With all the talk about tool purchases lately, WWW closings its doors, sales
at HD and Loews I just had to do something to relieve the stress of it
all.....
We have a new HF store in the area and I dropped by to see what everyone was
talking about. Had a good look around, touchy-feely and listened to a
couple of the sales people talk to customers. One lady customer asked
"Where are the DeWalt drills, like the one in the display case?". (reply)
"We don't sell DeWalt, we have a much better brand....".
Nooooo... I didn't let her get reeled in - did my good deed for the day...
and I didn't get to ask why they have some name brand tools in the case that
they don't sell. I did note that the brand name items they did stock (tape,
glue, sandpaper,etc.) that you could find at other stores were priced higher
than the borgs. Obviously these were placed right next to their brands at
about 25% lower cost.
But I did make a purchase which you may want to check out as a stocking
stuffer. They have a 6" Digital Caliper for $20, item 47257 with a CEN-TEC
name on the box and the caliper is made in China, (hey ya weren't expecting
Starret for $20 were ya).
Neat toy, and a lot easier to read than my other calipers. It even comes
with a spare 1.5v button battery and it looks very similar to others I've
seen on the net going for $40+. Not saying its good, bad or indifferent -
you make that call, but for the price, I don't think you can complain. The
body is stainless steel - not plastic. The case housing the LCD is plastic
but appears rugged enough to handle normal shop abuse. I tested it against
my 1/2" x 4" reference (blank piece of drill rod) and get the same readings
on all calipers so its no worse than what I've been using and the spec sheet
say's it has .001 accuracy. Also can be changed to read in metric or inch.
Bob S.
"Bob S." wrote:
> With all the talk about tool purchases lately, WWW closings its doors, sales
> at HD and Loews I just had to do something to relieve the stress of it
> all.....
> But I did make a purchase which you may want to check out as a stocking
> stuffer. They have a 6" Digital Caliper for $20, item 47257 with a CEN-TEC
> name on the box and the caliper is made in China, (hey ya weren't expecting
> Starret for $20 were ya).
I went to the Woodbridge store too, picked up the 55 Lbs anvil for $30.
Nothing fancy, but it saves my banging on the furniture. SWMBO will
appreciate that. Hehehe.
Dave in Fairfax
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Boy did you get taken Keefer.......mine came with that HF Lifetime
guarandamntee....;-)
If'n I don't like it, I can take it back for a replacement at any time.
Now, admittedly, I didn't stop to read the 3 pages of 4pt type exclusions
they listed (like who's life, what life and BADs get a life) but what the
hey.....I can alway's chuck it thru their front window some late night if it
decides to go belly up. Mine even came with a computer data port (true...)
in case I ever want to hook it up to this box. Course, the cable costs
$84.95, then a coupla hundred probably for the software and then I gotta
figure out what to do with it.
And you're still using that plastic thingy......jeeeezuss Keefer, no wonder
your boards are coming out at .75126198 instead of .75 and I thought you
were using some precison tools. The things ya learn just when ya least
expect it.....
As for finding one in the middle price range - remind me to teach ya on how
to do a search on the net and how to save those url's for future refence
sometime - ok...
Bob S.
"Unisaw A100" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Bob S. wrote:
> >But I did make a purchase which you may want to check out as a stocking
> >stuffer. They have a 6" Digital Caliper for $20, item 47257 with a
CEN-TEC
> >name on the box and the caliper is made in China, (hey ya weren't
expecting
> >Starret for $20 were ya).
>
> Had a similar/same one. After a couple/few months the
> display with Tango Uniform. I got to wondering, if I
> replaced it, and then replaced that one, rinse/repeat, when
> would I be better off having bought a good one?
>
> Not ball busting mind you, just giving a heads up.
>
> Now, having said all that, I do use on an almost daily
> (those days I'm in the shop) basis a plastic dial caliper
> made once upon a time by General (also badged by Sears) that
> breaks down into 1/64's and the dial is big enough to split
> a 64th. (that would be 1/128" Leon). I've had the one since
> back before Norm had a wooddorking show and it performs the
> same today as it did then. One thing I do like about it
> over a digital is I can readily extrapolate what a 1/4" plus
> is and how it relates to the task at hand. My mind isn't at
> that place where I can do the same with .25664. Don't get
> me wrong, I can decimal equivalent my 16ths just fine and
> dandy, just that I do it best when I have the dial for
> reference.
>
> Now, having said that, I do/did like the digital for use
> with machine maintenance and set-ups, i.e., metal working
> like tasks.
>
> UA100, wishing he could find a digital in between the
> Starrett and the Chiwanese, Doesn'LastTooLong type...
Bob S. wrote:
>But I did make a purchase which you may want to check out as a stocking
>stuffer. They have a 6" Digital Caliper for $20, item 47257 with a CEN-TEC
>name on the box and the caliper is made in China, (hey ya weren't expecting
>Starret for $20 were ya).
Had a similar/same one. After a couple/few months the
display with Tango Uniform. I got to wondering, if I
replaced it, and then replaced that one, rinse/repeat, when
would I be better off having bought a good one?
Not ball busting mind you, just giving a heads up.
Now, having said all that, I do use on an almost daily
(those days I'm in the shop) basis a plastic dial caliper
made once upon a time by General (also badged by Sears) that
breaks down into 1/64's and the dial is big enough to split
a 64th. (that would be 1/128" Leon). I've had the one since
back before Norm had a wooddorking show and it performs the
same today as it did then. One thing I do like about it
over a digital is I can readily extrapolate what a 1/4" plus
is and how it relates to the task at hand. My mind isn't at
that place where I can do the same with .25664. Don't get
me wrong, I can decimal equivalent my 16ths just fine and
dandy, just that I do it best when I have the dial for
reference.
Now, having said that, I do/did like the digital for use
with machine maintenance and set-ups, i.e., metal working
like tasks.
UA100, wishing he could find a digital in between the
Starrett and the Chiwanese, Doesn'LastTooLong type...