yeah, I've said a few times that I go to uni of leeds @Tervy

:P i know

@Sapharanth we do have a fancy 3d printer somewhere in my electronics building, so maybe

especially as the school is focused on medical research for electronics/mechatronics

but yeah who knew that random chink micrometers were actualy calibrated properly straight out of box... i didnt until i dropped one to measurement lab

and the prof. who works there was wondering how the fuck it can be that accurate when its so cheap

(funnily enough it also took way more force to misalign/get out of calibration than <brand model here>)

got a link to that?

sadly nope

<gearbest>

I need some fairly accurate tools for my next robot

so by now they can be anything and i dont want to take the blame when your measurements are shit)

but those chink calibration pieces are usualy legit stuff

so id look into them if you need your shit calibrated

Nothing about micrometers is overly out there, and they've been around forever. Usually where it gets shitty is how smooth they feel, how well they wear, and if they're digital, how quickly they drain batteries.

or at least know the offset

also apparently gearbest does not even have the model anymore

Know good calibration weights?

MG scale stuff.

I heard yo mama is exactly 1 tonne @timsandtoms

@timsandtoms yeah true but you never expect the 20 dollar stuff have same accuracy on day after day testing as valid mitus or other model

Yeah

AvE did a vid on real Mitutoyos vs knockoffs

Drain on the fakes was nutty, and they drifted when low on battery, with no warning of when that was.

But otherwise worked nice.

I'm just working with cheapo Harbor Freight ones whenever I use them.

yeah my toy was mechanical so no draining problems on it

couldn't you just make your own battery indicator though tom?

but i guess everyone prefers digital*these days (and i dont blame them)

@Semi Truck mc Clusterfuck For that much time and effort I'd prefer just buying legit Mitutoyos

fair enough

Now Incra, that's what I want to see knockoffs of.

https://www.rockler.com/media/catalog/product/cache/e48bc02676090cdee0f5e795d38346da/3/6/36005-01-1000.jpg

"silly guy you are supposed to use the sides..."

*loud bitchslap echoes around the hallways*

what is special about these scales

they're cute

and the inruler holes for the lead

so you can make sure your line does not sway

but aint incras cheap on ebay ?

Yup, every 1/64th of an inch, or 1/4 of a mm