Measuring guages ... a comparitive view

[Muz]

Thought some of you might find this article interesting .. I have to say I use a cheapo from Clarke, and it has sufficed my needs, but its nice to see a technical opinion

[v8druid]

Thought some of you might find this article interesting .. I have to say I use a cheapo from Clarke, and it has sufficed my needs, but its nice to see a technical opinion

Shoot me now !! WTF was that Muz with the amount of pressure he was putting on the slider he could get those to read anything he wanted.
If you have to apply pressure, you do so on the jaw backs, between thumb and finger, so as not to deflect the spine of the vernier
what a knob!!!!

I've Mitutoyo and a few others of varying costs ..... have to say they all usually concur ..... I tend to use a mechanical Mitu 99% of the time

God knows how long that took him to upload ..... and for what, other than to listen to his own monotonous drawl ..... there are some samples out there

[Mattir]

I have one of those Mitutoyo's, absolute-versio. Since I only buy good tools, did not even consider buying lower grade. When I need to measure things accurately for a good reason inrather seldom cases, the instrument need to deliver. For measuring 1 mm accuracy even the cheapest sh*te might do.

[v8druid]

Shoot me now !! Who The F*** was that Muz
with the amount of pressure he was putting on the slider he could get those to read anything he wanted.
If you have to apply pressure, you do so on the jaw backs, between thumb and finger, so as not to deflect the spine of the vernier
what a knob!!!!

I've Mitutoyo and a few others of varying costs ..... have to say they all usually concur ..... I tend to use a mechanical Mitu 99% of the time

God knows how long that took him to upload ..... and for what, other than to listen to his own monotonous drawl ..... there are some samples out there

Thought some of you might find this article interesting .. I have to say I use a cheapo from Clarke, and it has sufficed my needs, but its nice to see a technical opinion

Just read that last one of mine again and sorry if it sounded churlish Muz ..... wasn't intended that way .... was a poke at the guy in the vid
he really was a "sample" .....
TBH, as said, it's not the way to handle the instrument for precision.
I've never found a lot wrong with the 'cheaper' units available and having checked a few against datums, wouldn't hesitate to use them ..... the discrepancies he was trying to high light were only half a thousandth of an inch and easily generated/overcome, to suit his purposes, with a bit of judicious thumb pressure

He also omitted to emphasize the dependency on temperature/temperature fluctuations, for getting accurate readings

[Muz]

Just read that last one of mine again and sorry if it sounded churlish Muz ..... wasn't intended that way .... was a poke at the guy in the vid
he really was a "sample" .....
TBH, as said, it's not the way to handle the instrument for precision.
I've never found a lot wrong with the 'cheaper' units available and having checked a few against datums, wouldn't hesitate to use them ..... the discrepancies he was trying to high light were only half a thousandth of an inch and easily generated/overcome, to suit his purposes, with a bit of judicious thumb pressure

He also omitted to emphasize the dependency on temperature/temperature fluctuations, for getting accurate readings

Thats alright fella ..wondered if meybees you stubbed your toe or summat before posting ... Ya i think the issue is splitting hairs ..literally .. but I take your point .. wiping jaws, pressure from where, atmospherics, ambient temps causing metal expansion etc etc, the list goes on .. where do you draw the line and make definitive measurement ?