Looking for a good micrometer of dial caliper for measuring the thickness of various washers amongst other things. I would prefer a digital one if I can get a decent one for around $70.00.

I saw one at Sears that looked pretty nice but would like to here suggestions from people who have used some various brands.

Thanks

 

I got one from Harbor Freight. It's been very good to me.

 

check enco.com make sure you get one that measures .0001 of an inch

 

i personally like mitutoyo stuff... i also use some starret stuff as well... mitutoyo u can never go wrong with though... ur best bet... http://www.ebay.com

 

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I am always hesitant ot buy cheap tools from Harbor Freight because their stuff seems to be hit and miss as far as quality. I have heard very good things about some of their stuff though.

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You must mean use-enco.com? The other place is an audio performance site of some sort?

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by bigTom &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i personally like mitutoyo stuff... i also use some starret stuff as well... mitutoyo u can never go wrong with though... ur best bet... http://www.ebay.com</TD></TR></TABLE>

I saw some Starret stuff on ebay. I will check places around town first because I like to see these types of things in person before I buy, maybe I am just weird like that.

 

I have been through a few digital calipers. Most of the the Taiwan ones are just fine and are precise enough for most projects. I currently use this one.


Having the extra 2" of length really helps. The display goes to thousanths of an inch and hundreths of a millimeter, and I have not managed to break it over 6 months of hard use.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by beepy &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I have been through a few digital calipers. Most of the the Taiwan ones are just fine and are precise enough for most projects. I currently use this one.


Having the extra 2" of length really helps. The display goes to thousanths of an inch and hundreths of a millimeter, and I have not managed to break it over 6 months of hard use.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Good price and an impecable user rating as well.

 

I like my Mitutoyo 500-196-20 6" Digital Caliper the best. Had it about 9 years and going as strong and accurate as the day it was new. I paid a little over 110 bucks for it, I saw it somewhere for the mid 80's lately. You won't be disappointed.

 

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I am always hesitant ot buy cheap tools from Harbor Freight because their stuff seems to be hit and miss as far as quality. I have heard very good things about some of their stuff though. </TD></TR></TABLE>

I have the harbor freight one, and its great. Quality is excellent, and I have seen other places sell the same one for $50 to $70 bucks.

I have test its accuracy and its pretty accurate.

 

I prefer Mitutoyo but there is a seller on ebay that seems to have some pretty nice stuff also his id is 800watt I have purchased several different items and have found them to be good. The accuracy of many of the inexpensive digital calipers is very good for the ones ive tested.

 

another couple of places to look would be mcmaster-carr, or MSC direct

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by beepy &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I have been through a few digital calipers. Most of the the Taiwan ones are just fine and are precise enough for most projects. I currently use this one.


Having the extra 2" of length really helps. The display goes to thousanths of an inch and hundreths of a millimeter, and I have not managed to break it over 6 months of hard use.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Thats the one that I use! (very close) works for me.. however, if i was to buy another one it would be a mitutoyo - my metrology teacher never did shut up about mitutoyo products.

the chepo ones work just fine.. but from what i've seen they do not take the abuse that the more expensive ones take (i've seen one go dead from getting a little bit of cutting fluid on it).. plus they do not have a feature to turn them OFF if they are not used for a while!!! it's so annoying when you have to replace the battery because you left it on for a week.

 

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I have the harbor freight one, and its great. Quality is excellent, and I have seen other places sell the same one for $50 to $70 bucks.

I have test its accuracy and its pretty accurate.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Thanks, I'm going to check them out tomorrow unless they are closed for the holiday.

 

Yea i have another vote for the harbor freight one It's a great unit for a non-industrial user. I find myself using mine all the time now.

And when i was building my engine i'd use it to check piston-to-wall clearance (double checked with a micrometer) and it was juast as accuarate as the micrometer

 

I ended up getting one quite similar to this:



http://www.generaltools.com/pr...nid=3

Same brand but different model. Seems to be working fine but I don't have anything to test its accuracy, any ideas?

Thanks

 

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ditto 19.99 when its on sale

 

I have 3 HF ones.
The one time I checked for accuracy it was dead on. All 3 of them ( different lengths)

The one thing that is important to me is repeatability. And it has that. I can measure the same bolt 3 times and get the same numbers. Thats what I need more than knowing something sis .000000002 off