What Did You Buy Today?

SouthernChap said:
Hmmm...looks quite well made and sturdy.

But on the other hand, it's a rebadged Chinese fella. My post above was really just a bit of a whinge about Mitutoyo not having a 100 mm dial calipers offering.

On the other, other hand, if I wanted, at that price, I could buy a few of these to be a 'don't need to go and lie down in a darkened room if I drop it' thing and you'd expect Haas to be reasonably picky about what they sell.

On the other, other, other, hand Dasqua (who provide reasonably decent quality at a good price) do offer a 100 mm product (thank you @verbotenwhisky for adding a further variable into the mix :grin:) and RDG sell them (but they're £35).

Hmmm...

Ah balls...Hass doesn't ship to the UK (or not this product at least).

Eh...maybe I'll grab a Dasqua and see how long it lasts.

Thank you @ChazzC and @verbotenwhisky for the suggestions.:)
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NP, I many Dasqua tools and find them accurate and of good quality.
 
rwm said:
Why not just go digital? What is the advantage of a dial caliper? (other than needing a battery one a year)
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I have digital calipers and I find the dials to be better repeatability, once set a good dial caliper will hit the same numbers everytime were I find myself checking the digital calipers and resetting 0. When I buy a set of calipers I use my gauge pis and blocks to check them at varied dimensions to determine how much I trust them and repeatability is my biggest issue.
 
verbotenwhisky said:
NP, I many Dasqua tools and find them accurate and of good quality.
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I have a couple of Dasqua 25-50-75 blocks, a 0.01 mm 'longer stroke' dial indicator and a 0.01 dial test indicator.

The blocks are as square as I can make out with my limited equipment and the indicators seem as good as my Mitutoyo indicators.
 
verbotenwhisky said:
They are fine grain castings, I used an ultrasonic gauging tool on mine and found no significant issues, it gauged very solid, it is fit and finish rather than structure.
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yes, I ***** about the defects, as is my right, they shouldn't be there. but the actual function of the machine is fine. it is more capable than my skills.
 
yota said:
yes, I ***** about the defects, as is my right, they shouldn't be there. but the actual function of the machine is fine. it is more capable than my skills.
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What you are complaining about is precisely why I went at mine with an ultrasonic gauging tool. The gauge I used will provide the thickness of 8 layers of material and if there is any internal porosity it will show that as well and I found nothing to make me concerned of that. paint is around 8 to 9 mil on average and body filler in places was up to 0.080" and averaged around 0.027".
 
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