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Well, after years of faithful service, I dropped my old Mitsui Vernier Calipers on the concrete, damaging the points for the measurement of inside distances.
Looking around, I see Kincrome vernier calipers are selling for about $60. ( non-digital, which I prefer).
Can anyone please advise if these are any good?
Have a set that I have owned for about 20 years. No problems but this is not what in made now.
i have a cheap ebay set costed around $30 and have checked it against my mitutoyo pair on numerous occasions and its within 0.01mm. I suspect the Kincrome pair will be of similar specifications.
Most of the low priced (including Kingchrome) digital callipers are all the same.
What size are you looking at?
I have 6 working pairs and they range from $35 for a 6" from H&F (currently $29 on sale) [see B in photo] which I really like as it auto converts mm and " to 64ths of inch so good for checking imperial drill bit sizes and bolts sizes, throughout to a 12" set [See D in Photo] I use for metal work.
Recently I bought a pair of these (A and D in photo) on ebay - I like them because while it makes them a bit heavier the bodies are all metal so no plastic and therefore more robust .
The 6" were only $19
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Vernier-...0d745b4dd9d683
While the 12" (D in Photo)was only $44!
I have checked all these against a high quality and very expensive set I borrowed from work and they are all within spec.
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Thanks for this, BobL, I really appreciate it, especially with you going to all the trouble of marking up the photo. I subsequently ordered a 6" and 8"on the eBay site you provided, based on your experience with the calibration.
The photo was marked up for the testing against the units from work that I posted on the MW thread.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dengue
Testing few Mics and callipers
I bought another couple of the 150mm stainless calipers ( 'A' in the pic) today from the same site. $19 each.
The previous one was accidentally broken, but was still going strong 3 years after buying. I tested it against a calibrated test piece 3" long with NATA certificate, and it was spot on. Trouble was finding the correct ambient temperature for testing :)
The site is still going strong
Thanks for the recommendation Bob
Given my sight problem verniers have become a problem and I can't be bothered with batteries so I bought a dial caliper from ebay. I've not done an exhaustive calibration but it seems accurate. 2c..