I’ve had one of these for years and thought I knew how to use it. This was so helpful in learning the ACTUAL value of this tool - the Vernier scale! Awesome! Thank you, Marc.
I'm a woodworker who mostly makes small pieces, like jewel cases, knife handles, and I just bought my first set of vernier calipers. Very nice video, clear and to the point. I'll definitely look at your watch videos too. Cheers!
And I thought I knee all I needed to know about these things. Mark, you never cease to amaze and teach me. Thank you for another great video my friend.
Saw the second hand on an old chronometer with a Vernier scale attached parallel to the second scale such that it could measure tenths of a second. Coolest application of Vernier scale I have ever seen.
Another great video, Mark! I had forgotten how to use the vernier scale, so thanks for the refresher! I have a slide rule laying around and have long forgotten how to use it. Both tools are great at teaching the importance of significant figures! Wishing you continued success in 2019!
I have been a linesmen for a cable company for about 2 years of my 14 year tenure. We use about 5 different gauge trunk coax cables. When I started I used calipers to measure the thickness of the cable to determine what size connector I needed. The vets would make fun of me for using them, but now I can tell by eye what size cable it is without having to measure. Plus the size of the cable is etched on the connector but over time it would wear away due to weathering. Sorry for the long rant.
My Pittsburgh plastic caliber are 95% identical to your Marathon ones. One of the complaints I have about my Pittsburgh digital is no rod out the end for depth measurements. I never knew about measuring off the head #3 till now. Thank you
Thanks Marc. I like Vernier calipers because you don't have to worry about breaking anything. When I was a mechanic we had to have two sets of tools, one SAE and one metric. I prefer metric.
Thanks Mark! I knew how to use it for coarse readings, I didn't know one can go down to 0,05mm!!...that's great! please keep the learning vids coming...kudos
Hey,good stuff.When I was in surveying eons ago I was taught initially how to use techniques 200 years plus old .Triangles and maths and chains and poles!!!!! Did me no harm at all.Not a laser in sight! Happy new year,Len.
@@islandwatch It works both ways,my dad was a draughtsman and mechanical engineer who taught me alot but I got into civils .Dare I say I,m jealous the other way also! To be honest my love still lies with huge civil efforts or static engineering if you like but anything mechanical still fascinates me.Cheers for the reply and respect.
Long ago I bought an inexpensive metal vernier caliper from the auto parts store, with the intention of learning when my disc rotors became too worn. Never used it for that, so it's now my watch measuring tool. No ink on the indexes makes it a squinter for sure, and the instructions were crazy obtuse. I can "see" why digital display calipers are a thing, and surely what a working mechanic uses? Thanks for spelling it out; now it's as if I gained a free tool! The other day I learned my iPhone can measure things by looking at them. Now I never leave the house.
Thanks, you just confirmed to me I do actually know how to use Calipers correctly :) So many pages don't show how to do the precision part. I didn't want to get a digital one 😅 although the plastic one I got feels a bit nasty. Pity the store didn't sell metal non digital ones
Great video. This reminds me of my 1st year if trade school. Excellent plug for the Metric system. lol. I grew up in the mid 70’s when the transition was taking place in Canada so I work “bilingually” when it comes to measuring items. Thanks for the reminder. BTW I use my digital for everything. I find the plastic ones to fragile for my needs. Lee Valley sells “throw away” callipers.
Thanks for the video. Some of the old timers at work would refer to calipers as Verniers, regardless od the scale on them. Kind of like Kleenex and tissue.
Learned something. Thank you. A question though. There is slight opening at the end of the jaw. I tried to measure a small 11mm rod. The measurements in the front of the jaw are different from pushing the rod all the way inside the jaw. What gives? Which one is the correct reading?
I learned to read Vernier scales in grade 7 shop class. None of my students today have ever taken a shop class. Schools here don't seem to offer it anymore.
Great video! Can u make a watch and learn for how to modify nato straps and neatly cut and burn it if the length is too long and also remove the shorter flap for those who like a lower profile nato strap for the watch to be sitting on it
I don't understand at aprox. 9:20 you said it was 21.85mm. It's not 21.8mm? Why did you add 0.05mm to that measurement? Do you have to add on 0.05mm to everything on the vernier scale?
