08-18-2013, 07:29 AM
Lads....
I personally am not a fan on electronic digital tooling, not because of accuracy issues but more that they flicker!, i find when i am trying to land a size or measure a size the flicker takes away my concentration, it also introduces an element of doubt.
I do not own a digital height gage but i would buy one just for the zero feature it has, that in my mind is its most redeeming value.
As to using a Vernier scale i always slide over to a table where i have a magnifying glass set up, this way i can concentrate where all the little lines fall on the scale.
There is one type of digital readout out i like but they are not all that common, I have a micrometer that has a set of wheels with numbers on them and it runs round to show the size, much like an old car odometer, it even shows 1/2 thou, beacuse the number shown is halfway to sowing full, its interesting as to when i see the number between its value i count that as a reading but when my electronic digital vernier flickers between the size i discount it as a flaw.
Enjoy your purchase sir.
Anthony.....
I personally am not a fan on electronic digital tooling, not because of accuracy issues but more that they flicker!, i find when i am trying to land a size or measure a size the flicker takes away my concentration, it also introduces an element of doubt.
I do not own a digital height gage but i would buy one just for the zero feature it has, that in my mind is its most redeeming value.
As to using a Vernier scale i always slide over to a table where i have a magnifying glass set up, this way i can concentrate where all the little lines fall on the scale.
There is one type of digital readout out i like but they are not all that common, I have a micrometer that has a set of wheels with numbers on them and it runs round to show the size, much like an old car odometer, it even shows 1/2 thou, beacuse the number shown is halfway to sowing full, its interesting as to when i see the number between its value i count that as a reading but when my electronic digital vernier flickers between the size i discount it as a flaw.
Enjoy your purchase sir.
Anthony.....
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