A caution about digital measurements as made by the digital caliper in the video. If you work in metric you will have to do your calculations, but in the inch system the usual digital caliper indicates to .0005" as the last displayed digit. Note that the last digit is zero or five, there are no intermediate digits. This means that the caliper cannot resolve a given dimension any closer than +/-.00025 inches. Know the limitations of any measuring tools you use. 99.9% of the time there won't be a problem, but be able to recognize situations where some other method of measurement is needed.
Thanks for sharing Alan. I have an old set of imperial slip gauges. Such a useful tool in the workshop. Cheers Nobby
Interesting from a novice thanks for the practical explanation 👍
A caution about digital measurements as made by the digital caliper in the video. If you work in metric you will have to do your calculations, but in the inch system the usual digital caliper indicates to .0005" as the last displayed digit. Note that the last digit is zero or five, there are no intermediate digits. This means that the caliper cannot resolve a given dimension any closer than +/-.00025 inches.
Know the limitations of any measuring tools you use. 99.9% of the time there won't be a problem, but be able to recognize situations where some other method of measurement is needed.
Thanks very much for this informative video Alan. I am about to purchase a set of slip gauges and this is most helpful.