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andyf:
Dave and David,
There's no vernier caliper in the kitchen cupboard where the collet was, I'm sorry to say.
For once, I've managed to herd together all four of my digiverns, and replaced batteries where needed. Three still work in the sense that the display comes on, though they all give slightly different measurements on a test piece. I suppose that might be due to their being selected from among the cheap fruit and veg at Aldi and Lidl.
Andy
AdeV:
--- Quote from: andyf on December 18, 2012, 01:31:38 PM ---Dave and David,
There's no vernier caliper in the kitchen cupboard where the collet was, I'm sorry to say.
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Have you checked behind the cornflakes? It's amazing what you can lose behind a packet of cornflakes.
--- Quote from: andyf on December 18, 2012, 01:31:38 PM ---
For once, I've managed to herd together all four of my digiverns, and replaced batteries where needed. Three still work in the sense that the display comes on, though they all give slightly different measurements on a test piece. I suppose that might be due to their being selected from among the cheap fruit and veg at Aldi and Lidl.
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In future, may I recommend your test pieces be selected from something slightly firmer than Lidl's fruit & veg rack. Perhaps a 2-day old Tesco loaf of bread, they're pretty hard.
DavidA:
I've fit a new battery in my digi-Vernier, but I don't really like it. I prefer the (missing) mechanical one.
However, I have decided that the 'stealth' method of finding the missing instrument is probably the best.
To use this method one simply assumes it is lost forever, and hope that, because you aren't thinking about it, the vernier will think you have forgotten it, and it will re-appear in the obvious place you left it.
Works for me.
Dave.
p.s. Checked behind the cornflakes; not there.
mattinker:
I use the "stealth" method a lot, the only problem is that it sometimes takes years for the missing object to realise that your not looking for it!
Regards, Matthew
andyf:
--- Quote from: AdeV on December 18, 2012, 01:56:09 PM ---
In future, may I recommend your test pieces be selected from something slightly firmer than Lidl's fruit & veg rack. Perhaps a 2-day old Tesco loaf of bread, they're pretty hard.
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:lol: :lol:
Actually, I tested them against a salami, the diameter of which has been standardised by Eurocrats at 25.00mm so their wives don't make invidious comparisons.
ndy
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