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What caliper do use?
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<blockquote data-quote="Trickymissfit" data-source="post: 684275" data-attributes="member: 25383"><p>That's why I hate analog Starretts! Every caliper will sooner than later need to be reset back to zero, unless you like turning the dial to get back to zero. I like my zero to be a 12 oclock. That's the nice thing about a digital pair. </p><p> </p><p>Everybody has a favorite way to check a caliper, and I like to use Jo-blocks, but not so much for measuring as a squareness check. Put a very light coat of high spot blue on the faces of the Jo-block, and then check the jaws for squareness (also works well for checking anvils on micrometers). You can also do this with one, two, three blocks if they are ground good and square. The results may scare you to death! In the end a caliper is best at .0005" no matter what the readout will tell you.</p><p>gary</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Trickymissfit, post: 684275, member: 25383"] That's why I hate analog Starretts! Every caliper will sooner than later need to be reset back to zero, unless you like turning the dial to get back to zero. I like my zero to be a 12 oclock. That's the nice thing about a digital pair. Everybody has a favorite way to check a caliper, and I like to use Jo-blocks, but not so much for measuring as a squareness check. Put a very light coat of high spot blue on the faces of the Jo-block, and then check the jaws for squareness (also works well for checking anvils on micrometers). You can also do this with one, two, three blocks if they are ground good and square. The results may scare you to death! In the end a caliper is best at .0005" no matter what the readout will tell you. gary [/QUOTE]
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