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Electronic Calipers....

gesshotsgesshots Member Posts: 15,678 ✭✭✭✭
edited October 2012 in General Discussion
Frankford Arsenal Electronic Caliper 6" Stainless Steel

12.99 at Midway

Wouldn't trust it on anything that requires Starrett quality precision.
For a tool box/shooting range knock around, it looks to be a good deal. [;)]
It's being willing. I found out early that most men, regardless of cause or need, aren't willing. They blink an eye or draw a breath before they pull the trigger. I won't. ~ J.B. Books
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  • CheechakoCheechako Member Posts: 563 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I have 3 of them. I've been using mine for years. They are very dependable and accurate. I'm not sure exactly what "Starrett Quality Precision" is or where you'd need it. Like everyone else, many of the Starett products are now made overseas.
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  • JustCJustC Member Posts: 16,056 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    the plane jain RCBS dial calipers have always been spot on for me,..until they were stolen during renovation[:(!] But Dennis sent me a pair to use since then, and they are just as good.
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  • gesshotsgesshots Member Posts: 15,678 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Cheechako
    I have 3 of them. I've been using mine for years. They are very dependable and accurate. I'm not sure exactly what "Starrett Quality Precision" is or where you'd need it. Like everyone else, many of the Starett products are now made overseas.


    Remember I'm old. All of my Starrett tools are 30+ years old.

    During my days in the machine shop, Starrett was the benchmark by which all other precsion tool were judged.
    Maybe you never had to hold a four decimal place tolerance.
    [;)]
    It's being willing. I found out early that most men, regardless of cause or need, aren't willing. They blink an eye or draw a breath before they pull the trigger. I won't. ~ J.B. Books
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  • 4627046270 Member Posts: 12,627
    edited November -1
    I use my for anything I need accurate. I keep it in its cass
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  • gruntledgruntled Member Posts: 8,218 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I still have my fifty year old Vernier calipers. They are as good as new but my eyes are not. I bought a digital one at Harbor Freight & it is shocking how much CHEAPER it is than what I'd paid in 1961.
    I paid almost fourty dollars in 1961 & that was most of a week's takehome pay. The same for micrometers. I bought a set of micrometers in a nice wooden box for about what I'd paid for one micrometer in 1961.
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  • 4627046270 Member Posts: 12,627
    edited November -1
    The main reason I like my digital, the display is large
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  • 4627046270 Member Posts: 12,627
    edited November -1
    The main reason I like my digital, the display is large
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  • gruntledgruntled Member Posts: 8,218 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    It is also apparently repeatable.
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  • guntech59guntech59 Member Posts: 23,188 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by gruntled
    It is also apparently repeatable.
    [:D]
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  • tapwatertapwater Member Posts: 10,335 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    ..I use a Starrett model 721 digital. The display is big enough for my old eyes. Made in the U.S.A. Verniers and even dials are hard for me to read. It was a gift, so I don't know what it cost. My scale is a Cabela's, made in Asia. It is very repeatable. No complaints at all.
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  • iceracerxiceracerx Member Posts: 8,860 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by gesshots
    quote:Originally posted by Cheechako
    I have 3 of them. I've been using mine for years. They are very dependable and accurate. I'm not sure exactly what "Starrett Quality Precision" is or where you'd need it. Like everyone else, many of the Starett products are now made overseas.


    Remember I'm old. All of my Starrett tools are 30+ years old.

    During my days in the machine shop, Starrett was the benchmark by which all other precsion tool were judged.
    Maybe you never had to hold a four decimal place tolerance.
    [;)]


    YES, I have and I sure didn't use ANY calipers to do it. A Micrometer maybe, but NEVER calipers.

    As far as the Frankfort versions go, you get what you pay for. And they aren't accurate or repeatable to the thousandth, let alone a tenth of a thou.
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