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Jun 30, 2020, 08:22 AM #13

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Originally Posted by Retro Steam Tech

Hi,

I have several cheap (£9.99) Chinese digital calipers and, yes I use them as scribers so I tend to agree with Crusty. I would also say this, I once tried to drill a small hole through the fixed jaw of one of these cheap calipers and none of my drill bits would touch it. So they may be cheap but they are also extremely hard.

FWIW - I've had acceptable results using Dewalt glass drilling bits from the big box store drilling into hardened steel.

If you can't make it precise make it adjustable.

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