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Perhaps the scammer reads H-M and saw he was becoming infamous?
I prefer to imagine a building fell on him.
I bought an iGaging OriginCal Absolute that I leave in my home office. While not as nice as Mitutoyo, it is pretty smooth and just as accurate/repeatable. The fractional readout option is neat for quick/dirty stuff (goes down to 128ths). I definitely think it was worth the ~$50 shipped. The IP rating is the only drawback (IP54)I've had these for years - just as good as the Mitu's IMO, no issues at all, CR2032 battery lasts over 1 year:
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There is an Absolute origin version but the EZcal have always returned to zero for me:
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If she's still looking, what's out there is too small for the price, including the recent price hike on the large Harbor Freight one. (Have it, built it, love it, but wouldn't do it again. I paid $429, it's $849 now; plus all the supplies and labor to reinforce it.) Google "cattle panel greenhouse" or go to buildmyowngreenhouse.com The former is larger than what's out there via retail and cheap and easy to build (I built one as a chicken coop); and the latter is how many commercial high tunnels are constructed - they even qualify for the USDA grant. I bought the benders and some fence pole, but it's another one of my projects that's sitting in a pile for now. Jigglygreenhouse.com has the best prices for the hardware. With both of those options, the clear plastic to cover it is literally the most expensive part. The best part is that you can make either of them bigger, because a greenhouse is the same as a shop, you always need more space.If I see a product being advertised at an unbelievable price, I will attempt to find to original manufacturer and verify the pricing. Recently my wife is shopping for a greenhouse and an ad came up on a social media site for one at a very low price. As it turned out, it was a brand that I had looked at in the past and I checked with their authorized distributor and the offered price was less than 20% of the MSRP. I backed away very quickly. Again, reporting the ad resulted in no response.
Thanks for the info. My wife bought one from Home Depot. The price was competitive and we figure that if we have any problems, it's better to deal with someone local rather than a virtual store. I'm laying the footing for it now.If she's still looking, what's out there is too small for the price, including the recent price hike on the large Harbor Freight one. (Have it, built it, love it, but wouldn't do it again. I paid $429, it's $849 now; plus all the supplies and labor to reinforce it.) Google "cattle panel greenhouse" or go to buildmyowngreenhouse.com The former is larger than what's out there via retail and cheap and easy to build (I built one as a chicken coop); and the latter is how many commercial high tunnels are constructed - they even qualify for the USDA grant. I bought the benders and some fence pole, but it's another one of my projects that's sitting in a pile for now. Jigglygreenhouse.com has the best prices for the hardware. With both of those options, the clear plastic to cover it is literally the most expensive part. The best part is that you can make either of them bigger, because a greenhouse is the same as a shop, you always need more space.
That is pretty poor resolution and accuracy, I can do that with a 6 inch scale. I even have a 6 inch scale that is graduated in 1/100ths inchResolution - 0.01 mm / 0.005 "
Accuracy - ± 0.02 mm / ± 0.01 "