On Monday 31 October 2016 10:44:33 John Kasunich wrote: > On Mon, Oct 31, 2016, at 07:28 AM, andy pugh wrote: > > My little digital caliper is playing up. It could just be a low > > battery, it has been flashing the LCD for at least a year. > > (As an aside, why do they run normally for about a week then flash > > the display for about a year?) > > Anyway, moving the slider very slowly it goes from 0.3995" straight > > to 1.200", then acts a bit random until it switches from 1,499 to a > > (correct) 0.800" > > That's why I don't own a digital caliper. Mine all have dials (except > the 36" Starrett vernier) and I've never had a dead battery in 17 > years. > > I even have a couple (one at work, one at home) 6" dual-needle dial > calipers that read in metric and inches.
Now thats getting seriously kewl John. :) But I'd also bet they weren't cheap. :( Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Developer Access Program for Intel Xeon Phi Processors Access to Intel Xeon Phi processor-based developer platforms. With one year of Intel Parallel Studio XE. Training and support from Colfax. Order your platform today. http://sdm.link/xeonphi _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
