Digital calipers reconditions

[grandad of the woods]

Soo my calipers are throwing a fit and keep jumping and having to measure like 3 times to try and get a decent measurement so after some new ones

Don't wanna pay silly amounts cos money's tight but what can people recommend

 

[7-08Ai]

Can’t see past Mitutoyo

 

[grandad of the woods]

Can’t see past Mitutoyo

Can't afford mitutoyo hahahah

 

[Mr Tree]

Thats what I thought, after 3 cheap pairs went wrong I never looked back.

 

[75]

Mitutoyo. Buy once, cry once.

 

[Tim.243]

Soo my calipers are throwing a fit and keep jumping and having to measure like 3 times to try and get a decent measurement so after some new ones

Don't wanna pay silly amounts cos money's tight but what can people recommend

Dry them on the rad (not cook them) make sure the other side is dry and clean then a fresh battery.
other way is a Vernier scale type with no battery's
All my 12 micrometres don't have a battery or my rulers or tapes

 

[bullet chucker]

Aldi on line should get you a caliper to do the job.

BC.

 

[B&W FOX]

I've got a set of Mitutoyo and a set of cheap digital one's from fleabay.
With work our tools we're constantly checked for calibration and the guy that carried out calibration was amazed that my cheap set stayed in tolerance as well as my Mitutoyo.

The reason for me going down this route was to have the cheap pair at home for my reloading and Mits. at work where they were used daily.

 

[Dave_45]

M-sure are quite good and won’t break the bank.

However mituyoto are truly the best.

 

[Will the chippy]

Manual old school mitutoyo vernier gauge or the dial version. Tried various digital, the battery was always flat when I wanted to use them. Never bought digital mitutoyo tho.

 

[Dickie]

I lucked in recently with 3 mitutayo verniers, imperial dial, digital and straight verier for £20 a lady was selling some of her departed dads tools that were taking space in her garage and she wanted them gone.

 

[Jamsie]

Soo my calipers are throwing a fit and keep jumping and having to measure like 3 times to try and get a decent measurement so after some new ones

Don't wanna pay silly amounts cos money's tight but what can people recommend

Have you tried changing the battery? When my calipers start throwing eroneous readings or jumping around, a new battery sorts it out.

Jamsie

 

[Cyres]

Lidl have 2x pairs. More than adequate for general reloading roles. They have 3 yr warranty.
D

 

[Steff]

Manual old school mitutoyo vernier gauge or the dial version. Tried various digital, the battery was always flat when I wanted to use them. Never bought digital mitutoyo tho.

Always dial calipers for me. No faffing around with batteries and you get a visual impression of what you are measuring. The only caveat is, you need two of them, one for inches and one for cm's.

 

[cjm1066]

Brought a Draper set 20 years ago, friend tested them at work and they were accurate.

 

[Klenchblaize]

£10 from Lidl:

K

 

[grandad of the woods]

Cheers chaps I'll have a go as some.of the cheaper suggestions first see how it goes

 

[paulst]

I've got a set of Mitutoyo and a set of cheap digital one's from fleabay.
With work our tools we're constantly checked for calibration and the guy that carried out calibration was amazed that my cheap set stayed in tolerance as well as my Mitutoyo.

The reason for me going down this route was to have the cheap pair at home for my reloading and Mits. at work where they were used daily.View attachment 398013

I would agree with this, done the same think myself.

 

[Donkey Basher]

Bought Mitutoyo 26 years ago & never needed anything else.

 

[mealiejimmy]

Soo my calipers are throwing a fit and keep jumping and having to measure like 3 times to try and get a decent measurement so after some new ones

Don't wanna pay silly amounts cos money's tight but what can people recommend

Buy a pair of Mitutoyos and there's a very good chance you'll die before them
Buy a set of cheapos and there's a very good chance they'll die long before you


Cheers

Bruce