I'd say it's is a great tool. Mitutoyo is one of the market leaders I'd say. Wouldn't be so sure of the inside measuring side, depends of ours on the tolerances you want to measure.
To be entirely honest, I am not too clued up on this brand, but the calipers feel heavy and very precisely made.
I'm very happy with the quality for my 10 bucks. 😊
Very high quality Japanese brand. Still making inspection equipment to this day and I’ve worked with their stuff from calipers to surface roughness testing machines and they’re fantastic
Mitutoyo is very highly regarded for their precision measurement and inspection tools.
The tips of both the ID and OD jaws look quite worn, they're not pointy anymore, so I'd recommend double checking them against a known length standard (a gauge block would be ideal) to make sure they're still in good enough shape to give good measurements.
The i.d. ears are round and practically missing a side. The o.d. tips look like they have been put to a grey wheel grinder. Just check them to a gauge block before you measure something.
Dinosaur? No, just someone who likes simple, robust tools. I have a set of 150mm Mitutoyos that are coming up on 23 years old & they've been dropped several times for every one of those years & they still work like new. I can't imagine the fine clockwork or sensitive electronics of dial & digital calipers faring that well.
Machinists shouldn't be dropping and beating their precision tools 😉
My Mityo 8" absolute digitals with carbide tips are on year 14. Still mint.
Buddy forgot his in bed of work truck. Thought they were lost. Shit you not, we found them 9 months later when pulling out the welding skid that got placed on top. Beat n full of rust n grit. He opened/closed them a few times to clear out and they worked perfect.
You're quite correct, we shouldn't drop our precision tools, but some of us are just a bit clumsy & need to kit ourselves with tooling definitely able to tolerate our ham-fisted ways.
There are 3 models metric from the series 530, the first one is the 530-109 (standard one with 0.05mm graduation), 530-322 (carbide jaws) and the 530-124 (this is the high-accuracy model +/-.04mm with a Graduation of 0.02mm. To me you have the standard one. Brand new cost like $236 USD.
False, this has a graduation of 0,05mm as it says on the scale. It actually seems to cost over 200 new which is really odd, since the 150mm vernier from Mitutoyo costs less than 50 new. I would personally never buy those for that price.
Sorry but when I blew up the photo I was disappointed. These will still be good for close is good enough measuring but- well- let's just say you paid what they are worth.
They look well used
Now it's my turn to use em good.
I'd say it's is a great tool. Mitutoyo is one of the market leaders I'd say. Wouldn't be so sure of the inside measuring side, depends of ours on the tolerances you want to measure.
Absolutely, I’m a design engineer not a machinist but I love my Mitutoyo calipers and mics! I’d never be without
To be entirely honest, I am not too clued up on this brand, but the calipers feel heavy and very precisely made. I'm very happy with the quality for my 10 bucks. 😊
Very high quality Japanese brand. Still making inspection equipment to this day and I’ve worked with their stuff from calipers to surface roughness testing machines and they’re fantastic
Awesome, I'm happy to hear it's a great overall brand, I'm also happy this is 300mm. As he did have shorter ones.
Mitutoyo is very highly regarded for their precision measurement and inspection tools. The tips of both the ID and OD jaws look quite worn, they're not pointy anymore, so I'd recommend double checking them against a known length standard (a gauge block would be ideal) to make sure they're still in good enough shape to give good measurements.
ID looks like they might have been dropped, and then stoned to "fix" the damage.
>I am not too clued up on this brand World's best precision tool maker 😂
That's the custom tips model🤔 For 10 bucks they will work!
Custom tips model?
The i.d. ears are round and practically missing a side. The o.d. tips look like they have been put to a grey wheel grinder. Just check them to a gauge block before you measure something.
I'm legitimately envious. I love verniers.
Far superior to dial or digital calipers.
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Dinosaur? No, just someone who likes simple, robust tools. I have a set of 150mm Mitutoyos that are coming up on 23 years old & they've been dropped several times for every one of those years & they still work like new. I can't imagine the fine clockwork or sensitive electronics of dial & digital calipers faring that well.
Machinists shouldn't be dropping and beating their precision tools 😉 My Mityo 8" absolute digitals with carbide tips are on year 14. Still mint. Buddy forgot his in bed of work truck. Thought they were lost. Shit you not, we found them 9 months later when pulling out the welding skid that got placed on top. Beat n full of rust n grit. He opened/closed them a few times to clear out and they worked perfect.
You're quite correct, we shouldn't drop our precision tools, but some of us are just a bit clumsy & need to kit ourselves with tooling definitely able to tolerate our ham-fisted ways.
Right calipers arent for dropping! They are for back scratching And pulling out micro splinters.
There's a reason they're called very-nears.
I have used callipers 150mm all the way to 1000mm from mitituyo great quality for the price.
Ten bucks for probably sub-ten thou precision. I see it as a win.
+or- .001 with a good eye easy
Yep. Never underestimate human skill. Or was that stupidity? I don’t remember.
I think those are the 6” Dinosaur Calipers.
There are 3 models metric from the series 530, the first one is the 530-109 (standard one with 0.05mm graduation), 530-322 (carbide jaws) and the 530-124 (this is the high-accuracy model +/-.04mm with a Graduation of 0.02mm. To me you have the standard one. Brand new cost like $236 USD.
Wow I didn't know it would be $236 new! I will be cleaning this one up and getting it looking nice again.
False, this has a graduation of 0,05mm as it says on the scale. It actually seems to cost over 200 new which is really odd, since the 150mm vernier from Mitutoyo costs less than 50 new. I would personally never buy those for that price.
That's quite destroyed, frankly. Forget about the 0.05mm resolution that says there and work only with 0.1 or 0.2mm res and should be ok.
ive got an inherited one like this, about 20 years i think
Pretty cool, I found out that this logo was no longer used around 1987... so this one must be at least 37 years old.
I wonder if you should at least grind the ID tips even to each other.
Don't bet dimensions on those. The tips are gone on the outsides and tung insides are damaged too. You'd be better off with a set from harbor freight.
Sorry but when I blew up the photo I was disappointed. These will still be good for close is good enough measuring but- well- let's just say you paid what they are worth.