Off-topic?
(Just following Bob's comment - in whole rather than in part...)
=8-)
Robert Shackelford San Jose, CA USA
Quoting joeb-z@comcast.net:
> I have to say Amen. Digital calipers with coupon from Harbor Freight Tools
> (yes I know) $9.99. They are real fine instruments for any level of bike work
> also. Yes I have verniers and my old crappy plastic dial ones but here is one
> place where you just take advantage of the strange world economy these days.
>
>
> Joe Bender-Zanoni
> Whitneyville, CT
>
> Home of the original Whitney factory where Eli would be staggered by this
> measuring instrument that could be bought for less a half hour of a typical
> US workers wages.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "verktyg" <verktyg@aol.com>
> To: "Bob Freitas" <freitas1@pacbell.net>, Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2010 1:11:58 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
> Subject: Re: [CR] re;Digital Calipers or analog
>
> Mechanical dial calipers calipers are such a technical improvement over
> archaic vernier calipers that they're comparable to when humans switched
> from stone to metal tools!
>
> I gave up on trying to accurately guess readings with vernier calipers
> 35 years ago! I bought a set of dial calipers as soon as I could afford
> them so I guess that makes them on topic...
>
> These days, you can get a pair of digital calipers much cheaper than
> most mechanical dial calipers.
>
> Accuracy is in the eye of the beholder! ;-)
>
> Chas. "4 Eyes" Colerich
> Oakland, CA USA
>
> Bob Freitas wrote:
> > Chris was making the point that a regular non digital caliper is just
> > as accurate as a digital one without the issues of dead battery etc.....
> > With my glasses off I can read a standard Caliper to .1mm(1/10 of a MM)
> > while I must resort to my glasses to read to .01MM (1/100 of a MM)
> > Plus a regular caliper is on topic while a digital one may not be
> > BOB FREITAS
> > MILL VALLEY, CA USA
>
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