great tutorial, to the point with no fluff. I had no idea about the step measure ability before watching this and have been struggling to get certain measurements. Thanks for the video and welcome to my algorithm!
Not really. Spent quite a bit of time yapping about why canted objects will make measurements inaccurate... but like seriously, if you dont understand this, you shouldn't be measuring shit.
I want to make my fiance a pen holder that attaches to her journal. I didn't know how to take measurements, and I learned a lot more! Thanks so much for the video!
Before zeroing (not calibrating) the calliper, you should open the jaws, wipe them of any dirt, dust etc., and reclose them. Anything on the faces of the jaws, is going to affect the zero, and hence the accuracy of the readings.
Since I'm not very familiar with this tool, I felt kinda stupid trying to figure out how to switch between outside and inside measurements. Only after measuring with the ruler I found that inner and outer jaws are set the way that the gap between both has similar size=)
Wonderfully amazing video! I even learnt how to open and close them by watching this video LOL I was always holding one end and then pulling/pushing on the digital reader cause i was confused at what the spinny thing did as i tried a lot of was to use and it was like it was "locked" but no, twas being dumb about it XD Off to measure all these electrical comps so I can learn to CAD up a box to house them all
"Calipers may read to a resolution of 0.01 mm or 0.0005 in, but accuracy may not be better than about ±0.02 mm or 0.001 in for 150 mm (6 in) calipers, and worse for longer one." Wikipedia en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calipers#Comparison
Either the digital calipers need to be re zeroed or you are using the memory function of the calipers to make a measurement difference. Easiest way to reset the calipers is to make sure the jaws are clean, close them all the way, press the zero button, and then measure something that has a known size to see if it's accurate
@@WhatMakeArt Cool. Yeah, I think what happened was I zeroed them before they were completely closed so logically when closing them it would give the minus error. Thankyou. :o)
If you're comparing two objects, it means that the second measurement is shorter than the first. In other words, you closed the jaws when taking the second measurement.
The origin button changes the zero point, for example if you press it with the jaws open then it will read as zero at that point rather than when the jaws are closed You can use this to do simple math, measure something, press the origin button, then measure something else, The difference in size will be the reading on the digital calipers
It sets the baseline for relative measurements. It's equivalent to the Tare button on digital scales. You can use it for additive and subtractive measurements. And it's also used to recalibrate the calipers to 0 in case it gets misaligned.
i was wondering what the little jaws on the outside were for, i would have never guessed on my own that they were for interior measurements 😅 thanks for the simple explanation/demonstration! i really appreciate people like you who upload how-to videos for items other people might not think need one.
I am very interested in calipers and how to get accurate measurement of watch crystals. Experts recommend taking a few measurements to be sure. But if the arms of the caliper can only measure the diameter, then why aren't all the measurements exactly the same? (This question is because I am having difficulty with using the calipers.) Thanks!
Yes, it's best to take a few measurements with calipers and then take an average, if you look at the video, there's other things you can measure besides diameter, such as offset and depth
There are imperfections in the manufacturing of watches and crystals so the size may not be exactly the same throughout the item. And when measuring outer diameters, you cannot be sure that you have the farthest points at both end. We're talking about resolutions of 1/100th of an inch for cheap digital calipers (mine was $3!) or up to 5/10,000th of an inch for expensive ones, e.g. Mitutoyo.
It could be multiplying the read length or diameter by pi π to give the circumference of the cylinder being measured to save you the calculation, but I would check the manual that came with the calipers
Since this is a digital calipers, you just need to read the numbers to take a reading, for the units, you can press the button and it will generally change between metric and inches, some digital calipers also do fractions as well.
I had no clue about the step gauge, and hadn't really thhought to use the zero button to facilitate comparative measurements, but that makes total sense! Thank you!
