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

>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.

$25-$50 or so for most of the stuff like that.

so worth it if you need it

Yeah

but not "this specialty bullshit costs 100euros per millimeter

Totally a justifiable thing, not like Mitutoyo over Chinese shit. Especially being that there isn't an alternative.

just like you never though you want template rulers

The protractor was around $26

but god damn they are handy if you ever hand plan anything on paper

same with slide/logarithmic rulers