Heyy Can you explain why the jaws have the knife edges and why they have a small taper on the jaws? Also some models have notches on the metal rode used to measure depth, can you explain that too?
Howzit Marc, super vid as always. Think you could get the rest of your country to switch too metric too? Mmm? You can let me know, I'll hang around here... Lucien, from Cape Town
Nicely explained!👍 But I thought you guys (USA) used imperial measurement for everything? I’m Aus so we mainly use metric🤔 (unless in the machine shop)🤪🤔 I was a refrigeration mech & our copper pipes were imperial, but plumbers use metric pipe sizes (just to confuse the issue)🤪👍 Anyway happy new year & all the best for 2019 Marc🍾🍻👍
Mark, did your dad ever say to you back when, "whaddya mean you want to quit being an engineer to go into retail?? People in retail want to be engineers, not the other way around!" (j/k) can one measure a calibre with a caliper? Seriously, I have noticed some guys pull the jaws apart and push 'em together using the jaws instead of the small adjusting knob. I wonder if yanking on the jaws that way harms the tool?
Plastic ones, doesn't matter. But the hardened steel ones run on a gear and track system, so I wouldn't yank them by the jaws. Plus, the wheel allows you to apply the correct amount of force without deforming the item you are measuring.
4:58 that does not work on all callipers. Make sure that the ends of your device are flush when closed if you are going to try that. Bumped into this site looking for a refresher. Been a while since I used mine.
Mark, it took me 58 years to learn how to fully use this instrument. I thank you very much.
Your watch and learn is a goldmine of free knowledge!
I’ve had one of these for years and thought I knew how to use it. This was so helpful in learning the ACTUAL value of this tool - the Vernier scale! Awesome! Thank you, Marc.
I've been using these exact calipers for 5 years and never knew a lot of this. thanks!
Great explanation Marc! As an engineer myself these are one of the most useful tools of the trade.
Exactly!
I'm a woodworker who mostly makes small pieces, like jewel cases, knife handles, and I just bought my first set of vernier calipers. Very nice video, clear and to the point. I'll definitely look at your watch videos too. Cheers!
Never trusted my wobbly plastic digital caliper, picked up a steel analogue one and now know how to use it 👍
And I thought I knee all I needed to know about these things. Mark, you never cease to amaze and teach me. Thank you for another great video my friend.
I learned about the 2 hidden measuring tools, and how I could be much more precise. I only knew the basics of the basics aparently. Thanks sir!
Thanks Cody. Glad you enjoyed and hopefully took something from it.
Pellucid commentary! You talked and demonstrated all the questions and doubts out of me! Many thanks!
Saw the second hand on an old chronometer with a Vernier scale attached parallel to the second scale such that it could measure tenths of a second. Coolest application of Vernier scale I have ever seen.
Very thorough video. 10 out of 10. Show me how to use this device and all of it's ins-and-outs
As an old engineering, I love this throwback lesson!
Thanks a lot, I refer to this video every time I need to pull out my analog calipers.
Another great video, Mark! I had forgotten how to use the vernier scale, so thanks for the refresher! I have a slide rule laying around and have long forgotten how to use it. Both tools are great at teaching the importance of significant figures! Wishing you continued success in 2019!
Thanks Bill. Dust them off sometime!
I have been a linesmen for a cable company for about 2 years of my 14 year tenure. We use about 5 different gauge trunk coax cables. When I started I used calipers to measure the thickness of the cable to determine what size connector I needed. The vets would make fun of me for using them, but now I can tell by eye what size cable it is without having to measure. Plus the size of the cable is etched on the connector but over time it would wear away due to weathering. Sorry for the long rant.
No worries; thanks for watching!
Great tutorial Marc ! Another plus, when you go to use them the battery is never dead. 😉
Very true!
My Pittsburgh plastic caliber are 95% identical to your Marathon ones. One of the complaints I have about my Pittsburgh digital is no rod out the end for depth measurements. I never knew about measuring off the head #3 till now. Thank you
Thanks Marc. I like Vernier calipers because you don't have to worry about breaking anything. When I was a mechanic we had to have two sets of tools, one SAE and one metric. I prefer metric.
You and me both!
I bought a plastic one from Harbor Freight to measure electric guitar bridges. This helped me UNDERSTAND what I was seeing. Thank you!
