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Post by pete1951 on Jan 25, 2022 17:50:53 GMT
I’ve worked for several guitar shops over the years and I think only 1 out of 10 have one of these... ..  With a micrometer you can tell exactly the diameter of a string. Restringing was one of the most common jobs yet most customers come in without knowing what strings are on their instrument. You cannot always tell the make (from colour coding etc) but you can get a good idea with a micrometer . Are the strings too ‘stiff’? Would they like to go up or down a gauge? If you have several guitars it is also good to remind yourself what you put on, or what strings are on a guitar when you by it. Pete |
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Post by Michael Messer on Jan 25, 2022 18:18:47 GMT
Absolutely! In fact anyone needing accurate measurements of string gauges, slide dimensions etc.. should have a micrometer or a vernier calliper. I have one of these and use it a lot. I also have a couple of old school micrometers like yours.  Shine On Michael |
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Post by Pickers Ditch on Jan 25, 2022 18:45:08 GMT
I still have my Moore and Wright micrometer and NON DIGITAL Vernier caliper both bought on the first day of my apprenticeship in September 1965.
Would be lost without 'em.
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Post by bonzo on Jan 25, 2022 19:45:54 GMT
My Vernier caliper means I can have lots of slide deals with Lonelyjelly (Lewis)!
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Post by Stevie on Jan 25, 2022 23:16:55 GMT
I used a number of 600mm non digital height gauges at work for decades. I still have my non digital no-name vernier caliper (which a friend brought round for me when I took up with my last job). Another colleague promptly had to show me how to read a vernier scale!
With the onset of withering eyesight I stumped up for a 6" digital Mitutoyo. The calibration guy insisted on engraving it so I just took it home, and like others find it is indispensible nowadays. I also have a lesser quality but effectively new unused digital 300mm jobbie that left work with me when the place shut down, still pretty much unused.
My Starret 1" micrometer isn't much use for measuring strings because it is a ball anvil variety intended for measuring the wall thickness of pipes and tubes, but I can think of a stalwart use for that one ...
Don't knock the throwaway plastic junk models, the ones I've encountered have been surprisingly accurate (certainly good enough for our purposes) but I wouldn't lay much money on them lasting as long as my collection. The Philipino guys used to bring them in but the calibration guy refused to put them on the system, so they were all clandestine "posh adjustable spanners"!
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Post by obrienp on Jan 26, 2022 11:04:59 GMT
I have both. Embarrassingly I never really got my head round how to read the micrometer properly, so the digital calliper is great for idiots like me. All you have to do is to remember to zero it between readings. They seem to be very sensitive in that way, or maybe it is just the relatively cheap calliper that I bought.
Anyway, I will second how useful they are in guitar related stuff: everything from measuring string gauges to the shaft diameter on potentiometers.
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Post by Stevie on Jan 26, 2022 17:00:59 GMT
A micrometer and/or a vernier caliper, a thread gauge and a copy of the Zues Book, and you are prepared for most eventualities.
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Post by Pickers Ditch on Jan 26, 2022 17:11:02 GMT
The Zeus book; I gave mine to my son who uses it regularly.
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