Digital calipers w/remote readout....

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alinwa

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So I've got a caliper with mirrors that I use in the lathe so's I can take square measurements.......it's a kludge......so can these newer digital calipers with an 'output port' be set up to read remotely?

In other words, can I set the remote readout somewhere and make measurements where I can't directly see the readout on the unit?
 
I just looked at the data cable in their video. It looks like it's the same as the Mitutoyo SPC connector, while the DRO remote read outs from Igaging have a USB type B female input.

So you'll need a cable with a male SPC connector & a USB type B male on the other. And then there's no guarantee the pin connections will be correct & work.

The SPC data kit will connect the caliper to a computer USB port, perhaps a USB A to USB B mini adapter would work.

http://www.showmecables.com/product...ampaign=3522&gclid=CKiSluqxu8wCFdBZhgodnJMGCw

It's a neat idea, if you get it to work, post the details.

Regards,
Ron
 
RJM said:
I just looked at the data cable in their video. It looks like it's the same as the Mitutoyo SPC connector, while the DRO remote read outs from Igaging have a USB type B female input.

So you'll need a cable with a male SPC connector & a USB type B male on the other. And then there's no guarantee the pin connections will be correct & work.

The SPC data kit will connect the caliper to a computer USB port, perhaps a USB A to USB B mini adapter would work.

http://www.showmecables.com/product...ampaign=3522&gclid=CKiSluqxu8wCFdBZhgodnJMGCw

It's a neat idea, if you get it to work, post the details.

Regards,
Ron
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Steenkin' Ron is RIGHT ON......I feel like a dork now because the parts came in and they're exactly as Ron so well described :) And I'm not gonna' mess around with adapters, instead I've ordered up THIS http://www.amazon.com/Wixey-WR550-R...&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00 which so'fer as I can tell takes CAT5E on both ends, of which I've two calipers which have an output that sure looks like a "phone cable" jack.......most'en probably CAT5E

Not clearly establishing the link (mini USB) was dumb but ordering the WRONG CALIPER to boot??!!!!!

LOL

too funny.....

al
 
And I'm not really killing myself here...... I do need a DRO for my quillfeed and for the crossfeed on my lathe....... I'm smarting just a liddle for paying 30 bucks for a ChiCom caliper but it is smoother than (some of) my 10.00 ones (of which I've literally 15-20) and I think it does fractions

I've got my "good" calipers (225.00)

And my "utility" calipers (120.00)

And 15 Harbor Freight and several other "throwaway" calipers (10-20.00)

And the funny darn thing is, they all work just fine ;)

I've also got graduated worthinesses of mics......... same dealio......

Regardless of all the innernet "tests" they all work fine.

old tech

Now test indicators???? IME the spendy ones are 'WAYYYY better, no comparison!
 
RJM said:
I just looked at the data cable in their video. It looks like it's the same as the Mitutoyo SPC connector, while the DRO remote read outs from Igaging have a USB type B female input.

So you'll need a cable with a male SPC connector & a USB type B male on the other. And then there's no guarantee the pin connections will be correct & work.

The SPC data kit will connect the caliper to a computer USB port, perhaps a USB A to USB B mini adapter would work.

http://www.showmecables.com/product...ampaign=3522&gclid=CKiSluqxu8wCFdBZhgodnJMGCw

It's a neat idea, if you get it to work, post the details.

Regards,
Ron
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Well Ron.......you and tazzman are very much correct in that these things aren't standardized..... that one didn't work either. My in-hand calipers are neither SPC nor Cat 5E but something (proprietary?) with slotted alignment tabs as opposed to a rectangular hole like the two others.

Looks like my next step may well be to order a caliper like yours and start off with at least something I know the correct name of! ;)

Brickeyee, while I don't want to hook to a comp, I may go find one of those cables as one of my readouts does accept micro USB

I will keep ya's all posted, thanks for your help so far...
Al
 
Well, this is getting crazy...... I finally reached over and pulled the ports open on three tools in my drawer by the lathe and found......... three different ports :)

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One of them is similar to micro USB only narrower

One of them is the 'standard' SPC and

the third (and most common, I've 6 others with it) is most commonly called "COM Port" IIRC

I've got this on the way......

http://www.amazon.com/TTC-Axis-Digi...&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00
 
Ive seen those hooked into a cmm to grab measurements sometimes. We used to take one non critical measurement on the side of a valve body that woulda required a whole jig and setup just for one spot. The cmm had a stop then you measured and held it and it recorded it then went on about its business
 
Al,
Don't sell the Igaging calipers short. They seem to me to be a great value, every bit as good as mitutoyo, infinitely better than the Chinese junk from horrible freight.

