MadModder
The Shop => Tools => Topic started by: chuck foster on December 07, 2009, 08:13:47 PM
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while looking around on ebay i decided to buy a digital micrometer, this is what i got.
(http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc274/aermotor8/IMG_5403.jpg)
i know it is far more accurate than me or my old south bend will ever be but what i like about it is i can read it with out any problems.
my eyes ain't what they used to be :(
so any of you guys that have a hard time reading a regular mike, might want to try a digital mike............you won't be sorry.
in the end i just felt that what the hay................i'm worth it :)
chuck
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That is one nice mic. Good snag there.
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Yes, I am getting older too and my eyes are not what they used to be. I can't do much of anything of a fine or detailed nature around the shop without my "eyes" - an optivisor with 5 diopeter lenses plus and extra 2x flip down magnifier on one lens when a closer look is needed. They hang near the door on my way in to the shop and they are the first I grab when entering and the last thing put away when I done.
As for micrometers, my "eyes" help me see them without much problem but I do have a Starrett 216 with a mechanical digital readout which is a pure joy to use over the ones I have with such a readout. I have long coveted one of the digital readout mic's - new prices are bit daunting and I hesitate to purchase something like that used, even the good brand names - always worried about the electronics going south having nothing but a mechanical mic left behind.
cheers, Graham in Ottawa Canada.
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Heh. I was poking around on eBay this very evening looking at digital mics. I too am having difficulty reading the scales on a standard mic.. The mechanical digital mics are cheap enough used too!
Nice snag indeed. Those Mitus are nice 'toys'! :thumbup: