I made these up to try and get a little better accuracy when measuring longer than my purpose built calipers could. I've already used them more than I thought I would.
albertq (Mar 28, 2024), bruce.desertrat (Mar 28, 2024), Canyonman44 (Mar 28, 2024), davesrepair (Mar 28, 2024), Eaglewood (Mar 30, 2024), Inner (Mar 28, 2024), Jon (Mar 27, 2024), mr mikey (Mar 28, 2024), Ralphxyz (Apr 3, 2024), trevor_60_r (Mar 28, 2024)
Thanks Occasional machinist! We've added your Long Calipers to our Calipers category,
as well as to your builder page: Occasional machinist's Homemade Tools. Your receipt:
New plans added on 12/16/2024: Click here for 2,633 plans for homemade tools.
Very nice craftsmanship and must be satisfying. But $14 here saves your precious time.
Canyonman44 (Mar 28, 2024), trevor_60_r (Mar 28, 2024)
Hi Occasional machinist. Very nice job that you have done there, I like the depth of measurement that you have ended up with. For measuring repetitive layout work I use these that Toeldo and others have made. See link below.
https://www.tridon.com.au/products/T...573/rule-stops
The Toeldo ones are expensive but there other ones on the internet that are cheaper.
Thank Trevor
Last edited by trevor_60_r; Mar 28, 2024 at 08:18 PM.
Yes, although they are trammels, so can't easily be used as a depth or measurement stop
Nice use, but I have verniers that can measure that far. These were intended for work up to a metre (or more) in size.
I guess these are closest to a version of that, although I probably have a wider range of rule width I can clamp.
Thanks for all the comments. Michael
$14 for you but maybe not in other countries. Shipping + customs + tax from the US can often turn a bargain into a mortgage. I just looked on Spanish Amazon and the price is 67 euros about US $70. Not all forum members are in the US although many assume that to be the case.
Last edited by tonyfoale; Apr 5, 2024 at 04:17 PM.
$14.50 on US Amazon is about €13.38.But shipping is the killer. About €26.30 (US, 1st class Parcel Post) i.e., the slow boat! I would be happy to get if for you if you want it for half the price you listed. Total about €39. Latest exchange rate here.
I think with all the high quality postings from all over the world it's fairly myoptic to assume its US content only. There is a gentleman from Spain that posts good stuff as well as others from Aus, NZ, UK, Poland, etc. :-)
But I think when one lists an Amazon price in their country they are focusing on that country without making a world-wide disclaimer. I'll be more careful in the future. Thanks.
Last edited by Saltfever; Apr 6, 2024 at 09:54 PM.
There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)
Bookmarks