Thread: Calipers

I have a hornady digital set of calipers. I find that I have different measurements each time I measure neck or coal ect, is this normal?

I hear Mitutoyo are the best…. are they worth the $$?
What calipers are people using?
Cheers,

Originally Posted by alphaDelta

I have a hornady digital set of calipers. I find that I have different measurements each time I measure neck or coal ect, is this normal?

I hear Mitutoyo are the best…. are they worth the $$?
What calipers are people using?
Cheers,

Mitutoyo are very good. Seen to be a mainstay at most commercial places I have been. Moore and Wright are another one. Work has started using Dasqua. They are also good but I do not like having to push the button to turn them on every time I go to use them. I prefer them to 'wake up' when I grab them.

Not a reloaded myself but fitter/turner. Mitutoyo are very good but also most expensive. I used a pair of kinchrome digital for years that always matched the micrometer. Now using a pair of Starrett digital which are also consistent.

awesome cheers, yea that sounds the go. seems to be a bit of risk about in paying $$ for fake Mitutoyo.

Mitutoyo are the gold standard but be aware there are a lot of Mitutoyo fakes out there.
I use Insize 1118-150 digital calipers, very good quality without breaking the bank. The Insize 1108-150 is the budget option, not quite as nice but good value for money.
TradeTools are the NZ importer for Insize
https://tradetools.co.nz

Originally Posted by duckdog

Mitutoyo are the gold standard but be aware there are a lot of Mitutoyo fakes out there.
I use Insize 1118-150 digital calipers, very good quality without breaking the bank. The Insize 1108-150 is the budget option, not quite as nice but good value for money.
TradeTools are the NZ importer for Insize
https://tradetools.co.nz

Awesome, cheers mate

I have had a few different ones over the years, mostly in the workshop so exposed to a fair amount of grit and oil, I have found starrett to be a good compromise, probably not as good as mitutoyo but I can not tell the difference and about half the price

Starrett are good, I have kincrome which I use as well but I find them heavy on batteries not sure why. I tend to be a bit leary of using the digital type with reloading - doesn't take much of a bump to get things a bit off. I have a standard that I use that's close to the size I'm measuring and check every few measurements. Being able to zero the things at a size and then check for variation +/- is one of the huge benefits of the digital verniers for what I do, that is super handy. Also being able to flick between metric and imperial as my lathe is imperial and I can't be bothered making up dual marked dials...

Here's some of my measuring gear.
The top one is a very old NSK Japanese vernier. It's my bench vernier. I have no issues with dragging a scriber along its jaws when marking up.
The next one is my 30 year old Mitutoyo, still going strong. If it dies I will replace it with another Mitutoyo.
Then an Insize, from the USA market with curiously metric, imperial and fractions.
A ROK. Cheap chinese. A replacement for the first one that wouldn't measure repeatably. Bought because I needed a longer vernier sometimes. Eats batteries.
The one at the side is a Swiss made Brown and Sharpe. It's Rolls Royce in quality and my favourite for a lot of tasks.

I have amonst my other stuff Insize (and old British) micrometers as well. The brand represents good value. Mitutoya is still tops.

I've used a few sets of these for years:
https://www.amazon.com/iGaging-ABSOL...S&currency=NZD

Quite a lot of people do I think and they are very,very good for the price.
Don't chew batteries like most cheaper calipers either.

Thank you all for your input. great information here.

I use a set of cheap dial type. They have been fine so far. The dial type are more reliable IMHO. Cheap digital tend to play up.

Either use the high end Digital vernier like mitutoyo or starret or get a dial caliper.