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Which machine annoys you most?
PekkaNF:
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Calipers when measuring a round piece in the 3 jaw. Particularly digital calipers where the LCD is not correctly oriented to the light, while craning neck over tailstock to observe.
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Most of other stuff....I feel your pain. I feel your pain. But there is a cure on one ailment. Get a left hand caliper. Smallest one.
http://www.machine-dro.co.uk/digital-dial-vernier-calipers/left-handed-digital-calipers-150mm-6.html
I don't have that one, but something of same form factor.
One friend got one that has BIG numbers and it was clear, don't remember if it was backlit or the light from the tailstock side just showed numbers clearly, but even I could read it half way across the room. Had also autostart/powersave or something. Right when you moved it it woke up and fell asleep after a minute. AND it it did not loose position. Just what doctor orderdered.
Pekka
75Plus:
--- Quote from: vtsteam on March 28, 2013, 10:20:05 PM ---
Calipers when measuring a round piece in the 3 jaw. Particularly digital calipers where the LCD is not correctly oriented to the light, while craning neck over tailstock to observe.
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Grizzly has both dial and digital, left hand, calipers. I keep one of their dial calipers at my lathe for just the situation you describe.
Joe
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