Manufacturer: Highland Woodworking
Rating: 
(8 reviews)
| List Price: Offer Price: $29.99 |
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Features:
- Calibrated in 64ths of an inch
- Exceptionally easy to read
- Ideal for woodworkers
Product Description
This fine machinist-quality 6″ caliper may well become your personal “ultimate measuring tool”. We call it a woodworker’s caliper because it is calibrated in 64ths of an inch, with major divisions marked in the terms you’re most familiar with: 1/16, 1/8, 3/16, 1/4 and so on around the dial. The face is large (1-3/8″ dia.) and exceptionally easy to read; dimensions as small as 1/128″ are visible at a glance. The inner scale reads in hundredths of an inch, which is useful for machine work and serves as a handy conversion table as well.
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5 Comments
My order arrrived quickly and perfect condition. This has proven to be one of the tools I keep closely at hand. It allows me to use the table saw, drillpress, and planer with confidence.
I purchesed this, because the marks on my steel rules are getting harder to see every year. This tool makes it easy to measure with more accuracy than a steel rule, and the dial is easier to see and read.
I thought this would be a useful tool, but it is collecting dust in the bottom of my toolbox. I have 3 digital calipers, one with a resolution to half a thousandth of an inch. Most digital calipers measure to 1 thou.
1/128 of an inch is about 8 thou, though the inner scale is 1 ten thou. Not close enough for tight fitting joints. At least not in my book. My router table, planer, jointer and table saw fence all have digital readouts on them. My router table fence has a dial indicator with a “normal” thousandths scale. I guess it all depends on your mindset. I find it much simpler to do the math with decimals (whole numbers with a digit in them) than with fractions.
3/4 minus 1/64 or .75 minus .0156. You don’t need a Construction Master calculator to do the second example. Though I can do both examples in my head, I still want to be closer than 8 thou in accuracy. The quality of this tool is fine and is good for the occasional woodworker. Build your next project with quality in mind. Make your joints perfect, not close, cause people will inspect your work.
As a woodworker I find this tool very handy. The dial is easy to see,The tool small,easy to carry and accurate. I use it several times a day.
If you are working boards on the planer and want to get it right, this tool is a must.
I ordered the tool frieght and tax free, and at a good price. What more can you ask for?
I compared the precision with a digital caliper (also Chinese) that I own with only decimal digits display and I found that for a woodworker that works with fractions, is more than enough.