Vernier caliper, How To Use and Read in Imperial and Metric

[@send2gl]

Do like the overhead camera, along with excellent still image shot made it very easy to follow. You did mention the importance of calibration, many do rely on cheap gauges for certain readings without calibration. Tyre pressure gauges spring to mind. Video presentation was very good there Ben.

[@BensWorkshop]

Many thanks Geoff, you are very kind. Yes, gauges need to be checked. Doubly so in a machine shop. Many thanks for watching!

[@KensSmallEngineRepair]

Great Vid Ben, you really want to blow their minds show them how to use a slide rule!!

[@BensWorkshop]

I would, but it's quicker to do the sums by hand than use a slide rule for me! (Asside from Trig and logs) mind you, could do one though. Many thanks for watching!

[@MrFactotum]

eyup Ben took me back in time to technical college, a few moons ago!!!! good luck with the CDH, 👍👍 cheers Kev

[@BensWorkshop]

Everyone likes a bit of nostalgia! Many thanks for watching!

[@TheKnacklersWorkshop]

Hello Ben, Nicely explained... I have vernier caliper I use, as with all things the more you do it the easier it gets. Take care. Paul,,

[@BensWorkshop]

Certainly true that practice makes perfect and easy! Many thanks for watching!

[@AliMackMechanical]

I have used these things many years ago I guess the refreshing video helped me remember a few things thanks. Hope you are having a great new year. 👍

[@BensWorkshop]

Cheers Ali, and many thanks for watching!

[@PeahLi]

Good to know this, happy weekend...

[@BensWorkshop]

You are welcome. Have a good weekend.

[@MarkMcCluney]

It's years since I had a proper Vernier caliper and I have to relearn every time I do. It looks like I'll be back to view this video quite a bit. So thanks for that Ben. (Keep us posted on the heater repair, by the way...)

[@BensWorkshop]

I also have a height gauge that woks the same way, useful things, no batteries! Many thanks for watching and will do!

[@MarkMcCluney]

@@BensWorkshop Ah, no batteries - excellent point.

[@BensWorkshop]

Yes. So they don't fail in the cold!

[@GuysPlayingWithTools]

Good show mate. I use a digital caliper all the time. Everybody should have done sort of caliper in their box.

[@BensWorkshop]

Yes, useful for all sorts of things including thread identification. Many thanks for watching!

[@thehobbymachinistnz]

This is a good explanation Ben. I inherited a 150mm Mitutoyo caliper from my late Father. It sat around for years unused and I used one of those cheap digital Chinese calipers instead. I'm not sure how accurate those are, but the numbers change depending on how much pressure you apply. Anyway, accurate, while the digital caliper is used to get approximate measurements

[@BensWorkshop]

The reason why the digital ones change with pressure is that they flex a little, which is where the feel comes in. I tend to push the jaws on those, rather than the readout end as you are not flexing things then. I quite like the manual ones (and micrometers) because they don't have batteries which don't like the cold. Many thanks for watching!

[@larsnewbould456]

Nice work, Ben. I'm here from Twitter. Need to have a look at all your videos.

[@BensWorkshop]

No worries Lars. You have been subbed for quite a while! Fill your boots! Many thanks for watching! Please like and share!

[@larsnewbould456]

@Ben's Workshop I don't have a KZbin channel, really. Just personal stuff, though that may change. So cant really share. Have you done a video on using a wood lathe? That would definitely interest me.

[@BensWorkshop]

@@larsnewbould456 you can share on Twitter and Facebook... I don't have a wood lathe, but Mark in the comments here does.

[@MyGreenLawn2019]

new friend here from Kens live. Love the content, guess Im going to be busy watching all your stuff. lol

[@BensWorkshop]

Many thanks, and thanks for watching and subscribing! Please like and share!

[@MyGreenLawn2019]

@@BensWorkshop same on your side with me, please like and share! lol

[@enginelover1]

Thank you that is very intresting.

[@BensWorkshop]

I am pleased you liked it. Many thanks for watching!

[@Man-in-da-shed]

Where does the battery go, will watch later in full and in depth as this is something I need to know

[@BensWorkshop]

Depends. Car, TV remote, watch ... anywhere but in a proper vernier caliper. Many thanks for watching!

[@stumpyssmallengines]

great video ben great information thank you ben a happy new year

[@BensWorkshop]

Cheers Stumpy and many thanks for watching! Hope you and yours have a great new year too!

[@GrumpyTim]

Finally got round to watching this one Ben - busy start to the year and I wanted to get my first 2023 video out before I caught up with everything else. Nice set of calipers those - obviously I have a couple of sets of the digi ones, and a couple of pretty cheap analogue ones where the vernier scale is so crude that you can only see there or thereabouts which line is matching - fine for most of the non critical stuff I do with them all the same. Predictably enough I always work in metric, just to annoy you - and I drink coffee not tea!!!!!

[@BensWorkshop]

I shall pray for your soul.... 😉 They're useful as the batteries don't run out.

[@GrumpyTim]

@@BensWorkshop Haha, that made me laugh!!! You're right about the batteries - I've lost count of how many times I've reached for my digi verniers only to find the battery was flat.

[@foodpanda8200]

Support watching friend#alimack

[@mr1pearl]

Vernier calipers I get now if you could just explain an abacus 😆

[@BensWorkshop]

Don't have one! I will probably do one on micrometers, or rather two. (Imperial and metric). I can do a slide rule if it helps.... Many thanks for watching!