Thanks Mark! I knew how to use it for coarse readings, I didn't know one can go down to 0,05mm!!...that's great! please keep the learning vids coming...kudos
No problem!!!
Anyone else watching this for school!?
Yes
😂yes bruh
Textbook shit
Hey,good stuff.When I was in surveying eons ago I was taught initially how to use techniques 200 years plus old .Triangles and maths and chains and poles!!!!! Did me no harm at all.Not a laser in sight! Happy new year,Len.
Theodolites and transits! As a mech eng, we never learned how to use that stuff. Dare I say I'm jealous!??!
@@islandwatch It works both ways,my dad was a draughtsman and mechanical engineer who taught me alot but I got into civils .Dare I say I,m jealous the other way also! To be honest my love still lies with huge civil efforts or static engineering if you like but anything mechanical still fascinates me.Cheers for the reply and respect.
Thank you for this instructional video, mate. Well presented and narrated; cheers!
This is a very clear and helpful video! Thank you.
Just watched this. Learned something new. Love it. Thank you!
Just bought some digital ones but learnt something today. Thanks Marc.
Thanks.
Awesome.. Even my teacher back in the school days didn’t explain in a way that’s easily understood.. super and I really understood this now 👏🏼👏🏼
Thanks!
Long ago I bought an inexpensive metal vernier caliper from the auto parts store, with the intention of learning when my disc rotors became too worn. Never used it for that, so it's now my watch measuring tool. No ink on the indexes makes it a squinter for sure, and the instructions were crazy obtuse. I can "see" why digital display calipers are a thing, and surely what a working mechanic uses?
Thanks for spelling it out; now it's as if I gained a free tool!
The other day I learned my iPhone can measure things by looking at them. Now I never leave the house.
Thanks man. It's a big help to me. Greetings from the Philippines. Mabuhay!!!
Fantastic video. Simple and to the point. Happy New Year!
Thanks, same to you.
Nice educational tutorial, nice way to leave the year. Happy New Year to you and your family.
Ever cool. I actually learned something new today. I gotta get me one of them old style calipers.
Thanks, you just confirmed to me I do actually know how to use Calipers correctly :) So many pages don't show how to do the precision part. I didn't want to get a digital one 😅 although the plastic one I got feels a bit nasty. Pity the store didn't sell metal non digital ones
5:53 hahahahah "nevermind i found something" don't know why but I loved that man
Great video. This reminds me of my 1st year if trade school. Excellent plug for the Metric system. lol. I grew up in the mid 70’s when the transition was taking place in Canada so I work “bilingually” when it comes to measuring items. Thanks for the reminder. BTW I use my digital for everything. I find the plastic ones to fragile for my needs. Lee Valley sells “throw away” callipers.
Thanks for watching.
Very instructive video, Marc! ⌚️🥃😎
Thanks, Marc. Great video.
Great video and great information
Thank you for your brief and informative video
Thanks for the video. Some of the old timers at work would refer to calipers as Verniers, regardless od the scale on them. Kind of like Kleenex and tissue.
Exactly
Great video. I will be looking forward to the next watch n learn: trigonometric calculations with a slide rule!
SOH CAH TOA!
@@islandwatch Hahaha
Reminds me of using my old school slide rule. Good to know how to use tools, no matter how old.
Sure is.
Thank you. But I am new to this caliper stuff and I watched your video for the sole purpose of how to measure in inches became of my specific issue.
Interesting tutorial Marc. Thanx! 👍😁
You are welcome
Thanks, you just helped me with some college homework
Thanks tutor
Yeay for the Metric System!! I still use my Mitutoyo that my Dad gave me in High School in the 70s
Happy New Year Marc.
Thanks Bill; same to you.
This is gold! I am cl 11 and i understood so well!!
Thank you very much for sharing. Really thorough explanation. Liked and subscribed to your channel.
Thanks for that one Marc, something else i know...Thanks for posting.
Thanks for stopping by!
Awesome! this is a great food for thought. Thumbs up.
Excellent explanation!!
Mark , Great informative video Can you purchase your calipers in the UK ?
Very interesting and informative.
Thanks Marc very interesting ! HAppy new year !
Thank you sir!
WOW...thx ...I'm still learning at 66 yrs old
Learned something new.
Thanks Mark!!!
You are welcome!
