Subject: vernier caliper source

[C1J1Miller@aol.com]

Wallace White wrote:



<> Personally, I find my $3 plastic vernier calipers to be up to the job

<> for most car repairs. A tenth of a millimeter is plenty of precision

<> (though they're not accurate to every mark) for sizing up that bolt that

<> I need to go buy a socket for.



Igor kessel replies:
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Absolutely correct, for car repair needs the 0.1mm precision is

adequate. I also have two vernier calipers, the 150mm and the 200mm

ones. They are from the old world, metric-only, and have the all metal

construction. The 0.1 and 0.05 precision respectively. 

The only drawback that they have - the don't allow you to switch between

Metric and SAE reading.

For a totally inch-ignorant guy like myself the digital caliper is a

cat's meow coz I can measure in mm, hit the button and get the inch

reading if I need to find a close hose/sheetmetal/drill bit/whatever

American-made substitute.

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MCM Electronics catalog 42A arrived today; coincidentally they sell on page
203:
' 6" SAE Dial Caliper, locking screw, satin finish, fine touch adjustment,
hardened stainless steel throughout, accurate to .001", #22-2525, $18.50 each
'

Picture shows a caliper with a big white needle dial.  I guess you can hold up
the calipers to a ruler to do conversions...
No experience, affiliation, etc.  Their # is 1-800-543-4330
HTH, chris miller, windham nh, c1j1miller@aol.com
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