Caliper and Micrometer?

[Mscircle1]

Looking for a set or indivdual Calipers and Micrometers that wont kill the pocket book.

Also looking to be digital.

 

[jrlp]

Starrett and mitutoyo seem to be leading the pack right now. Enco has a few imports that are 'good enough' for most things. I have both for sale in my thread in my signature.

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[bsaint]

Mitutoyo and Brown and Sharpe will work fine. I wouldn't get digital mics. I would get digi calipers.

To be honest none of my customers use Starrett anymore. They all use Brown and Sharpe and Mitutoyo esp since grainger sells the full line of Mitutoyo

 

[Harvey Melvin Richards]

I purchased a 6" caliper and 1" mic digital Mitutoyo set on eBay for $105. They were sold as used, but the mic was untouched and the caliper was like new. Bargains are out there if you keep your eyes open.

 

[dandan111]

Get the mitutoyo. Great calipers.

 

[Davefr]

Looking for a set or indivdual Calipers and Micrometers that wont kill the pocket book.

Also looking to be digital.

If you really need digital get Mitutoyo. (Starrett digital is garbage. Electronics is NOT Starrett's strength!!)

However you might want to consider vernier. No batteries to go dead or flakey electronics. The best part is you can buy very high quality vernier measurement tools on Ebay for pennies on the dollar.

For mechanical I would consider Starrett.

Go to Long Island Indicator's website for excellent info on measurement tools.

 

[Stuart in MN]

Enco tools sells a variety of micrometers and calipers, all the way from inexpensive imports to high quality (Brown and Sharp, Mitutoyo, Starrett.) They usually have pretty good prices. http://www.use-enco.com/

 

[franzdom]

As others said, digital is great for calipers, but it's kind of a problem with micrometers. Machinists and inspectors very often prefer vernier micrometers. One of the main advantages of digital is ease of conversion from one system to another, and so that's why it is nice to have digital calipers, but for really accurate things, one reason among many to have a manual micrometer is that you have already done your conversion or only use one type of measuring system in a given shop, usually to match your machinery, and they are more reliable than digital micrometers.

 

[gjc]

imho,

Scherr-Tumico

http://toolcatalog.stindustries.com/

Brown & Sharpe

http://brownandsharpe.com/products/precision-hand-tools

Starrett

http://www.starrett.com/metrology/metrology-products/precision-measuring-tools

 

[rodm1]

I'm kind of old school and like the way the old style calipers feel and look. I've recently found PEC Tools sells old style Mitutoyo calipers. I assume the quality is there do to being quit happy with there tool I have.

http://www.productsengineering.com/calipers/index.html

 

[SCAN MG]

http://www.fowlercanada.com

special prices for GJ Members.

 

[pugs]

I own a machine shop and use digital water resistant calipers from brown and sharp, been the goto caliper for about 8 years now still work great. I have some of the cheaper imports as well setup with attachments for special measurments, they work but the smaller batteries die fairly fast. The 2032 (IIRC) bat in the B&S lasts a long time. Plus the cheap ones don't like to be splashed with coolant, don't ask how I know

I have a digital mitutoyo mic I use once in awhile but it uses the smaller SR44 batteries and they always seem to be dead, prefer non digital mics and have both mitutoyo and starret

 

[SCAN MG]

Agreed, Lithium batteries do last way longer.

fowlercanada.com

 

[Jim Johnstone]

http://www.fowlercanada.com

special prices for GJ Members.

I'll remember that, I am a tool and die making apprentice, as well as setting up a home machine shop, and on top of that I live right smack in Brantford and even dropped a resume off at Fowler when I was out of work.