Digital Calipers
01-18-07 | 03:50 PM
#1
Thread Starter
seņor member
Joined: Jun 2006
Posts: 1,157
Likes: 0
From: yay area
Bikes: Malvern Path Racer, Schwinn LeTour, Follis, Bridgestone 400 (RIP), concord 2sp
Digital Calipers
Hey all. I'm thinking of replacing my old clunky calipers with some digital ones. I took a look on ebay and it seems like you can spend anywhere from $10 to a few hundred. I don't want to spend a ton, but want some thing that works. Any recommendations or tips?
01-18-07 | 06:19 PM
#5
Senior Member
Joined: Jun 2005
Posts: 780
Likes: 0
From: OK
01-18-07 | 06:30 PM
#6
McMaster-Carr
__________________
This is Africa, 1943. War spits out its violence overhead and the sandy graveyard swallows it up. Her name is King Nine, B-25, medium bomber, Twelfth Air Force. On a hot, still morning she took off from Tunisia to bomb the southern tip of Italy. An errant piece of flak tore a hole in a wing tank and, like a wounded bird, this is where she landed, not to return on this day, or any other day.
This is Africa, 1943. War spits out its violence overhead and the sandy graveyard swallows it up. Her name is King Nine, B-25, medium bomber, Twelfth Air Force. On a hot, still morning she took off from Tunisia to bomb the southern tip of Italy. An errant piece of flak tore a hole in a wing tank and, like a wounded bird, this is where she landed, not to return on this day, or any other day.
01-18-07 | 08:56 PM
#7
Senior Member
Joined: May 2005
Posts: 54
Likes: 0
I'm with Harbour Freight on this one. I do have an expensive set (Mitutoyo) which I use around QC people at some of my customers, for the more industrial customers and farms I use a set of Harbour Freights. Their accurate enough for general use and if I drop them climbing over equipment in the process I'm not crying over my Mitutoyo. I once dropped an expensive dial caliper and it was never the same afterwards. It also helps as there a Harbour Freight in town.
01-18-07 | 09:02 PM
#8
Banned.
Joined: Apr 2005
Posts: 777
Likes: 1
From: Tony Soprano's Street
Originally Posted by ryder47
I'm with Harbour Freight on this one. I do have an expensive set (Mitutoyo) which I use around QC people at some of my customers, for the more industrial customers and farms I use a set of Harbour Freights. Their accurate enough for general use and if I drop them climbing over equipment in the process I'm not crying over my Mitutoyo. I once dropped an expensive dial caliper and it was never the same afterwards. It also helps as there a Harbour Freight in town.
01-18-07 | 10:55 PM
#10
Senior Member
Joined: Dec 2005
Posts: 2,631
Likes: 1
From: southern oregon
Originally Posted by ryder47
accurate enough
I picked up this starrett dial caliper at a flea market for $5 and had it fixed and calibrated for another $50 by starrett. Why waste your time with junk.
01-18-07 | 10:57 PM
#11
2-Cyl, 1/2 HP @ 90 RPM
Joined: Oct 2003
Posts: 15,762
Likes: 5
From: NYC
Bikes: 04' Specialized Hardrock Sport, 03' Giant OCR2 (SOLD!), 04' Litespeed Firenze, 04' Giant OCR Touring, 07' Specialized Langster Comp
I have a pair of mitutoyo waterproof calipers, they'll outlast me.
01-18-07 | 11:50 PM
#12
Originally Posted by mcoine
what does that mean?
If my $6 caliper reads 120.1mm or 120.2mm I know I've got 120mm dropout spacing.
If my $6 caliper reads 26.5mm or thereabouts I know my crown race is ISO.
The accuracy of my $6 digital caliper is good enough for my bikes.
Last edited by roadfix; 01-19-07 at 01:42 AM.
01-19-07 | 01:39 AM
#13
Banned
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 296
Likes: 0
I've ussed B&S dial calipers for years on the job ,never had a problem with them . Just the occasional servicing. They read to .xxxx .
I wouldn't waste my money on junk.
especially digital jobs.
You wil find even with the good digitals they will become finicky after a while,
especially if they get bumped around.
I wouldn't waste my money on junk.
especially digital jobs.
You wil find even with the good digitals they will become finicky after a while,
especially if they get bumped around.
