What Did You Buy Today?

woodchucker said:
Actually the Igaging (available 10 years ago) were far superior to almost every other Chinese caliper. Long battery life and accurate, as well as absolute. I still don't own a Mit caliper, Mics yes, but caliper no.
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I have an igaging digital protractor that eats batteries faster than these calipers. It only gets used once in a while, so I just pull the battery as soon as I'm done with it.

So, maybe it depends on the individual unit???
 
I went back to dial calipers a long time ago, because the only digis that held a charge were made of gold pressed latinum and cost a week's CNC operator pay. This week I ordered some optical scales from Ditron and they asked if I wanted some of their new calipers. I flipped through their new offerings and picked two different ones from the top of their catalog that are IP57 and take CR2032 batts instead of the carpy SR44 that lasts a day. They seem to think they've figured out the trick to making better cheapies. I'll find out next week. Oh, the calipers were $10 each. Hopefully it's a nice add-on, they look a lot better than the HF junkers I left at the welding table.
 
dkemppai said:
I have an igaging digital protractor that eats batteries faster than these calipers. It only gets used once in a while, so I just pull the battery as soon as I'm done with it.

So, maybe it depends on the individual unit???
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I can't speak for the protractor, I have a digital General protractor, and a tilt box (beall) inclinometer for at least 10 years each.
I pull the battery on the protractor because I hardly use it. The tilt box I have never replaced (too much to unscrew) the batteries yet, I don't use it often, but it keeps going.
 
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Maybe this is a what did you do today...but we're on subject here.
There, now it's fixed!
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For kicks I put a pair 4" of gauge blocks on the surface plate to check them. And for sanity compared the block stack to something else. (Yeah, I know bad practice to leave things on a surface plate...my bad)

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Not saying these are 'out of spec' but something to keep in mind when buying lower cost measurement tools.
 
dkemppai said:
This one is coming.
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I might just exercise one of the anvils, and smash it with a hammer. Smashing with a hammer would be good therapy! :)
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Nice Calipers you have coming!

The comment about smashing with it a hammer reminds me of my dad. He had just changed the battery in his watch just a few days before, it quit again. He took it off and smashed it with a big hammer.

He said "There, now I feel better"
 
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Strictly speaking this has been a purchase over a few weeks.
Six weeks or so back I bought a backplate and small surface plate from a local fellow.
A couple of weeks later he messaged me asking if I knew anyone that wanted a lathe project.

Being the curious sort I asked what kind of lathe.
A Busy Bee DF-1237G but it needed repairs.
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It’s in excellent condition with no visible wear. Two chucks and both the steady and follow rests.

While changing the drive belt they broke the counter shaft casting.
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I decided to take it because I figured that I could re-make the bracket with flat stock and I’ll end up with a lathe I know inside and out for total cost of $300.
 
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