I put the Igaging DRO's on my lathe & mill drill & wonder how I ever got along before.

Here's a comparison of mitutoyo, Igaging, & others:
http://youtu.be/1yqZx_FNbSs

Regards,
Steenkin' Ron
 
RJM said:
Al,
Don't sell the Igaging calipers short. They seem to me to be a great value, every bit as good as mitutoyo, infinitely better than the Chinese junk from horrible freight.

I put the Igaging DRO's on my lathe & mill drill & wonder how I ever got along before.

Here's a comparison of mitutoyo, Igaging, & others:
http://youtu.be/1yqZx_FNbSs

Regards,
Steenkin' Ron
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Hey Now!

Don't take that the wrong way..... I wasn't CALLING you "steenkin Ron"......it's an expression, a comment on the state of affairs. And noting that you were RIGHT, as in CORRECT..... If I were British I mighta' said "too steenkin' right, Ron!" instead but hey...... If It sounded like I called you names I'm sincerely sorry.

So, I'm not disagreeing re iGaging gear neither.... I have a caliper (the one I just bought) and. it turns out, a micrometer as well. And I've been following the innernet reviews through the years, as well as checking my own. IMO sending stuff off to be "calibrated" is downright silly. I've been calibrating my own transits, lasers, Total Stations, levels, calipers and mics as long as I've been using them. Of course I also do my own alignments on my trucks, sight in my own rifles and salt my own meat to taste ;) it is my firm belief that if you don't know how to set up and calibrate your own stuff, YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND THE STUFF!

I have gauge blocks, deltronic/style pins, mill alignment jigs and blocks and dozens upon dozens of reamer bushings to compare to and against.

I'm not in the slightest bit brand proud......if a thing WORKS, that's just a fact. And if it DOESN'T it gets sent elsewhere...I'm not even knocking the Harbor freight calipers. I keep a sets kicking around the house and in my work trucks. They work fine for measuring screws and bolts, poll cue shafts and fishing gear...and in a high percentage of the cases they're just as accurate as the "good" ones, my reference sets...

Except for test indicators. When it comes to stemmed indicators I've tried 10-12 cheapies and the indicators I use are all Tesa, Mitutoyo, Bestest, Interapid and one Starrett. I sometimes buy the cheapies to get the stands and HOPE the indicator will run smooth....they don't IME. For instance it was much cheaper to buy a mill sweep setup WITH the cheap indicator and replace the indicator than to piece it together from good parts. Which I did have to do when the lever indicator proved unusable.

Plunger type though, cheaper the better.....
 
r44astro said:
hey Alinwa you going to Super Shoot?
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Nawww, I can't. I've been pre-committed for over 30yrs to a "Memorial Day Campout" which this year, again, will be over 1000 people, all friends and family from all over. Just luck of the draw. Actually, my wife tried to talk me into going to the SS just a couple nights ago so's she could stay home from said campout and set up for our Family Reunion but I just can't see my way clear.

Plus I've got three nights of extreme cribbage [strike]tournaments[/strike] grudge matches on the table in front of my camper....
 
Yeahhh Baybieeeee

OK, so this is so freakin' kool I can barely stand it........0510161739.jpg

The package came straight from asia with directions in mandarin chinee, the AAA ba'ddries were corroded into the case, carrying case has rounded edges, entire package looks used and abused and is redolent of goat. The "fitting" goes "into" 7 different units (calipers/mics) from the drawer but only recognizes two, with the rest flickering gibberish. And even in the two it kinda' works in I hadda' shave the sides and tape it all together but.....Luckily one of the two is usable for my application. . . . . BUT......but-but-but.......checkidout!!!!

This simply IS remarkably useful even at that! (plus I can take readings in mm and inches simultaneously LOL)

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