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Thread #159026 Message #3765665
Posted By: Will Fly
15-Jan-16 - 03:53 AM
Thread Name: Tech: Digital Caliper
Subject: RE: Tech: Digital Caliper
I have two old but very well made mechanical micrometers, and they're very accurate - but I take the point about reading the gauges.
Here's a tip you might like to consider if you wear glasses:
Buy a watchmaker's clip-on loupe, as in:
Clip-on loupe
attach it to your specs frame and read the mechanical micrometer in high magnification! I use one of these for tinkering with mechanical watch movements.
If you don't have specs, even simpler: buy a pair of magnifying reading glasses from Boots or similar - quite cheap - and magnify the micrometer that way.