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11-14-2008, 06:17 AM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Monroe, NC
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|  Thought ya'll might want to see this. |
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11-14-2008, 12:25 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Wayne county. PA
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nice price, but ya might get what ya pay for here...........bob .... |
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11-14-2008, 12:28 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: in a box
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I might have to swing by HF I have an older set of their calipers and have been happy so far with them.
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11-14-2008, 01:12 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Monroe, NC
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I wish we had a Harbor Freight around here. I'm out in the boonies as far as luxuries in store choice.  We just got a Wal-Mart about 4 years ago. Justin |
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11-14-2008, 06:11 PM
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| On the lookout for Rocks   Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Monroe, Louisiana
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I have been using one for a year now. It works great
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11-15-2008, 10:21 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: May 2005 Location: Bakersfield
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My store had it priced at 16.99. SO I printed out the page you linked above and took it to them. Without question they matched it. Funny thing is I was looking at my friends the other day thinking to myself, I should get one.  |
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11-15-2008, 11:33 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Not here
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This is a perfect example of you get what you pay for. Look, do yourself a favor and pass on this junk. Because it's junk. |
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11-16-2008, 12:16 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: May 2005 Location: Bakersfield
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I have always found that some HF tools are fine for the hobbyist that plans on using the item occasionally. If it's something that you need 100% accuracy 100% of the time, quality is the only way to go. But for the few times I will use this, it will be perfect.
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11-16-2008, 12:21 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Not here
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Ok.......................
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11-16-2008, 03:13 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Ontario, Canada
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It says it accurate to half a thou. Even if its only accurate to 5 thou thats good enough for hobby use. I have a similar cheap 12" that I compared to my friends Mitutoyo and it was always within .0015". Not fantastic but good enough for my use.
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12-03-2008, 08:54 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Lawton
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Ive got one of the regular dial calipers and it works fine for me...I got it for getting student of the month in manufacturing in highschool...free of charge... |
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12-03-2008, 09:21 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: hercules
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i have this exact one. i got it from my LHS for 15$. they are alright but it has its moments when its completely off, and these are not precise when you measure things like bearings, shims, and other small stuff. the battery dies verry quick also.. HF is a good store but i wouldnt recommend this one if you are measuring very small items. you get what you pay for.
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12-03-2008, 11:08 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: On the Snap on truck
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12-13-2008, 12:31 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Sumter
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shoot...i love mine...no problems yet
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12-14-2008, 05:34 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: monson
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I bought a pair of these over a year ago, because they were so cheap.. and so far they have been as reliable as my $90 mitutoyo calipers at work. Maybe its a case of hit or miss but mine have done what I needed. Also, while they might claim accuracy of .0005 what they mean is display resolution of .0005. As a general rule I don't depend on readings from calipers smaller than .001-.002. If you need a more accurate measurement than a thou get a set of micrometers. my 2¢ |
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12-14-2008, 06:13 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Ontario, Canada
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Mine had some issues today. It would display 0.750" as 0.73x". It was really cold in the shop so they might be affected by that.
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12-14-2008, 10:05 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Portland
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I bought one and the first measurement was off, so I bought some mitutoyos through my dads work. $110 but well worth it!
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12-14-2008, 10:53 PM
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| Suck it up!   Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Arkansas
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About a year ago I bought that exact one from my Matco dealer ('cept mine says "Matco" on it. Paid $25 for it on sale. Been very reliable, though it did go through that first battery pretty quickly. Plus its got some type of cable port on it. Never did try to find out what it was for...
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12-14-2008, 11:13 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: So.Orange County
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Had mine for 9 months now, not a single issue with it. I do buy alot of smaller tools from HF they are cheap, but its like bachelor pad furniture, you can always replace it at the next garage sale!
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12-14-2008, 11:31 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: fairfield
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mine stays in my tool box and goes everywhere with me. the only time it acts up is when the battery is low but i think thats pretty normal for anything that uses batteries
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