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From: "Jim Wilkins" <muratlanne@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Big Caliper
Date: Sun, 16 Jun 2024 11:02:59 -0400
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"Bob La Londe"  wrote in message news:v4lfl8$3reqg$1@dont-email.me...
>>what I really want is a half decent 36 inch caliper.

On 6/15/2024 6:16 PM, Jim Wilkins wrote:
> https://www.wttool.com/caliper-extender-attachment-23843?gad_source=1

Oh, heck.  I could make that, and pretty quick too.  Or atleast a
version of it.
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On second thought that seems a lot of weight and leverage to load down 
caliper jaws with, if it's damaged you might waste a lot of work before 
noticing. They have this too:
https://www.wttool.com/rdx-long-jaw-vernier-caliper-23808?gad_source=1

If you wear bifocal safety glasses with magnifying inserts reading a vernier 
scale isn't a problem.

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