Do you own a caliper.....
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one dial gauge...I got it brand new for 10 bucks out of the back of a tractor trailer...I got a compressor and an engine stand too, all brand new, and even then I didn't total $130.
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I had two, a digital and a dial. The digital grew legs, so now I just have the dial. What really ticks me off is that the punk who swiped it didn't even have the slightest idea what it was, it just looked expensive so he grabbed it out of my tool box. I think he's still using most of the other tools he swiped from me, I wonder what he did with that one? -TD
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Used to have a Mititoyo 6" digimatic, but it just stopped working one day. Costs more to fix than it does to replace it. I'm looking at replacing it with a Starret. Maybe one of these days.
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Several dials of varying sizes........not sure what to do with them. I guess I could measure stuff........
Jim Beam and I sorted all my nuts and bolts the other night (tool cabinet fell over while moving it). I guess I could go back and check em.
Jim Beam and I sorted all my nuts and bolts the other night (tool cabinet fell over while moving it). I guess I could go back and check em.
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Remember if you lock them down real tight they work great for a thin wrench. You can set them to the right nut size without guessing like you have to do with a crescent wrench.
The clock on them don't work. The ones with hands only has one hand and they don't have the right number of minutes. How are you supposed to tell what time it is with only one hand?The ones with numbers never say the right time. Sometimes you have to whack them on the table a few times to get them to show the time.
That pointy end works to bust up block ice. If you spread the points apart a little it works twice as fast. If you have to get real deep in a block to bust it apart there is a hidden pointy thing that will slide out so you can stab it in real deep.
Some of you fellers must come from up north where they have real thick ice. Those 24" long ones must be for two hand use. Or bolts on big machinery. Is the clock any better on the big models? A 60" long one would be too long to swing even with two hands...
The clock on them don't work. The ones with hands only has one hand and they don't have the right number of minutes. How are you supposed to tell what time it is with only one hand?The ones with numbers never say the right time. Sometimes you have to whack them on the table a few times to get them to show the time.
That pointy end works to bust up block ice. If you spread the points apart a little it works twice as fast. If you have to get real deep in a block to bust it apart there is a hidden pointy thing that will slide out so you can stab it in real deep.
Some of you fellers must come from up north where they have real thick ice. Those 24" long ones must be for two hand use. Or bolts on big machinery. Is the clock any better on the big models? A 60" long one would be too long to swing even with two hands...
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I use a Mitutoyo 6" digital all the time. Last year I built a wide format drum sander (the type of sander that can do an entire 3' wide door in one pass. I mounted a pair of cheap 8" digital calipers on each screw jack to measure the drum height and to ensure it was level. Since then, I've also mounted a cheap 6" unit to my drill press. The ones from Harbor Freight work fine and because they're so inexpensive, I don't mind drilling mounting holes in them.
Like Torque1st wrote, I'm also guilty of using them as a wrench, scribe, pick, etc...
Like Torque1st wrote, I'm also guilty of using them as a wrench, scribe, pick, etc...
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