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author=mnmh link=topic=2964.msg20703#msg20703 date=1312477877
Anything Mitutoyo I like. They don't make junk.
That's a decent price from Travers. There's one on ebay right now currently the bid is at $100.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Mitutoyo-Digima...pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item27bd14ec7f
I'd like to get the 8" version of the one you are looking at. I need an 8" caliper and usually prefer dial calipers but I wouldn't mind having one digital caliper in my tool cabinet.
Ed
author=DaveH link=topic=2964.msg20702#msg20702 date=1312477850
I use the cheaper non waterproof ones all the time, I have 4 or so that still work.
I really like them quick and easy, reasonably accurate.
However I still tend to use my micrometers for the final accuracy – but that’s just me
DaveH
author=DaveH link=topic=2964.msg20726#msg20726 date=1312484462
Nelson,
Me thinks you have too much money
For me (and quite a few others) how much something costs is important. A digital Mitutoyo micrometer is to me very expensive, I would just buy a CCC one, -not even a digital one just a standard type and use the left over money for other tool.
That's just my point of view.
DaveH
Nelson,
It all depends on what you are making. I've had a few 6" dial calipers since I started this hobby some 12 years ago and they have been adequate for almost all of what I do. There have been a few times I could have used an 8" so I"m looking at both dial and digital. The reason I would like one digital caliper is for the instant inch to metric at the press of the button feature. If you can afford it, I would purchase quality tools right from the start. Quality tools will last you your lifetime so in the end they are cheaper than purchasing poor quality tools. You don't have to get top of the line tools to get quality tools.
Well, that's my 2 cents.
Ed
author=DaveH link=topic=2964.msg20726#msg20726 date=1312484462
Nelson,
Me thinks you have too much money
For me (and quite a few others) how much something costs is important. A digital Mitutoyo micrometer is to me very expensive, I would just buy a CCC one, -not even a digital one just a standard type and use the left over money for other tool.
That's just my point of view.
DaveH
author=mnmh link=topic=2964.msg20777#msg20777 date=1312496229
Nelson,
Enco currently has that same Mitutoyo digital caliper on sale for $183 so Travers sale price of $143 is a very decent price.
Ed