Re: Home Depot screws me again

Steve Turner wrote in news:h81601$lot$ snipped-for-privacy@news.eternal-september.org:

I wonder if there's calipers out there that are made out of thin (like credit card thickness) plastic. Most of the time I'm measuring something with my calipers, I don't need the 3-digit precision. I just need to get around or into a tight space.

Something that would fit in a wallet would be great for those quick "how thick is this?" queries.

Puckdropper

This just one offering from Central Tool, a great company. These short metal slide calipers come from different makers in both steel and brass. I have both. Pocket sized, bullet proof, and some graduated as fine as 1/64" (~0.015"). I carry these instead of a more expensive machinest calipers, which I lost my very first vernier 6 incher in Lowe's when I put it down for a minute, and turned my head (DOH!).

This just one offering from Central Tool, a great company. These short metal slide calipers come from different makers in both steel and brass. I have both. Pocket sized, bullet proof, and some graduated as fine as 1/64" (~0.015"). I carry these instead of a more expensive machinest calipers, which I lost my very first vernier 6 incher in Lowe's when I put it down for a minute, and turned my head (DOH!).

It probably traveled to the store through a monsoon.