How to clean and read Your vernier caliper

Опубликовано: 25 Июль 2026
на канале: Finno Ugric Machining
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I bought a vernier caliper cheaply from the local flea market.
This instrument is robust and accurate but it has stains that make it difficult to read.
I will take the caliper apart, clean it and put it back together.
After that I will show what this vernier caliper has to offer and how to read it.
Reading the metric scale is a no-brainer to me but the imperial scale is confusing.
I will try my best to explain reading of the imperial vernier scale as well.

In this video I am using:
Common sense

Chapters:
00:00 Intro
03:00 Take apart, clean and put together the vernier caliper
10:04 Table on the backside of the caliper
12:41 How to read the metric vernier scale
15:07 Practise quiz for the metric vernier scale
15:39 How to read the imperial vernier scale
17:44 Practise quiz for the imperial vernier scale
18:55 Conclusion and Bye

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