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bohemianway Oldtimer Offline Posts: 644 Location: Andover, MN Joined: Apr 16^th, 2004	Re: Electronic calipers Reply #15 - Sep 5^th, 2024 at 3:09pm	Print Post
	Back in college I used mine as a bottle opener. They work great for measuring basic stock sizes in a material search. Beyond that - bottle opener. I got my engineers Tresna brand. They were not to bad and suited Engineers needs. Made them look like they knew what they were doing. Charles
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Otony Full Member Offline Posts: 186 Location: Walla Walla/Bandon Joined: Jun 5^th, 2021	Re: Electronic calipers Reply #16 - Sep 5^th, 2024 at 5:32pm	Print Post
	I have an older one by Mitutoyo that I baby quite a bit. It is all Japanese given its age. I also have one by Husky that I purchased at Home Depot. 100% Chinese but it has served me well for about 5 or 6 years now. I don’t rely on either for ultra precise measurements


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n.r.davis Oldtimer Offline Posts: 578 Joined: Dec 3^rd, 2015	Re: Electronic calipers Reply #17 - Sep 10^th, 2024 at 7:38am	Print Post
	I was going to jump into The Electric World and buy a Digital Caliper. The big surprise came when I checked Factory Specs as for Accuracy and Repeatably.... Guess I'll stop working when I can't read my Veryneer any more! 😉


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Deadeye Bly Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1051 Location: Stephens City Joined: Feb 25^th, 2011	Re: Electronic calipers Reply #18 - Sep 10^th, 2024 at 8:25am	Print Post
	I've got one and use it a lot. They are great if you use it for what calipers are used for. They are not super precision instruments and should not be used as such. Always keep your mikes, bore gages, height gages, etc for precision work. I had a Fowler for years, dropped it and now have a Mitutoyo.
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yamoon Oldtimer Offline NRA Life, ASSRA , GGCA, MCA Posts: 851 Location: Junction City Kansas Joined: Feb 11^th, 2012	Re: Electronic calipers Reply #19 - Sep 10^th, 2024 at 11:02am	Print Post
	Bought a Starrett when they first came out, it laid in the box for years. I put new batteries in it and sold it on this site a couple of years ago. I am just old school. I did buy quality micrometers, all Starrett several years ago. Mike


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ddg7 Participating Member Offline Posts: 10 Joined: Jan 6^th, 2022	Re: Electronic calipers Reply #20 - Sep 10^th, 2024 at 11:06am	Print Post
	My Mitutoyo 6 inch dial caliper, bought new in 1973, always works and have never failed me.
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condorsc Full Member Offline NRA Life/Benefactor, ASSRA, SCV Life Posts: 142 Location: Beaufort, S.C. Joined: Nov 13^th, 2021	Re: Electronic calipers Reply #21 - Sep 17^th, 2024 at 4:48am	Print Post
	JerryH wrote on Sep 3^rd, 2024 at 11:34pm: I bought an earlier version of this one in 2014 and have been very happy with it. (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links) Of course real machinists (I'm not one. I'm still banging rocks together.) don't use such things, or so I've been told. Looks good at $54, but they want an additional $30 to ship! They could put it in a USPS envelope for $10. So, no thanks. Settled on a less expensive Starrett for $99, $5 to ship. I was told starting out to buy the cheaper version of a good brand rather than the expensive model of a cheaper product.
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