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Posted: 10/31/2018 7:34:36 AM EDT

Last week my high quality China made dial caliper's thumb wheel broke off while I was looking at it sideways so I'm in the market. I use mine for knife making primarily and I don't (think) I need a super accurate one as the cheap POS I was using seemed to do everything I needed.

Honestly, I'm not interested in spending over $50 on one. Are the digital's ok in that range or should I stick with dial calipers? What do you use? Edumacate me, ARF!

Posted: 10/31/2018 8:14:31 AM EDT

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Hell your purpose could be handled by a completely old school vernier cheapo. The ones with no digital or dial. You wouldn’t break them ever.

That said my eyes say a basic dial 6”. Look in reloading section of gun suppliers for a no name that should be about $27

Digital will have a higher failure rate and the dead battery issue. Dials can sit for 100 years and still work.

Posted: 10/31/2018 9:21:07 AM EDT

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This set of igaging digital calipers works for me for what I do.

Clicky

Posted: 10/31/2018 11:54:57 AM EDT

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This set of igaging digital calipers works for me for what I do.

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ditto on iGaging. Good stuff at reasonable prices.

Posted: 10/31/2018 5:44:22 PM EDT

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HS, I couldn't get your link to return anything at Ebay. Just a can't find that item page. It sounds like I'll be ordering an iGaging digital caliper. Thanks for the replies.

Posted: 10/31/2018 9:34:11 PM EDT

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HS, I couldn't get your link to return anything at Ebay. Just a can't find that item page. It sounds like I'll be ordering an iGaging digital caliper. Thanks for the replies.

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I don’t know why. It’s the $29.99 set. If I were using my tools for a living I’d chose a different pair but I use mine working on machine tools more than with them so they’re likely to get knocked off a lathe, or dropped, or crushed, etc, and I’m not destroying a nice set. Like I said, they work for what I need.

Posted: 11/1/2018 4:45:20 AM EDT

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I don’t know why. It’s the $29.99 set. If I were using my tools for a living I’d chose a different pair but I use mine working on machine tools more than with them so they’re likely to get knocked off a lathe, or dropped, or crushed, etc, and I’m not destroying a nice set. Like I said, they work for what I need.

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Yeah I hear ya, I just ruin metal as a hobby. I'd be more picky about my tools if this was my job. And more broke, I'd be a lot more broke.

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