what vernier

by **quicklocks** » 17 Jan 2005 14:45

hi everyone

im looking for a little advice n what vernier to buy.

im starting to do plastercine impresioning and was wondering how accurate the digital verniers have to be. 1 tenth of a mill or 1 hundredth of a mill
there is quite a price differnce but im willing to pay for the better one if its needed.

i have a normal set but they are pretty pants

any help would be great thanks

by **pinky** » 17 Jan 2005 14:56

your fine with 1 tenth, maplins Â£40

by **Wallaby** » 17 Jan 2005 15:00

i went for RS components own brand for around Â£30 ... it has a thumbwheel which really helps get that last tenth ....

by **quicklocks** » 17 Jan 2005 15:28

theres one at screwfix.com
here http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/sea/sea ... 1&x=9&y=10
i might buy this one

by **Rick-the-Pick** » 17 Jan 2005 15:42

The digitals are excellent, the one in screwfix above are on e-bay!
You can pick one up for Â£18. I've had mine for age's, i cant fault it!

by **EvoRed** » 17 Jan 2005 15:45

They should be fine Quicklocks. I've been using some of the plasticine impression kits for a while and have had no problems with measuring the marks and you should see the crappy ones I have! Not far off measuring with a metal ruler, with 1mm increments, but they do the trick!

Must get round to getting some better ones though, and those from Screwfix look OK...

by **quicklocks** » 17 Jan 2005 15:56

thanks

by **Peaky** » 18 Jan 2005 6:44

Keep you eye on your local Aldi store, they sell reasonable ones for Â£15 on a regular basis, you can tell when they have them on sale as ebay starts getting loads on for sale (its people buying them from Aldi and selling them there)

by **quicklocks** » 18 Jan 2005 16:28

cheers but my closest aldi is 38 miles away its a bit of a day out so we dont go very often :lol:

by **Rick-the-Pick** » 18 Jan 2005 16:32

Aldi, never heard of them! Is it like B&Q?

by **quicklocks** » 18 Jan 2005 16:54

aldi is a very cheap discount food store eg beans 7p some of the food is c##p some ok but i dont rate it

by **Peaky** » 18 Jan 2005 17:48

All of the food is crap but a leaflet comes through the door every week and they sell hardware at cheap prices,

Last week it was 2x 7" wide screens and a dvd player for your car for Â£130.

I wouldnt go out my way to go there but when they had the digital verniers on sale at Â£15 i went in and bought 2 just because of the price.

Relabled Cannon 6 mega pixel cameras at Â£150 and you soon get the idea.

Stick to Sainsburys for food though.

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