bouch
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Hi folks,
I have an old 7" Helios dial caliper. I've had it since I was a teenager, and its still the only caliper I have (never bothered to buy a digital one as this works just fine)
At least until now... The other day I went to measure something, and something just didn't didn't make sense. Upon further investigation, I found that when I zero'ed the caliper, the needle was no longer vertical, it was pointing to about 5 o'clock.
I have no clue how this happened. I didn't drop/bang or otherwise abuse the calipers. When I was opening/closing I didn't feel anything unusual. But clearly the gear for the needle has jumped a tooth or two and now things are messed up.
Now that I've moved the dial, its measuring fine. But its annoying as all hell.
So, How would I go about fixing this? (or should I just bite the bullet a buy a new digital one?)
I have an old 7" Helios dial caliper. I've had it since I was a teenager, and its still the only caliper I have (never bothered to buy a digital one as this works just fine)
At least until now... The other day I went to measure something, and something just didn't didn't make sense. Upon further investigation, I found that when I zero'ed the caliper, the needle was no longer vertical, it was pointing to about 5 o'clock.
I have no clue how this happened. I didn't drop/bang or otherwise abuse the calipers. When I was opening/closing I didn't feel anything unusual. But clearly the gear for the needle has jumped a tooth or two and now things are messed up.
Now that I've moved the dial, its measuring fine. But its annoying as all hell.
So, How would I go about fixing this? (or should I just bite the bullet a buy a new digital one?)