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Caliper Terminology


You can learn caliper terminology here.

There are many types of Machinist Calipers in use today. I have listed the most common ones here. You can use this page to familiarize your self with terminology machinist use when discussing calipers.

Calipers are extremely versatile measuring tools. They are 4 tools in one. You can use them to measure O.D I.D Depth and they can also be used as a height gage.


Digital:Digital calipers are fast becoming the most popular and most used because of there rugged design and easy to red display

Dial:Dial calipers are available in inch or metric and inch/metric.They are slowly being phased out by Digital Calipers.

Vernier:Vernier’s have become a thing of the past but I would recommend that you learn to read a vernier scale because you will run across a tool that uses a vernier scale.



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