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Yea I do, but cant afford much !
New video out. You need a cold one to watch this as its an hour long but very cool video. Love the old plant and patina that goes along with it.
I’m in the same boat. A few months ago I decided I wanted a good combo square set with all the bells and whistles. Had my heart set on a Starrett.
Then I found some and decided I didn’t need one to be “that good”.
I ended with a $30 or $40 set from Grizzly. Which I am very happy with btw
Over the years I have bought a 6″ combination square and a 12″ combination. I have the 45 and protractor head for the 12″ but that is all I own. Oh, I did buy a pair of dial vernier calipers with fractions that were oddly cheap for Starrett. I have had a pair of mitutoyo digitals for years but for woodworking I prefer dial.
I did not even know Grizzly had calipers. Is it Grizzly brand?
Used to use Starrett stuff a lot when I was doing contract work at RTI for DARPA. That was a long time ago and their tools were the best, bar none. As with so many things though, that may no longer be true.
rrmccabe wrote:
On 3/16/2017 at 7:12 AM, rrmccabe said:Over the years I have bought a 6″ combination square and a 12″ combination. I have the 45 and protractor head for the 12″ but that is all I own. Oh, I did buy a pair of dial vernier calipers with fractions that were oddly cheap for Starrett. I have had a pair of mitutoyo digitals for years but for woodworking I prefer dial.
I did not even know Grizzly had calipers. Is it Grizzly brand?
It was the Grizzly combo square set:
Nice set for $36 bucks. I just couldn’t stomach $250 for a Starrett.
Looks nice. Except for color and the level, it looks about the same.