Learned something. Thank you. A question though. There is slight opening at the end of the jaw. I tried to measure a small 11mm rod. The measurements in the front of the jaw are different from pushing the rod all the way inside the jaw. What gives? Which one is the correct reading?
I learned to read Vernier scales in grade 7 shop class. None of my students today have ever taken a shop class. Schools here don't seem to offer it anymore.
Honestly, I graduated engineering school in 1998; we never used verniers.
Very interesting. Happy New Year
Thanks.
Thank you sir, best simple explanation God bless.
Should i polish my seiko 5 military ‘s case? Will it cause any damages to my watch ? Pls reply!
Great video! Can u make a watch and learn for how to modify nato straps and neatly cut and burn it if the length is too long and also remove the shorter flap for those who like a lower profile nato strap for the watch to be sitting on it
Thanks for the idea; I will keep it in the bank.
Great video 😊. Thank you so much
This was awesome. Thanks Marc
You are welcome!
I wasn't aware of method three. Verniers are fun. I wish they still made radios with vernier tuning scales.
:)
I don't understand at aprox. 9:20 you said it was 21.85mm. It's not 21.8mm? Why did you add 0.05mm to that measurement? Do you have to add on 0.05mm to everything on the vernier scale?
Thanks marc! really appreciate it!! Im Qai from Singapore!
Thanks you showed new dimensions to caliber use.
I see what you did there!
Heyy
Can you explain why the jaws have the knife edges and why they have a small taper on the jaws?
Also some models have notches on the metal rode used to measure depth, can you explain that too?
Great video, thank you.
Glad you liked it!
That was really great, thank you!
Howzit Marc, super vid as always. Think you could get the rest of your country to switch too metric too? Mmm?
You can let me know, I'll hang around here...
Lucien, from Cape Town
I doubt it! They are pretty ingrained!
Great video
:O First time I watched a watch and learn where I knew everything! I know stuff! I'm smart!
LOL! A refresher then!
Gripping video Marc!
A real nail biter!
Thank you Mark.👍
Thanks very much , I got important information 😁
Really good video. Thanks. Happy New Year 2019 Marc. From Tim in London.
Thank you Tim.
what is the grove near the middle for?
Marc, where would 1.135" be on the vernier Caliper
How many millimeters does the vernier caliber indicate?
what is the notch for pn the depth pin...
Now I know how cool this tool is.
Thanks u clearly got and understood it a 100% now
Excellent.
I was waiting for you to show how the inch vernier was supposed to be used. I'm in europe and I need to measure US ammunition.
Nicely explained!👍
But I thought you guys (USA) used imperial measurement for everything?
I’m Aus so we mainly use metric🤔 (unless in the machine shop)🤪🤔
I was a refrigeration mech & our copper pipes were imperial, but plumbers use metric pipe sizes (just to confuse the issue)🤪👍
Anyway happy new year & all the best for 2019 Marc🍾🍻👍
We do. But for watches, the world uses metric for most measurements, so it just makes it easier.
Thank you!! 🤝
Elementary my dear Watson... good video
Thanks!
Thank you!
how do u determine divisions
If i dont use my watch, should i pull the crown out to stop it??? Just think of this may help the system could have break time!!
If it's a battery watch, yes.
Mark, did your dad ever say to you back when, "whaddya mean you want to quit being an engineer to go into retail?? People in retail want to be
engineers, not the other way around!" (j/k) can one measure a calibre with a caliper? Seriously, I have noticed some guys pull the jaws apart
and push 'em together using the jaws instead of the small adjusting knob. I wonder if yanking on the jaws that way harms the tool?
Plastic ones, doesn't matter. But the hardened steel ones run on a gear and track system, so I wouldn't yank them by the jaws. Plus, the wheel allows you to apply the correct amount of force without deforming the item you are measuring.
@@islandwatch THX!
thank you sir
i knew 3 of 4 ways of measuring. I have been using digital calipers but the offset kept moving so I bought old school ones as it would fk me over
You learned me something. Thanks. Lol
Thank you
4:58 that does not work on all callipers. Make sure that the ends of your device are flush when closed if you are going to try that. Bumped into this site looking for a refresher. Been a while since I used mine.
Whats the best watch around 20k ?
Whatever watch you like that makes you happy.
Very cool