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Steve Plunk

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Mar 29, 1999, 3:00:00 AM3/29/99
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I am planning to buy a set of micrometers to use daily. How do Mitutoyo
micrometers compare to Starrett?
Steve

Richard B.

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In article <36FFB4...@centuryinter.net>,
From my experiences in the gage lab, not very well. In heavy daily use in an
industrial environment, the Mit will be dead in five years or less, while the
Starrett is still young. And YES, I'm prejudiced.

Richard


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Terry Harlan

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You should find little difference in quality. What makes Starrett my pick
is the way the thimble feels in hand plus its small size makes them easy to
spin open or closed by rolling along my fore-arm.

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Edward Haas

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--IMO, quality is equivalent, but it's easier to get spare parts or
uncommon items out of a Mitutoyo rep than it i is to get the equivalent out
of a Starrett dealer...
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Don Foreman

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Mar 31, 1999, 3:00:00 AM3/31/99
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I looked at Starrett and Mitutoyo digital calipers at J&L. The Starrett
was half again as much money, and I thought the Mitutoyo felt a LOT better.
I measured the shank of a 1/2" endmill with each; got .5000 on the first
three tries with the Mitutoyo, got .4995, .5000, and .4995 with the
Starrett. Either would be acceptable with a digital, but I just liked the
Mit better.

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Mattias Kristiansson

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Mar 31, 1999, 3:00:00 AM3/31/99
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On 30 Mar 1999 06:34:50 GMT, ste...@sonic.net (Edward Haas) wrote:

> --IMO, quality is equivalent, but it's easier to get spare parts or
>uncommon items out of a Mitutoyo rep than it i is to get the equivalent out
>of a Starrett dealer...

It seems to me that Mitutoyo and Starret micrometers are the most
well-known ones in this newsgroup. Are "C. E. Johansson" micrometers
not common in the United States? Here in Sweden they are the ones on
the pictures in old metalworking books and so on. I have six of them
and they seem like very good quality to me.
If I'm right, C. E. Johansson was the guy who invented gauge blocks
and later started the company that bears his name.

Mattias Kristiansson, Ystad, Sweden
mattias.kr...@swipnet.se

PLAlbrecht

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Mattias Kristiansson, Ystad, Sweden wrote

>If I'm right, C. E. Johansson was the guy who invented gauge blocks and later
started the company that bears his name.

Just for your file of interesting facts, gauge (or "gage") blocks are often
called Johannsen or Jo blocks here in the United States. I always wondered
where the name came from, sounds like yours is a plausible explanation.

Pete


Paul Koning

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Mar 31, 1999, 3:00:00 AM3/31/99
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It definitely is the correct explanation...

paul

Jeff Pack

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Apr 6, 1999, 3:00:00 AM4/6/99
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In article <36FFB4...@centuryinter.net>, spl...@centuryinter.net
says...

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>I am planning to buy a set of micrometers to use daily. How do Mitutoyo
>micrometers compare to Starrett?
>Steve

Some newer Polish Mics come well reccmnd'd.

ALot cheaper to replace, when you see them fling across the room...


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