How to Use and Read a Dial Caliper

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A quick tutorial on how to zero, read, and use a dial caliper.
00:05 Benefits of a Dial Caliper
00:25 Uses of a Dial Caliper
01:46 How to Zero a Dial Caliper
03:04 How to Read a Dial Caliper

[@Avram42]

Seems to me the design would benefit by not bothering to include numerical marks for tenths of an inch and requiring you to count the number of exposed graduations in the exact same way you have to count between .010" and .020" to find .01x". This is also (I believe) how most if not all metric dial calipers would be set-up (not being a metric snob, I swap between both).

[@NathanNagele]

Metric wins in almost every way. The tenths need to be there for a quick reference. If they were not, you’d have to count the dial every time it went around. For something like 1.1 that’s easy, but 1.8 it would be super annoying for and introduce a lot of error.

[@carlosbanegas7561]

thank you!

[@NathanNagele]

You are most welcome!