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Unless of course it is a cheaply priced vernier caliper. (Cheap because few want them anymore.) Potentially more accurate than a dial caliper: no moving parts to wear out (unless the little lines get worn away from looking at them too hard), and will remain calibrated unless the jaws are damaged or otherwise messed with. Downside: who above the age of 19 can read the scale without benefit of a magnifying lens?
I learned with them, so reading the scale is second nature (with a jeweler's loupe screwed into my eye), and are still my go-to calipers. Certainly not for everybody though.
Last edited by gnoahhh; 01/07/13.
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