Mic vs. Caliper

[FirTree@aol.com]

>Is there a major difference between a micrometer and a dial caliper?  It
>seems that calipers could fit into places often times where a micrometer
>couldn't.  In addition, when one is not measuring the outside diameter of
>strings, a caliper could be used to measure inside dimensions of. . .
>whatever.

I'm too cheap to just up and buy the battery powered digital caliper, but the
inexpensive plastic ones with a dial work great for measurements critical to
0.01", and cost $10 to $15 US. A micrometer is still my tool of choice for
measurements finer than that. I found a digital micrometer at a pawn shop for
thirty bucks, and I'm still waiting for that bargain caliper.

David Stocker
firtree@aol.com
Tumwater, WA


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