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You bought a building?
Ah nuts, thought this was the random picture threadYou bought a building?
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Well not gonna lie...im disappointed.
I wasn't happy with the caliper I posted earlier, it wasn't consistent. I'd measure something, get a reading and then measure it again, only to find a different value. The zero also had a habit of drifting off which is probably a big part of the reason.
So I sent it back.
Bought a Moore & Wright MW110-15DBL instead. They do two versions, one plastic and one metal, I went with the more expensive metal one.
Immediate impression is that it's better built and doesn't have the same inconsistency.
It also does metric, imperial and fractions.
So I sent it back.
Bought a Moore & Wright MW110-15DBL instead. They do two versions, one plastic and one metal, I went with the more expensive metal one.
Immediate impression is that it's better built and doesn't have the same inconsistency.
It also does metric, imperial and fractions.
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Glad you saw sense. I didn't want to dump on the people saying they had good experiences but I've had and given up on far too many sub-£25 digital callipers as they're just not reliableI wasn't happy with the caliper I posted earlier, it wasn't consistent. I'd measure something, get a reading and then measure it again, only to find a different value. The zero also had a habit of drifting off which is probably a big part of the reason.
So I sent it back.
Bought a Moore & Wright MW110-15DBL instead. They do two versions, one plastic and one metal, I went with the more expensive metal one.
Immediate impression is that it's better built and doesn't have the same inconsistency.
It also does metric, imperial and fractions.
Mostly I find they lose zero too quickly and keep turning back on when not in use, which destroys the battery prematurely.
My main calliper is a plastic analogue dial one I've had since college, and if I need thousandths of an inch I'll dig out the digital.
Isn't there a simple fix for this? I found the other one I had turned on if it thought the gauge moved. The simple fix was just to turn the lock screw when putting it back in the box.
Yup, that's what it was doing.
Mate, did you really want to measure it to that many decimal places? Did you think that would impress her more?
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it's not the size it's how you measure it that counts
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They always seem to find a way to turn back on. Just one way or another I ended up dissatisfied with them. The only digital callipers I've been happy with are expensive ones at places of work, for some reason. I have 3 or 4 cheap ones in drawers or that I've given away.
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I use mitutoyo gauges in the garage and they're brilliant.
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Exactly. The original name in precision measuring!
Haven't you set that... rather small?
New handie.
That looks like a fancy walkie talkie.
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Agree, I have a couple of Mitutoya vernier calipers, non digital, old fashioned clock type face that I bought years ago.
I think they are stainless steel and feel like a decent quality bit of kit.
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Although they look nice and are easy to read those big displays are rather delicate in a workshop environment. I've smashed more than one with just a gentle accidental tap against my lathe chuck. Neither were M&W brand but the screen was thin glass (!) so just asking for trouble.I wasn't happy with the caliper I posted earlier, it wasn't consistent. I'd measure something, get a reading and then measure it again, only to find a different value. The zero also had a habit of drifting off which is probably a big part of the reason.
So I sent it back.
Bought a Moore & Wright MW110-15DBL instead. They do two versions, one plastic and one metal, I went with the more expensive metal one.
Immediate impression is that it's better built and doesn't have the same inconsistency.
It also does metric, imperial and fractions.
Camping fridge! For that one time a year we go camping… but my old cool box with the peltier cooler is pretty old now. And it’s really not that effective over a weekend. This thing should keep the beers and bacon perfectly cool
So 3 days camping, fully loaded with drinks and food, ran it off an old 95Ah car battery and had it set to 3ºC, it was brilliant! Kept perfectly cold and the battery still had 11.9v in it after 3 days, which beats the 3 dead batteries the old coolbox used to produce lol.