Thread: Verniers/ calipers what to buy

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

No....... but I average 3-4 toledo Rules a year.

You rough bastard. I only ever had one. Did have a few tapes though.

Originally Posted by Maca49

Fuck it all make yourself some GO NOGO gauges and be done with it!

Headspace is kindof a one time thing.

Originally Posted by Wirehunt

You rough bastard. I only ever had one. Did have a few tapes though.

Blind barstard. When the numbers fade I get a new one.

Originally Posted by Wirehunt

You rough bastard. I only ever had one. Did have a few tapes though.

ah the Toledo rule, useful for more things than just measuring, chipping spatter, slicing your lunch in half, using as a straight edge, pry bar...

Originally Posted by Danny

I own Digital but never use them...
Mitutoyo every day of the week.

+1, something special about using a vernier scale.

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

But of course.
Tho some forget cheap and expensive alike must be adjusted regularly to be accurate and that all that can reasonably be expected of a vernier is .02 mm

one of the old fellas i worked with had a top notch set of old verniers, never let me down in the years i "borrowed" them for turning

only good thing about digital verniers is instant conversions from metric to imperial.

worked in a machine shop for 14 years and only used daily calipers, prefer them.

As a tradesman I have mitutayo and starret, in digital and imperial.
But bought a set of Lyman verniers, for the reloading bench, there pretty good for the $40 i paid.

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

Headspace is kindof a one time thing.

Not if you own no4 enfields.

I recently bought a pair of starrett digital which have been great. Never failed to return to zero (touch wood). They cost about $150 delivered

Originally Posted by Dead is better

I recently bought a pair of starrett digital which have been great. Never failed to return to zero (touch wood). They cost about $150 delivered

Link us!

Starrett 799-6/150Mm Electronic Caliper | MyTools

This is the site I used but it's $160 plus p/h. What put me off those expensive jap ones was the extreme likely hood that you'd end up with chinese rip offs really easy. So many of those floating around

Originally Posted by Dead is better

Starrett 799-6/150Mm Electronic Caliper | MyTools

This is the site I used but it's $160 plus p/h. What put me off those expensive jap ones was the extreme likely hood that you'd end up with chinese rip offs really easy. So many of those floating around

Starrett has a factory in China. My genuine Starrett DTI and magnetic base are both of Chinese origin......

This from 2004. Who knows how far they have progressed with Chinese sourcing since then.
http://www.practicalmachinist.com/vb...e-tools-78300/
Makes me laugh because the Yanks pump up Starrett over Mitutoyo because Mitutoyo isn't USA made. In actual fact all the Imperial Mit DTIs are now made in the US of A.

I don't mind paying for that when it's known (and the reviews are still good). The mitoyotoya ripoffs are dodgy and you're paying $250 plus of eBay with no guarantee. I figured the starretts wouldn't be too hard to return but they've been great.

Manual ones with a dial in metric or inch bugger the crappy, battery ones, get left on. FLAT.... Some don't like working around fluro lamps too.

Check these NZ available ones out....

https://www.topmaq.co.nz/150mm-dial-...iABEgLpZ_D_BwE

https://www.google.com/search?q=dial..._AUoAnoECAEQAg