{"id":29976,"date":"2017-11-04T02:00:40","date_gmt":"2017-11-04T09:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/?p=29976"},"modified":"2017-10-27T18:12:38","modified_gmt":"2017-10-28T01:12:38","slug":"best-cheap-digital-calipers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/best-cheap-digital-calipers\/","title":{"rendered":"Best cheap digital calipers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_32638\"  width=\"480\" height=\"270\"  data-origwidth=\"480\" data-origheight=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2KXq0T5PSBU?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;modestbranding=0&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>These dirt cheap <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/B0002JFMIO\/makerupdate-20\">$13 digital calipers<\/a> come in a plastic case. Mine even had an extra battery included. On the front here you have a power button, a zero button to zero out the measurement, and a toggle between inches and mm.<\/p>\n<p>There are four main ways to measure. You have outside dimension, inside, depth, and step. One main reason to use calipers is because it\u2019s much more precise than using a ruler, especially when you\u2019re measuring something small.<\/p>\n<p>They\u2019re also great for when you want to measure the difference between two things by measuring something, zeroing it out, and measuring the second thing, giving you the difference.<\/p>\n<p>They\u2019re a crazy value at $13. And if you ever want to get into 3D modeling parts that interface with the real world, these are a must.<\/p>\n<p>These same calipers were recommended by <a href=\"http:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/john-edgar-park-producer-at-disney-research\/\">John Park of Adafruit in Cool Tools podcast #28<\/a>. And it\u2019s recommendations like this that make me such a huge fan of the Cool Tools blog and podcast.<\/p>\n<div class='ctx-module-container ctx_default_placement ctx-clearfix'><\/div><span class=\"ctx-article-root\"><!-- --><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Accurately measure small parts<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":76,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[41],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29976"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/76"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29976"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29976\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29978,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29976\/revisions\/29978"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}