No wonder I have trust issues!

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oxoman

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An old engineer treated digital verniers as quote electronic guessing sticks and relied on his trusty micrometer. Personally I use a proper calibrated mititoyu vernier. Near enough for an industrial sparky.
 
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Dadam

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A bit OT, but on T at the same time..It often occured to me after all my working life in engineering, maintenance and a substantial part if it in the tools...while I used vernier frequently, I never learned...or needed to use them beyond 0.5mm increments. It occasionally bugged me...but managed quite well without it.

I've worked all my career in IT, so it does seems surprising to me that someone working in engineering wouldn't use one to its fullest. We were taught about vernier scales and used vernier calipers in physics at school so I kind of took it for granted.
For me measuring stuff has just been for hobbies, but I've frequently measured down to 0.1 or smaller.
 
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