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  1. May 27, 2023, 01:56 PM #1
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    Extra large vernier caliper - GIF

    Extra large vernier caliper.




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    Given its size and bare-handed use in what looks to be a not well controlled temperature environment, the vernier probably only has to read to the nearest millimeter.

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    However large it was, it wasn't big enough, going by the bit dangling!
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    Looks to be a little too large for my tool box!!



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