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Fellow makers and machinists will understand me right away. One of the most frustrating things in the workshop is having no ...

When it comes to woodworking, or any kind of construction, the golden rule is “measure twice, cut once.” The fool’s rule is the inverse, “measure once, cut twice.” When you sit down to do your ...

An electronic digital caliper is made to record the measurements to a computer with the use of RS232 interface. The design of the device can work not only with inexpensive calipers but also with ...

The project utilizes a cheap digital caliper and a microcontroller kit to create the digital read out that uses the information from the calipers to display the current position of the cutting toll on ...

I'm thinking about picking up a couple digital calipers to make a 2 or 3 axis digital readout but it seems they've changed the design - I've got a little older one with the battery port that opens ...

There’s no doubt that cheap digital calipers are useful, especially when designing 3D-printed parts. Unfortunately, cheap digital calipers are also cheap, and tend to burn through batteries quickly.