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On 1/12/2017 at 7:52 AM, Gilgaron said:

...I never use my digital one anymore, I'd rather know something is a tick past 1/8 than that it is .187765. 

Have the same experience with the Wexeley I bought.  All those digits are really cool in the store.  But start to use it and they're incomprehensible, and the last three keep dancing around if you breath.  

I made a chart so I could quickly convert to fractions and end up rounding to the nearest relevant fraction.

If I were buying another caliper I get an analog.  

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2 hours ago, Mark J said:

Have the same experience with the Wexeley I bought.  All those digits are really cool in the store.  But start to use it and they're incomprehensible, and the last three keep dancing around if you breath.  

I made a chart so I could quickly convert to fractions and end up rounding to the nearest relevant fraction.

If I were buying another caliper I get an analog.  

Make me think, is there a digital fraction caliper?

Edit: http://a.co/imr2SHv
Ask and ye shall receive... 

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2 minutes ago, CandorLush said:

Make me think, is there a digital fraction caliper?

Edit: http://a.co/imr2SHv
Ask and ye shall receive... 

Yes there is.

I have one that does analog, fractional and metric with the push of a button. It was fairly cheep a few years ago. Around $20.00 or so as I remember and is NOT a name brand. In fact, the only marking on it is "CE" what ever that means.!?!

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Make me think, is there a digital fraction caliper?

Edit: http://a.co/imr2SHv

Ask and ye shall receive... 

I bought this one on sale for $9.99 from (you guessed it) Harbor Freight.

http://m.harborfreight.com/6-in-digital-caliper-with-sae-and-metric-fractional-readings-68304.html?utm_referrer=direct%2Fnot%20provided

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9 hours ago, wtnhighlander said:

I have that one and like it just fine.  I have been using it for a couple years with no problems.  The only minor annoyance is that the battery door sometimes gets bumped and comes off. I bought mine on sale too and I think it was about $12, but even at the full price of $19.95 it is a good deal IMO.  I use it way more than my brand name $$$ dial one or my brand name $$$ micrometers.

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My digital does fractions but it is still the same problem when it is telling me I have 65/128ths and I have to think about that being 1/2.  The fractional dial is much more useful to me.  If I did lots of precision router or tablesaw runs I might care more, but with my workflow the extra precision just slows me down having to think about it. 

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20 hours ago, drzaius said:

That looks exactly like the one I bought...

https://www.amazon.com/iGaging-Electronic-Digital-Fractions-Stainless/dp/B001AQEZ2W

Make sure you take the battery out when you put it away.   Otherwise the battery will be dead within a week.   I think it's the same issue identified here:

 

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23 hours ago, Gilgaron said:

My digital does fractions but it is still the same problem when it is telling me I have 65/128ths and I have to think about that being 1/2.  The fractional dial is much more useful to me.  If I did lots of precision router or tablesaw runs I might care more, but with my workflow the extra precision just slows me down having to think about it. 

When I want fractional and don't need precision to .001" I find my Starrett rulers to usually be just fine and faster/easier than calipers any way.  They have two scales on each side.  One side is 1/32s and 1/64s and the other side is 1/10s and 1/100s.  I most often use the 1/10" scale.

I don't think I'd have sprung for the $$$ that these Starrett rules cost, but I have a few of them in a couple lengths that a previous employer bought for me.

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