TECH request. How do you read a venier caliper?

I googled a lot first, but all I keep finding is how to use a metric venier caliper. Mine is strictly standard. So I humbly ask the HAMB, can someone tell me the correct way to read one of these?

 

Can post a pictureare they Dial cailpers or ? It's pretty much the same as reading any micrometer, Maybe I don't understand the question?

 

Metric is the same principle as Imperial,it's based on the decimal system.

Post a close up pic. Been a while,but I can probably explain it.

 

Try here:

http://www.science-experiments.info/How_to_read_a_vernier_caliper.html

*edit* D'oh, that's a Metric vernier. should've checked first!!!

 

Try this site

http://www.longislandindicator.com/p11.html

 

dial type. Like this:

 

http://www.uiitraining.com/b51a/100/13102vernier_caliper,etc.htm

http://www.auto-met.com/mitutoyo/caliper/mitutoyo_caliper_O-30-31.pdf

http://www.rit.edu/~uphysics/VernierCaliper/caliper.html


This one works in inches and metric,read the others first:
http://members.shaw.ca/ron.blond/Vern.APPLET/index.html

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I just searched for: how to read vernier calipers inches

 

"Vernier" refers to the scale with all the little tiny lines on it.
Dial Calipers are different.

Is one turn on the dial .100" or .200" ?

The good ones are .100",much easier to read accurately.

The cheap ones are .200".

 

I just get one with a digital readout .

 

Search for: how to read dial calipers inches

 

for a caliper like that you read the inch and tenth of an inch straight off the slide, then add what is shown on the dial

 

A Verneir caliper doesn't have a dial.......
But here's how you read one....
http://www.rit.edu/~uphysics/VernierCaliper/caliper.html

 

Josh, looks good. I always took the closest line pair, and recall adding the small digit value (of this aligned pair of lines), to the "lower" large value on the bigger scale. Ex: .300 (lower large value) plus .018 (properly read "aligned" contribution) yields .318"

 

IMHO digital instruments are great ..until the battery goes dead

 

Digital is ok, but when you know how to read calipers etc, the old fashion way, you'd be surprised how easy it is, just like reading a tape measure, but then again most people don't know how to read a tape measure either.

 

Or you drop them.

 

The easiest way to explain decimal conversion is to use money as an example.

3/4"= 75 cents .750, 1/2= 50 cents or .500

I know it's elementary but it's handy.

 

Actually the answer is: Very carefully

somewhere around here I have a text that explains it for US measurement type calipers.

 

Damn crescent wrenches anyways.

 

I did find some old pages in a machine shop textbook, sent a link to Frank. if anyone else wants it please PM me! this is for the old style vernier caliper with 1/40" scale

 

Actually .500 doesn't mean anything,in Metric or Imperial,
because the units are not specified.

It could be .500 mm,Liters,Meters,Newtons,KPA,
Inches,Feet,Yards,Gallons,seconds,etc.
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The principle of reading a vernier scale
IS the same for Imperial and Metric.

Which is irrelevant,because he wants to read a Dial Caliper.

 

Ah yes, I stand corrected.
As I stated, "But you are correct, the principle is the same.
Anyway, you in the YSA spell all metric words wrong.
A meter is an instrument used for measuring.
A METRE is a unit of measurement.
LITER is something to light a cigarette. I know....
LITRE is METRIC.

 

Ever heard the saying:
"We don't care how they do things in Europe" ?

 

Thanks everyone. Thanks for the links, Squirrel.

I thought it was called a vernier because when I googled it, I kept seeing the same kind like I have.

I just need a cheat sheet or get better with my math converting decimal to fractions.

For instance, I was measuring a threaded fitting and didn't know the diameter. Since when you go hunting some parts you have to know the fractional size, I was trying to figure out what it equates to. Guess I need to dust off a high-scho...I mean elementary math book.

 

if you have a decimal number (like 0.344) just multiply it by 8 and 16 and 32 to get the fraction...see which one comes out close to a whole number, and that's your fraction equivalent. In this case you get 11.008 when you multiply by 32, so it's 11/32

 

go to your local or mailorder machine tool supply company for a large decimal equivalent chart. i use them all the time, in any machine shop you'll see 20 or more of em on the walls, you don't think we memorize all that ****, do ya?

 

Frank you have e-mail. I sent you a complete conversion chart std/metric and fractions! Check your inbox.

 

http://www.evparts.com/generalinfo/decimalfractionchart.PDF

Here is the one I sent Frank. There are a ton on the net but this one has Metric/Inch/Decimal all on one.

 

Fractions to decimals:
http://www.seoconsultants.com/charts/inches-decimal/

Fractions to decimals and mm:
http://www.sdplastics.com/fractdecimilli.html