From: none@none.com99   
      
   I've got a 12" and a 24" dial caliper.  Off brands, well not Starrett or   
   Mitutoyo anyway.  Mostly I use them for roughing in larger mold blanks   
   to length.  Once in a while I wish I had something longer.  I can use   
   the mill as a measuring tool, and I can use gage blocks and 123/246   
   blocks to block up the end of a part, but what I really want is a half   
   decent (or doesn't totally suck) 36 inch caliper. Its much faster than   
   cranking the mill table back and forth or setting up blocking to measure   
   with a smaller tool.   
      
   Well, I guess I'll want in one hand and save pennies in the other...   
      
      
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   Bob La Londe   
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