Grizzly digital tubing micrometer

Vern, The Tubing type micrometer has two types of anvils. One is 'A' the straight type; 'B' is the type with a ball on the end.
Suggest Enco www.enco.com I'm sure there are quite a few others out there available, with and without batteries.
All 1"
Import 990-1889
Mitutoyo 600-2114
240-0062
Starrett 990-0162
Import 603-2630
Centerfire
 
Vern,
I have a Mitutoyo ball end tubing type micrometer(digital) and really like it. Almost all of my measuring tools are Mitutoyo, with a few Starretts bought used. I would like to buy Starrett new but they are more $$$ than Mitutoyo, so I went with Mitutoyo. Hmm, is that me squeakin" ? :)
Best,
Dan Batko

"Where are we going and why am I in this basket?"
 
Centerfire are you sure about that web address. I went and all it shows is sound and other electronic equipment.

Dan, I bought a used mechanical digital and it dosent seem to calibrate right when I use it on my calibration blocks.
I wanted one of the electronic ones but this year I cant go the 400+ for one. That is why I was considering the Grizzly for now.
 
Vern said:
Has anyone used one of these yet?
Any comments?this
G9778
http://www.grizzly.com/products/Digital-Tubing-Micrometer-0-1-/G9778
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Just looking at the picture on the web site, this micrometer appears to have a really good feature in that the anvil/post is quite small allowing even miking neck wall thickness of cases as small as 17 cal. Keep in mind especially for someone with "fumble fingers" the small anvil/post makes the tool quite fragile, just a fact of this type design.
 
Vern, Sorry about that. I just grabbed my catalog and did not look closely.
The address is www.use-enco.com Company owned by MSC who took over J&L Industrial.
Might want to consider ebay. A lot of machine shops have closed and speculators buy up the instruments and sell them on ebay at great prices.
Centerfire
 
Centerfire I consider ebay everyday with saved searches for these items.
I have only come across 2 that I bid on and could have afforded in the last year. But alas I was gone somewhere when the biding ended and was edged out by $1 each time.
Ill keep looking and trying.
thanks
 
Vern,
I bought Mitutoyo digital ball mike(about a year or so ago) from Can-Do Machinery Sales(ph.818-727-0957) out of Chatsworth, Ca and it was pretty reasonable. You might give them a call and tell them what you want, might save you some money. Are you going to make it up to the Shilen Swap meet tomorrow?
Best,
Dan Batko

"Where are we going and why am I in this basket?"
 
Thanks for that info Dan.
I really wish I was going to the meet but its not going to happen this year.
I have a brand new SII Big Sky 36BRD dot I was going to try and trade for a new barrel and chamber work. But maybe next year.
 
OK, I'm gonna' get bawled out for this BUT..... here goes.

I've always kept a few mics and calipers around even before I got my little mill and lathe. But anyways, I finally GOT a lathe and figured I'd better pony up the money and buy at least one good digital mic as a benchmark. So I spent the almost $300.00 for an "entry level" brand name 1" mic that reads to .0001

This is after perusing sites like Lon G'island Indicator and such, reading the "ratings." Turns out the ratings on mic's calipers and indicators are based for the most part on how easy or hard they are to repair.

I also stumbled onto a pawn shop special on a set of good manual mics for about 15 cents on the dollar. So's Ive got a couple reference mics.

And I've got a Grizzly manual mic and some Grizzly calipers.

AND, I bought a really cheap .00005 digital micrometer from a Harbor Freight sale for 20bucks. That's right, 20.00 for a mic that's supposed to be as accurate as a 300-500.00 mic.

and it IS...... side by side it IS just as accurate.

These are all good tools.

My point is that this is OLD TECH...... micrometers have been around for a hunnerd years and they ain't going to get remarkably better or worse.

I don't own the Grizzly micrometer in question so to some my opinion will be worse than useless. Some may even rear up and grunt stuff about "don't give opinions where you don't belong..."

But I would buy it without reservation. I've been happy with Grizzly stuff and where else can you purchase where the owner of the company monitors this shooting board?


hth


al
 
Just an aside to that Al he is if others dont know a long range shooter and Grizzly sells Bartaline barrels as well.
But only the long range kind.
 
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