Very surprised with the quality of this Preciva Vernier Caliper with a
large digital readout for £20. I can't read the Mitutoyo one any more, the
scale is too small.

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jon wrote:
Very surprised with the quality of this Preciva Vernier Caliper with a
large digital readout for £20. I can't read the Mitutoyo one any more, the
scale is too small.

How are you going to do precision engineering if you can't read the
Mitutoyo scale?

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Dave Plowman wrote:

How are you going to do precision engineering if you can't read the
Mitutoyo scale?

He'll just use the Mitutoyo as a parallel scriber like everyone on
youtube seems to :-)

In message , jon writes
Very surprised with the quality of this Preciva Vernier Caliper with a
large digital readout for £20. I can't read the Mitutoyo one any more, the
scale is too small.

Now go and buy a stock of CR3032s or remember to take the battery out
when you put it away:-(

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On Tuesday, 25 May 2021 at 21:34:43 UTC+1, Tim Lamb wrote:
In message , jon writes
Very surprised with the quality of this Preciva Vernier Caliper with a
large digital readout for £20. I can't read the Mitutoyo one any more, the
scale is too small.
Now go and buy a stock of CR3032s or remember to take the battery out
when you put it away:-(

Probably easier to use CR2032s.

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polygonum_on_google writes
On Tuesday, 25 May 2021 at 21:34:43 UTC+1, Tim Lamb wrote:
In message , jon writes
Very surprised with the quality of this Preciva Vernier Caliper with a
large digital readout for £20. I can't read the Mitutoyo one any more, the
scale is too small.
Now go and buy a stock of CR3032s or remember to take the battery out
when you put it away:-(

Probably easier to use CR2032s.

ops!:-)

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Tim Lamb

On 25/05/2021 14:57, jon wrote:
Very surprised with the quality of this Preciva Vernier Caliper with a
large digital readout for £20. I can't read the Mitutoyo one any more, the
scale is too small.


The plastic ones are brilliant, too, cheaper, £7-8. I have one in every
tool bag, like a tape measure. Mainly I use them because my eyes aren't
up to reading a ruler without glasses.

I find I don't need/want the added precision of the fine adjustment
wheel on the posher versions. For precise stuff I use a micrometer.

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Tim Lamb wrote:
In message , jon writes
Very surprised with the quality of this Preciva Vernier Caliper with a
large digital readout for £20. I can't read the Mitutoyo one any more, the
scale is too small.

Now go and buy a stock of CR3032s or remember to take the battery out
when you put it away:-(

Quite. The Mitutoyo has an amazing battery life. Cheap ones usually not.

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Pancho wrote:
The plastic ones are brilliant, too, cheaper, £7-8. I have one in every
tool bag, like a tape measure. Mainly I use them because my eyes aren't
up to reading a ruler without glasses.

I've got a digital readout tape measure.

A vernier calliper is usually for where you need a more accurate
measurement than is easy with a tape measure.

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On Wednesday, May 26, 2021 at 11:11:42 AM UTC+1, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
Tim Lamb wrote:
In message , jon writes
Very surprised with the quality of this Preciva Vernier Caliper with a
large digital readout for £20. I can't read the Mitutoyo one any more, the
scale is too small.

Now go and buy a stock of CR3032s or remember to take the battery out
when you put it away:-(
Quite. The Mitutoyo has an amazing battery life. Cheap ones usually not.

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Dave Plowman London SW
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+1

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fred wrote:
On Wednesday, May 26, 2021 at 11:11:42 AM UTC+1, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article , Tim Lamb
wrote:
In message , jon
writes
Very surprised with the quality of this Preciva Vernier Caliper
with a large digital readout for £20. I can't read the Mitutoyo
one any more, the scale is too small.

Now go and buy a stock of CR3032s or remember to take the battery
out when you put it away:-(
Quite. The Mitutoyo has an amazing battery life. Cheap ones usually
not.

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for you * Dave Plowman London SW To e-mail,
change noise into sound.

+1

Out of interest, Fred, is it your newsreader which has abbreviated my
email address just above this? Be better if it removed the whole sig.
That's why there is a separator.

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On 26/05/2021 09:00, Tim Lamb wrote:
In message ,
polygonum_on_google writes
On Tuesday, 25 May 2021 at 21:34:43 UTC+1, Tim Lamb wrote:
In message , jon writes
Very surprised with the quality of this Preciva Vernier Caliper with a
large digital readout for £20. I can't read the Mitutoyo one any
more, the
scale is too small.
Now go and buy a stock of CR3032s or remember to take the battery out
when you put it away:-(

Probably easier to use CR2032s.

ops!:-)


I thought they used LR44 / AG13's. One a month if you're lucky. Or if
you take the battery out when not using it, the contact breaks off after
a while.

That's why I bought a Mitutoyo Absolute in the end (nice big readable
display) after two cheapies broke. But yes, they are amazingly accurate
for the money.

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On 26/05/2021 11:09, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
Pancho wrote:
The plastic ones are brilliant, too, cheaper, £7-8. I have one in every
tool bag, like a tape measure. Mainly I use them because my eyes aren't
up to reading a ruler without glasses.

I've got a digital readout tape measure.

A vernier calliper is usually for where you need a more accurate
measurement than is easy with a tape measure.


Yeah I didn't mean the calliper was a replacement for a tape measure,
just a piece of equipment I always like to have in the bag. In practice
I use it more as I would a ruler. I often use a laser distance meter
instead of a tape measure.

All these wonderful tools. I wonder how my dad got anything done.