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  1. Sep 27, 2013, 04:26 AM #9
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    Quote Originally Posted by rdhem2 View Post
    Sorry but I am confused. You calibrate the caliper then measure a .060" block. Display shows .059".

    What are we to think?

    Caliper is not accurate.

    Block is actually .059".

    Sorry if I am thick between the ears.
    The block is accurate at .0600 and the caliper is reading a thou low. The computer corrects the error and puts the result on its own display as .0600. Could you be looking at the wrong display?

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