I need something my 51 year old eyes can read. Looking for something accurate enough to measure seatpost diameters, etc. Are $20 offerings on Harbor Freight good enough?
I did search, and found this thread from 2010 on vernier calipers. I'm kind of curious how much progress 3Alarmer has made with regards to saving civilization
. Though I do have a cheap set of plastic vernier calipers, which I can even sometimes read. I don't really trust them though.
Originally Posted by
3alarmer
1. My opinion is that they are fast disappearing because
nobody bothers to learn their use anymore, even though
as you so eloquently put it :" because they're so bulletproof,
and not prone to getting destroyed by a chip in the rack."
2.I'm trying to turn out students who are able to measure
the dimensions of any and all hubs they may encounter
and then use those measurements to plug into a spoke
length calculator (probably online like Wheelpro). A caliper
is the handiest way I've found to do this.
3. I encounter a distressing number of individuals at the
local bike coop (Sacramento Bicycle Kitchen) who don't
even know what the goddam things are. Call it my
own quixotic attempt to save my civilization.
Mike