What type of calipers should a Home Shop Machinist buy?

[Tom Griffin]

Gordon has likely had more experience with different brands of digital calpers than I , but I have personally had very good luck with Mitutoyo. I bought a pair of Digimatic calipers when they were first introduced in the early '80s. There were other brands available but Mitutoyo was the only one with a fast enough clock speed that they wouldn't lose count with a quick move of the slide. At that time I was a full time machinist and used that same pair of calipers every day for the next 15 years. They never failed but eventually got so beat up that it was hard to read the numbers and I replaced them with the pair I'm using today. From my experience, I would rate them on the same level as my Etalon micrometers, the best money can buy.

Tom

 

[jgedde]

http://www.longislandindicator.com/p11.html

This pretty much says it all... I know these guys and I learned the hard way they're right. I bought a B&S dial caliper and a Compac DTI from them and haven't looked back. I've yet to break either after having gone through countless cheapos.

John

 

[ScrapMetal]

http://www.longislandindicator.com/p11.html

This pretty much says it all... I know these guys and I learned the hard way they're right. I bought a B&S dial caliper and a Compac DTI from them and haven't looked back. I've yet to break either after having gone through countless cheapos.

John

John, I used that link to research before buying my mics and calipers. Eye-opening to say the least.

Thanks,

-Ron