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has any one here sent of calipers for repair?
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I have used these folks in years past. http://longislandindicator.com/p44.htmlI was happy.
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I found them jus now...was it cost effective? there is a place in az also I have an email out to..
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I have some RCBS dial calibers never used. I will sell them for $30 plus $5 for mailing them.
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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
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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...
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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 I read on there websight they only service current models... These are pretty old.
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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.
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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
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greydog, I sometimes wonder if you really do get what you pay for. GD 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.
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A little off topic, but I will point out that knocking them off your bench is hard on them. miles
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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.
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It does happen tho.... I'm a qulaity tool junky and really don't like China made anything if I can avoid it...
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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.
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The ones I need repaired are made in Japan....weren't they originally made in Japan?
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Originally. Depends how old they are.
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Originally?..I guess I don't know. I bought them on an auction in some Kennedy boxes... Were they Japan made in the beginning?
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Yes, Mitutoyo is a Japanese company. Been using their products since the 60s.
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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.
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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!
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