Time to use the Vernier........

[gordons]

Friend of mine decided that it was time to use the Vernier Caliper that he had stored under his bed.

Thought I would share this picture with you......



Mitutoyo 160-115 - VERNIER CALIPER, 80"/2000mm (6'8" long)

Anyone want to measure anything????

[LCHIEN]

Ha, that's very funny. reminds me of the 6' long slide rule my chem teacher used to have.

But the slide rule was for classroom use, I guess this one is for serious use???

[bthere]

Pretty nice chunk of metal. We have one that is 24" that we think of as the "big calipers".

[Daryl]

My old eyes could probably read that one. I have a six inch Mitutoyo Vernier. After I finaly see the markings I have to sit a bit and remember how to read it.

[chopnhack]

Jeeez.....

[Tom Slick]

biggest I've used was 40", at 80" they are almost a prop from Gallager's act.

They cost a chunk of change too!


EDIT: I looked up a 80" mitutoyo at MSC and it was $3300!

[eccentrictinkerer]

Ha, that's very funny. reminds me of the 6' long slide rule my chem teacher used to have.

But the slide rule was for classroom use, I guess this one is for serious use???

Loring, I've got one of these bad boys, but it's 7' long. Pickett used to send a free 7' classroom rule to any teacher who ordered 25 sliderules. I found mine at a garage sale for $15. Had to have it.

I get kidded when I pull a slide rule for a quick calculation, but I explain that we put a man on the moon with sliderules.

[Uncle Cracker]

I used a slide rule all through high school and my first year in college. My second year, the first pocket calculators came out. My first was a 4-function (no memory) Royal with a blue fluorescent display and a power pack the size of a brick. I wore the numbers off the keys.

[jhart]

Never could get the hang of sliderules. Thank God for calculators!!

[Stytooner]

There won't be any misplacing that thing.

[TB Roye]

I went for Civil Service once in my early 20's. The test was for a Drafting/Enginering Aid wiht the Highway Department here in CA. Sat down was given the test and told to begin. Most of the people pulled thier slide rules or circle calculators and started the timed test. Me I took a look at the first question and started to work it, after 2 or 3 minuets, got up and left, was never going to finish in time. This was an entry level job and didn't require advance math but the test said different.

Tom

[BobSch]

I used a slide rule all through high school and my first year in college. My second year, the first pocket calculators came out.

I remember the big flap when calculators first appeared. Some profs banned them entirely, some didn't care how you got the answers and some graded their tests so that the steps you took to find the answer counted for more than the actual numeric answer itself.

I remember in reading a magazine article in '71 reporting that four-function calculators should drop below $100 just in time for Christmas!

[Daryl]

I used a slide rule all through high school and my first year in college. My second year, the first pocket calculators came out.

I remember the big flap when calculators first appeared. Some profs banned them entirely, some didn't care how you got the answers and some graded their tests so that the steps you took to find the answer counted for more than the actual numeric answer itself.

I remember in reading a magazine article in '71 reporting that four-function calculators should drop below $100 just in time for Christmas!

These were the Bomar Brains, and they were selling for a hundred bucks.

[Uncle Cracker]

I remember in reading a magazine article in '71 reporting that four-function calculators should drop below $100 just in time for Christmas!

Didn't make it. IIRC, my folks shelled out $180 for my Royal in early '72...