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Your cart is empty.Product description Measuring range 0 to 6.25 inches Accurate to .001 inch per 6 inches Large LCD display Resolution to 0.0005 inches Solid and substantial cast base (2 inches x 1.25 inches x 4 inches) with lapped bottom Hardened stainless steel vertical beam Hardened steel scribe .25 inches wide with 2 inch reach Readout the quickly converts between inches (.001”) , and metric (.01 mm) Zero function at any depth Power saving that shuts off after 5 minutes Battery: 3 volt CR2032 with approximate life of 1 year
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Reviewed in the United States on February 17, 2025
Handy for sure
Wash Man
Reviewed in the United States on January 29, 2025
As a knife maker I need something that was quick and easy to make center lines on my blades. This works great!!
Erin E
Reviewed in the United States on September 12, 2024
Was a but skeptical at purchase more than a year ago but it keeps doing its thing and doing it well. Nice heavy base for stability.
Robert
Reviewed in Canada on December 28, 2024
Works great and solidly manufactured, but buttons are floppy
Robert Williams
Reviewed in the United States on September 16, 2023
It’s not perfect, but the accuracy is dead on. It’s not as smooth as higher end units, but it repeats well and reads exactly on gage blocks to less than 1/2 a thousandth. For the price it’s not a terrible option. The reference surface isn’t perfectly flat, but it’s close enough to not be a problem. I don’t expect hand scraped precision in this price rage so it’s fine for what it is.
KRS
Reviewed in the United States on August 3, 2020
The base on the surface gauge was slightly wobbly as was stated in one of the reviews. I was planning on polishing the base anyway...It took me about 15 minutes with a makeshift surface plate and some 400 grit sandpaper to level it out. After that, some 1000 grit to polish it up and it works very nicely. It glides on the surface plate now. I might go to some 2K grit. The reason for polishing…less wear on the granite surface place. You want the gauge base to glide instead of scrape off the material of the surface plate.I checked the gauge with my 1-2-3 block and got exactly that. 1.000”, 2.000” and 3.000” with the block around 80F. Not bad for a poor boy setup. Consider thermal expansion. At 68F, all sides were shy .001"+-. So maybe the block was ground and measured at 80F, dunno. Repeatability was good.
Mr. Ven
Reviewed in the United States on September 3, 2018
I read all of the reviews, and am convinced that many people either expect a $40 measuring tool to have the same quality as a $500+ tool, or they just like to be nay-sayers, or don’t know how to use it. This is a fine height gauge for $40. I am totally pleased. Of course it needed some calibration (it was not square to the base) but by loosening a set screw and using an engineers square on a surface plate the problem was quickly solved. Regarding the flatness of the base, mine was fine. If there is anything lacking, I would say that it takes some patience to set the gauge to a specific height since it doesn’t have a good micro adjustment feature. Just as you would set a caliper for manual scribing, the same process is required with this tool. No big deal. Learn how to do it, practice, and you won’t be frustrated. I would recommend this product to anyone who, like myself, has a home machine shop working to reasonable tolerances. I don’t plan on making parts to a +/- 0.0001” tolerance since my lathe and mill are not capable of doing so. I do, however, expect to make parts that are within +/- 0.001” and this height gauge is sufficient for that task.
Greg copeland
Reviewed in the United States on July 27, 2017
Not bad for the price. I had an issue with the base as well and flattened/deburred with 400 grit (simple fix)Another issue is that the thumb screw is not usable out of the box (the holder extends beyond the edge of the thumb screw).I may be able to file the holder but have not tried it (not as simple but ...)
SLOWEB
Reviewed in the United States on March 10, 2017
Caliper portion is solid, smooth and has a good feel. Unfortunately, the base is not flat and it wobbles on an inspection plate. Way off, not even close. Makes it 100% unusable. i will be sending it back. Too bad . . . . .
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