Digital and mechanical calipers each have they're place. I about came unglued one time I caught a shop worker swinging a dial caliper like a hatchet, sticking the points into a piece of wood. I've found that cheap digital calipers hold up better to such abuse. (and are easier on the wallet when they don't) ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Kasunich" <jmkasun...@fastmail.fm> To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Monday, October 31, 2016 10:44:33 AM Subject: Re: [Emc-users] An observation on digital calipers
On Mon, Oct 31, 2016, at 07:28 AM, andy pugh wrote: > My little digital caliper is playing up. It could just be a low > battery, it has been flashing the LCD for at least a year. > (As an aside, why do they run normally for about a week then flash the > display for about a year?) > Anyway, moving the slider very slowly it goes from 0.3995" straight to > 1.200", then acts a bit random until it switches from 1,499 to a > (correct) 0.800" That's why I don't own a digital caliper. Mine all have dials (except the 36" Starrett vernier) and I've never had a dead battery in 17 years. I even have a couple (one at work, one at home) 6" dual-needle dial calipers that read in metric and inches. -- John Kasunich jmkasun...@fastmail.fm ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Command Line: Reinvented for Modern Developers Did the resurgence of CLI tooling catch you by surprise? Reconnect with the command line and become more productive. Learn the new .NET and ASP.NET CLI. Get your free copy! http://sdm.link/telerik _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Command Line: Reinvented for Modern Developers Did the resurgence of CLI tooling catch you by surprise? Reconnect with the command line and become more productive. Learn the new .NET and ASP.NET CLI. Get your free copy! http://sdm.link/telerik _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
