often, Age travels alone." |
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