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Reply #15 - Sep 5th, 2024 at 3:09pm
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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.

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Reply #16 - Sep 5th, 2024 at 5:32pm
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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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Reply #17 - Sep 10th, 2024 at 7:38am
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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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Reply #18 - Sep 10th, 2024 at 8:25am
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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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Reply #19 - Sep 10th, 2024 at 11:02am
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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.
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Reply #20 - Sep 10th, 2024 at 11:06am
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My Mitutoyo 6 inch dial caliper, bought new in 1973, always works and have never failed me. 
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Reply #21 - Sep 17th, 2024 at 4:48am
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JerryH wrote on Sep 3rd, 2024 at 11:34pm:
I bought an earlier version of this one in 2014 and have been very happy with it.

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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. Cool


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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