when you absolutely, positively, have to have your calipers handy.
OCC = Open Caliper Carry
Badass machinists only…
@Webdevel this might be a good leather working project class!
careful, we might have to get a board ruling on that.
Hey now, I use my caliper for a valid non-machinist use!
It’s very handy for measuring the physical size of SMT components and radial capacitors to ensure what is being purchased is the proper physical size for the circuit.
Leave it to @Team_Vector to have a good non-machinist use!
I have quite a few sets of calipers, but my favorite set has caused me to suspect its accuracy. This is the set I use for reloading,and a mistake can be… unhealthy. So I guess I need to buy another set today. I also need a ball micrometer, so had to make a trip anyway.
Do we have any reference tools, that can verify the accuracy of a set of calipers or a micrometer?
yes we have quite a number of pin guages and blocks in the white cabinet.
The micrometer (if a good one) should come with a ‘standard’. The space also has gauge blocks which make good standards.
On a related note, calipers are typically good for +/- 0.002" at best. For an order of magnitude better accuracy you need micrometers.
yes, but would you trust a harbor feight standard?
Oh wait! You said a GOOD one. never mind.
As long as some @#$&*(j dude doesn’t want to build one from a billet of plastic on the HAAS!
Or brass! What’s the thermal expansion on that one… hmm… Off to Google…
Bring it, we can check it. Have the diameters and we’ll specifically check those.
Potters use calipers to make sure the lid you are throwing for a pot is the same size as the opening is
and we use them in jewelry, to figure out how log a cuff bracelet should be