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Old Sep 30, 2004 | 04:22 AM
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Talking Do you own a caliper.....

....no, not a brake caliper. This has to do with measuring....stuff.
Hint......vernier and dial.
 
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Old Sep 30, 2004 | 04:38 AM
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Yes i have 3
 
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Old Sep 30, 2004 | 05:13 AM
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I have two.

Your post re the item available is here:
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/s...d.php?t=289061
 
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Old Sep 30, 2004 | 05:25 AM
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absolutely
but just one.but no dial , just a standard vernier caliper.
 
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Old Sep 30, 2004 | 05:32 AM
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Yes I do both old fashioned dial and battery operated digital.
 
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Old Sep 30, 2004 | 05:41 AM
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I have two...a 6" dial, and a 6" digital. Why do you ask?

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Old Sep 30, 2004 | 07:05 AM
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Yup, use it to measure my brain, but I've had trouble finding it lately. (The Brain) Not the caliper.
 
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Old Sep 30, 2004 | 07:10 AM
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LOL....
reminds me of old Jim on Taxi....

"I went to get some aspirin at the drugstore, but couldn't find it"
What, the aspirin?
No, the drugstore !


Have one from college... somewhere in this pile of boxes
 
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Yep, got a few of 'em, 12" digital, 24" dial, 60" Vernier as well as a few mic's height gages, etc.
 
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Old Sep 30, 2004 | 07:55 AM
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Yes sir, I have an 8" digital, a 6" dial, a few different size micrometers. oh yeah, I also have a tape measure.....why?
 
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Old Sep 30, 2004 | 08:17 AM
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I have 6 or 7 of them, digital, dial, vernier. 4", 6", 12".
I also have about 20+ different micrometers... thread, inside, outside, depth, groove, disc, blade.
Dozens of scales. Numerous charts. Gage blocks. Radius gages.
The list goes on.
Being a machinist, it kinda helps to have these things.
 
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Old Sep 30, 2004 | 08:19 AM
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I have a couple of them, though I have not yet managed to find anything to use them on. I have measured the usual stuff, dog's nose, kid's ears, exhaust pipe, and such.. I want to get one of the really fancy digital ones also, so it can sit, quietly in my instrument case, doing nothing...

I also have a couple of long tape measures, that I wish to replace with one of the interesting things, you just point at things.... The guy looking at the new house, for financing used one - just pointed it at a wall, and got the accurate reading. (I checked with my trusty green 30' tape)
 
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Old Sep 30, 2004 | 08:19 AM
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I got just a standard vernier. Really don't have much of a use for it, I might have used it twice in the last year, but its kinda cool to have.
 
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Old Sep 30, 2004 | 08:21 AM
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One set 0-to 10" real old...but still work...never been used as C-clamps
 
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Old Sep 30, 2004 | 08:41 AM
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Just one. A 10" digital....comes in real handy once in a while!
 
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