Tesa dial vernier

[MattF]

Just wondered if the Tesa stuff is a decent bit of kit?

 

[brightspark]

buy a cheap digital caliper there metric and imperial. u can zero them at any point along the scale. there verry acurate and easier to read than a dial caliper

 

[MattF]

Never been a fan of digital kit. Call me an old fart, but I'm becoming a bit of a technophobe, (vast understatement), these days. Give me good old fashioned mechanical kit any day of the week.

 

[brightspark]

Never been a fan of digital kit. Call me an old fart, but I'm becoming a bit of a technophobe, (vast understatement), these days. Give me good old fashioned mechanical kit any day of the week.

if your pocket is big enough buy a mitutoyo one i have a few of them and a couple of digies i use both types depending what im doing

 

[hotrodder]

How much was the Tesa one? Google is suggesting that Starrett or Mitutoyo can both be picked up for less for example... http://www.tradesmanschoice.com/catalog/Starrett/1201-150.html
Damn, that Starrett is quite tempting. Must resist. Own too many similar things already

ETA interesting read... http://www.longislandindicator.com/p11.html

 

[brightspark]

u havent stated metric or imperial ??

 

[MattF]

u havent stated metric or imperial ??

Not really a consideration, seeing as I already collared them. They're metric, (I prefer using imperial, but beggars can't be choosers). Got my hands on three 150mm and one 300mm Tesa dial verniers. There is a Mitutoyo 300mm one too, but the gears are knacked in that one due to one of the gears springs working loose and getting snagged in the mech, so I've whipped the gears out and I'm just going to use that one as a general slip gauge. Never heard of the Tesa brand before though, so just wondered if it was decent kit. Couldn't turn them down whichever way for the price I got them for though.

How much was the Tesa one?

Second hand, got the four Tesa's and the Mitutoyo, (although the dial gears on that one are knacked), for 20 notes.

 

[hotrodder]

From the longislandindicator link...

Tesa dial calipers are made in Switzerland, of exactly the same parts used for Brown & Sharpe and Etalon calipers. If you're used to the top quality of old Tesa calipers, you may be disappointed in the new models. And, if you can get hold of an old model on eBay, grab it.

 

[MattF]

Judging from that Long Island site, doesn't look like I did too badly with these, going from the prices on there.

 

[graffian]

All their stuff is rubbish.
where was it for sale?


I would have to say there isn't a lot of difference in the feel of Tesa and Mitutoyo dial calipers. Maybe the Mitutoyo is slightly smoother! I am shocked I said that as I am a fan of Tesa mics and consider Mitutoyo inferior, don't ask about M&W as I only use them as a last resort; I think there may have always been some dirt in the rack of mine.

Tesa has a .1" dial and the Mitutoyo .2", so you can see .001 on the tesa one much better than the Mitutoyo. The tesa does have half thous divisions. The Tesa .1 scale masks the rack, so it should help keep ****e off it, but I find it makes it harder to clean it, mine has some clag in it, needs the rack taking off to clean it.
I keep the Tesa dial caliper on my desk, it's harder to clean and it was new when I got it and has never been dropped or had the horns damaged.

 

[MattF]

A fellow hoarder. It was one of those occasions where you go to get one thing, and end up coming away with several things you didn't really need but couldn't resist getting anyhows. Been having a play with one of them, (it needed the dial rim reseating as the adjustment gear wasn't meshing with the dial), and it seems quite smooth in use. No slippage on the dial when you open/close it either, so it's not skipping teeth. Not tested the others as yet, but at least I know one's in good working order now.