Message from @timsandtoms
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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.
"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
>using inches in 2019
For woodworking in the US? Yeah, I'm not gonna make tooling that much of a pain.
@Tervy Not really. About Amazon prices. All the Incra stuff is reasonable, but it could be cheap.