mitoyo digital mike

[arther dailey]

hi
before I start perusing the internet for good second hand mitoyo digital micrometer , looking at 1to 2" and 2 to 3" , anything I should watch out for ,as in faults , or are there better more cost effective makes, only occasional use but do need accuaracy otherwise no point. cheers

 

[8ob]

hi
before I start perusing the internet for good second hand mitoyo digital micrometer , looking at 1to 2" and 2 to 3" , anything I should watch out for ,as in faults , or are there better more cost effective makes, only occasional use but do need accuaracy otherwise no point. cheers

Second hand and accuracy normally means sending off for calibration, dont know what that costs these days but add p+p and it may be cheaper to buy new.

Bob

 

[Cobbler]

A mate of mine has a load of ordinary micrometers left from when he closed his engineering business & retired, no digital though as far as I’m aware but all quality stuff. If this helps I will pass on your details.

 

[merryman]

Not used digital micrometers, but "occasional use" and "digital" are a recipe for trouble. In my experience on calipers, batteries go flat fairly quickly and if you remove them between uses they often "throw a wobbler" when you put the battery back in. Unlike mechanical verniers, which require good eyesight, mechanical micrometers are easy to read, always work, and used "quality" ones are dirt cheap.

 

[daedalusminos]

I would expect £75+ea for decent digital Mitutoyo in those size ranges.

 

[Brad93]

Watch out for fakes. Genuine new mitutoyo are not expensive if you wait for MSC to do an offer

 

[Rkweld]

Any reason it's mitutoyo you are after? What kind of accuracy are you looking for?

 

[Rkweld]

I would agree with 8ob with calibration, specially of a digital micrometer. You probably want to factor in cost of some measuring standards. Digital mics can suffer worse from ingress of coolant etc, you can over speed them, if they have been wound out the taper pins that hold the internals get damaged, if it has been dropped your anvils may not be parrallel as with any mic. How accurate do you need, are you going to be in a workshop kept at 20 degrees (which I believe my mitutoyo micrometers are calibrated at and so are the my mitutoyo measuring standards)!! . Obviously thats a bit extreme in most situations.

My manual mitutoyo mics are lovely to use, accurate, large easy to read thimbles and vernier scale and I know they have never been dropped and are kept well as I had them from new and they are very reasonably priced.

The mitutoyo digital mics at work are lovely to use but and the price is pretty hefty so work won't buy them any more. They bought some plastic thimbled linear brand ones which were horrible so they got sent back and moore and wrights purchased instead and they are nice mics, heading toward the feel you get from a mitutoyo.

 

[Rkweld]

Mitutoyo Digimatic Micrometer | eBay

In full working condition.

www.ebay.co.uk

Spotted while browsing. What age/model would you look to get if you are set on second hand mitutoyo?

 

[arther dailey]

Mitutoyo Digimatic Micrometer | eBay

In full working condition.

www.ebay.co.uk

Spotted while browsing. What age/model would you look to get if you are set on second hand mitutoyo?

Sorry for the delay in replying, decided to go old school instead and get some glasses ! looking @ imperial, 0 to 1 " , 2 to 3" , and 4 to 5". I like mitutoyo but open to any make in good condition. Own use only so nothing that spendy.

 

[Rkweld]

So you are off digital and onto manual vernier style?

 

[arther dailey]

manual mikes

 

[Rkweld]

I like the ratchet thimble mitutoyo mics. The thimbles are large diameter too so aids with accurately reading off of the mics vernier scale.

 

[arther dailey]

jjust made offers on several moore and wright imperial ,see what happens .

 

[daedalusminos]

Also consider Tesa... Not so well known but can be had for a good price.

 

[arther dailey]

thankyou , apreciated

 

[Brad93]

Moore and weight chinesium

 

[Rkweld]

Sweeping statement

 

[Brad93]

Sweeping statement

Anything modern Moore and Wright is best avoided.

Buy once, but a tool to last two lifetimes. Buy a mitutoyo.

 

[daedalusminos]

@arther dailey are you after metric or imperial?