question for the machinests

[snypr]

What brand of calipers are you guys using? any thoughts on Mitutoyo? I had a paid of digital Staretts go bad recently and am looking for another set.

 

[lasersbee]

I use non-digital MATUI calipers....like the big boys do...

Jerry

 

[snypr]

I use non-digital MATUI calipers....like the big boys do...

Jerry

so digi=bad? why prefer dial or digits?

 

[mbessey]

I haven't bought calipers in a good while, but Mitutoyo was the brand we used/recommended in the shop I worked in. The digital calipers are easier to read/use, but the dial calipers are more likely to be working when you pull them out of a toolbox after sitting for a year

 

[snypr]

^yes, good point. Maybe I should get both...

 

[HIMNL9]

Only "BORLETTI" mechanical calipers, here ..... the ones with 1/20 mm divisions round quadrant (but i'm not a machinist, if this count something )

 

[TTerbo]

i use " KINCROME" digital vernia calipers

 

[bobhaha]

i use " KINCROME" gigital vernia calipers

I don't think they sell the gigital versions anymore :crackup:

Plus those are crap! This is for use with high precision jobs... a $95 caliper does not come close to a >$1000 Mitutoyo. BTW OP my father uses the 450mm Mitutoyo Digital Caliper for work. They are awesome!

 

[TTerbo]

-_-


They get the job done....thats what my pop uses when he makes my heatsinks and when he machines his work jobs....

 

[Flaminpyro]

I use the cheap digital HF CEN-TEC brand, the Mitutoyo are very good but for there price I can get three of these and since we arn't working on space ships or rockets here the $29.00 CEN-TEC's do a fine job with a toll of +/-.0005", I have two of them !

 

[Pontiacg5]

I use brown and Sharpe calipers and Mitutoyo micrometers, the digital ones crap out way too fast in most professional situations. There are probably 7 or 8 dead digital sets around here.