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For people that don't know this is not how you use Calipers
Wow! That's a creative way to use a caliper.
That's why teaching children about metrology basics is so important.
this post was submitted on 22 Aug 2023
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I want to wholeheartedly believe the caliper has the size the customer wants and the pipe is bigger, therefore inappropriate. I've never met anyone who would use a caliper this way, I've seen people trying to eyeball it or use it as a ruler but not like this
please close and reverse the tool, then grip it tightly and drive it into the skull of the complaining customer
I am a certified blithering idiot and even I feel like a high society intellectual compared to this picture.
Next time, chose a smarter client.
Two of them did this.
Just for the fun of it: i'm making it 3 in my head. 1 extra to take the photo.
Probably. And not one said "hey, thats not the full dimension of the hole".
Showed this pic to my co workers (steelworkers/blacksmiths) and only the old guys knew what was funny about the pic... Gen z think that calipers are toy guns.....
I feel like a boomer/millenial trapped in a young body when I read stuff like this 😭
I ... Think this is everyone's dream.
How do gen z-ers measure distances finely, then?
It's written on the label/signs where we bought it from.
A normal set of calipers has 3 basic modes of measuring things: inside, outside, and depth. It is amazing to me how many people in this thread don't know at least one of those or use them wrong.
Tbf I use mine daily and had to pause a second thinking what would be the third mode. (never use it to measure depth)
At least it makes me feel good that I only just got a set for the first time last week and figured all those out within 5 min of actually using them.
Looks like that hole chamfer is wrong. Doesn't properly fit the measuring device.