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has any one here sent of calipers for repair?

I have used these folks in years past.

http://longislandindicator.com/p44.html

I was happy.

I found them jus now...was it cost effective?
there is a place in az also I have an email out to..

I have some RCBS dial calibers never used. I will sell them for $30 plus $5 for mailing them.

Why not just send them to the manufacturer? I don't know if Starret, for instance, offers a reasonable repair service but it seems like they should. GD

Thanks for the offer but I have been using cheap ones for years in reloading and they are fine. The ones I need fixed are mutouyo...

I read on there websight they only service current models... These are pretty old.

Precision tool repair and reasonable is an oxymoron in my experience. Just the cost of replacement parts makes repair not cost effective. I just bite the bullet and replace damaged precision tools.

I have a set of twelve inch Mitutoyo dial calipers which I have been going to send back for several years now (obviously not critical to the operation). My theory is that they will either fix them or they won't. I have a set of Chinese twelve inch dial Calipers which cost just under half as much and have functioned flawlessly for twenty years in the same environment so I sometimes wonder if you really do get what you pay for. GD

greydog,



You don't! You get what you shop for. My Mitutoyo started acting up last month. I went to Harbor Freight and went through several until I found one that was smooth and consistent and the jaws were matching full length.

A little off topic, but I will point out that knocking them off your bench is hard on them. miles

They don't bounce very good and they always land on the jaws...

Thank God the company I work for sends them out for repair or replacement.

It does happen tho....
I'm a qulaity tool junky and really don't like China made anything if I can avoid it...

I used to swear by some Mickeytoyo gages, but they started outsourcing like everyone else. I still have most of my Mickeytoyo OD mics and they were made in Brazil. I bought them about 30 years back. Good quality, but who knows where they make them now. I liked some Starret gages (Especially depth mics), but I would never buy anything made by Starret with a dial on it.

The ones I need repaired are made in Japan....weren't they originally made in Japan?

Originally. Depends how old they are.

Originally?..I guess I don't know. I bought them on an auction in some Kennedy boxes...
Were they Japan made in the beginning?

Yes, Mitutoyo is a Japanese company. Been using their products since the 60s.

All their stuff was made in Japan years ago, and good quality too. They started farming out their products in the early 70's for sure. I have OD mics marked made in Brazil I bought at that time.

If you like harbor freight calipers you will never appreciate the good stuff. My favorite dial caliper is a Brown & Sharpe- Swiss made and feels like it. I have Starrett, Craftsman, SPI, Mitutoyo and Fowler. The Brown & Sharpe are cream of the crop. I have played with a few of the $20 calipers and they are gritty, hard to zero and sometimes skip. I have a few sets of Helios calipers but my eyes can't read them anymore!