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1-Sep-19 2:38

For a new vernier caliper - the cat has damaged mine - and I'm in two minds if I want a new-fangled digital, or stick with the traditional "true" vernier.
I find a good 'un:

Material: Carbon Steel

Excellent!

Measuring range: 150mm

Perfect

Measurement accuracy: 0.02mm

I'd prefer .01mm, but 2 / 100ths is fine.

Note:
Please allow 0-2cm error due to manual measurement. Thanks for your understanding.

Hang on, hang on. You sell vernier calipers - the accurate way to measure things - and you can't get a closer tolerance than 0-2cm? OMG | :OMG:

What are they teaching the Youth of Today? Laugh | :laugh:

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Richard MacCutchan1-Sep-19 3:00

Richard MacCutchan

1-Sep-19 3:00

OriginalGriff wrote:
What are they teaching the Youth of Today?

Probably the same stuff as our QA students get to learn. The recent question from a "teacher" was a case in point.

PIEBALDconsult1-Sep-19 3:53

PIEBALDconsult

1-Sep-19 3:53

Just legal-speak I'm sure.

Mark_Wallace1-Sep-19 7:21

Mark_Wallace

1-Sep-19 7:21

As in "use of this tool can result in finger blisters, broken nails, myopia, and, possibly, death"?

It seems to work OK for the drug companies, so you're probably right.

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Sander Rossel1-Sep-19 4:20

Sander Rossel

1-Sep-19 4:20

OriginalGriff wrote:
What are they teaching the Youth of Today?

Not how to use one of those.
I don't think I've ever used one and with 31 I'm not even considered youth anymore Big Grin | :-D

So... What would you need it for (use case, I get that it measures stuff)? Unsure | :~

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OriginalGriff1-Sep-19 5:08

1-Sep-19 5:08

Once you are used to it, they are really easy: and the battery never goes flat in the drawer ... Laugh | :laugh:

I'm thinking of getting a 3D printer for Christmas from Herself, so I'm looking at CAD packages and for that I need to measure stuff to design holders and so forth. Calipers are the way to do that, and to check manufacturer diagrams, where you can get them.
A little care and you can read 1/100th of a mm very easily and accurately. Or 2/73rds of an inch-pound/per gallon, if you prefer Imperial / Whitworth.

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Mike Hankey1-Sep-19 4:31

Mike Hankey

1-Sep-19 4:31

I got an iGaging digital a few months ago and really like it.

Technician
1. A person that fixes stuff you can't.
2. One who does precision guesswork based on unreliable data provided by those of questionable knowledge.

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Ron Anders1-Sep-19 5:02

Ron Anders

1-Sep-19 5:02

Not a lot.

abmv1-Sep-19 5:45

abmv

1-Sep-19 5:45

its burning ...you won't find much....

Caveat Emptor.

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Jörgen Andersson1-Sep-19 19:43

Jörgen Andersson

1-Sep-19 19:43

I'm mostly curious about how the cat managed to damage your old one?

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OriginalGriff1-Sep-19 20:16

1-Sep-19 20:16

I'd like to know that myself. Also why.
But alas, the jaws are no longer parallel, so they are no longer accurate.

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Jörgen Andersson1-Sep-19 20:17

Jörgen Andersson

1-Sep-19 20:17

How do you know it's the cat?

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OriginalGriff1-Sep-19 20:24

1-Sep-19 20:24

Just a guess: it wasn't me and Herself would have left it where she used it as a crowbar, or a screwdriver, or a drill, or ...

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Jörgen Andersson1-Sep-19 20:26

Jörgen Andersson

1-Sep-19 20:26

I see, it's a matter of keeping the peace.

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No forum for germans?

User 26235231-Aug-19 23:57

User 262352

31-Aug-19 23:57

Why there are special forums for indian and chinese but not for germans?

RickZeeland1-Sep-19 0:05

RickZeeland

1-Sep-19 0:05

Because the Germans are expected to be good in English ?
If not, then read this: 10 English Pronunciation Errors by German Speakers - Pronunciation Studio[^] $Shucks | :-\$

Eddy Vluggen1-Sep-19 0:21

Eddy Vluggen

1-Sep-19 0:21

Volume.

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User 2623521-Sep-19 7:16

User 262352

1-Sep-19 7:16

Makes sense. I think there are only like 50 germans on codeproject.

Richard MacCutchan1-Sep-19 0:55

Richard MacCutchan

1-Sep-19 0:55

There are more Chinese and Indians than Germans.

Joan M1-Sep-19 1:00

Joan M

1-Sep-19 1:00

www.robotecnik.com[^] - robots, CNC and PLC programming

C^hris L^osinger1-Sep-19 3:31

C^hris L^osinger

1-Sep-19 3:31

you rang?

Joan M1-Sep-19 5:22

Joan M

1-Sep-19 5:22

www.robotecnik.com[^] - robots, CNC and PLC programming

Sander Rossel1-Sep-19 1:06

Sander Rossel

1-Sep-19 1:06

I just found out the Chinese forum is as good as dead and the Indian forum is actually in English.
So consider the Lounge as a German forum, except it's also in English and we discuss topics unrelated to Germany Big Grin | :-D

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