| Review by Bill Butler | posted 220 days ago | 188 views | 0 times favorited | 6 comments | ![]() |
- Rockler 6-Inch Fractional Digital Caliper
- Brand: Rockler | Category: Measuring Tools

I took a chance on a $29 digital caliper from Rockler. Having used other high quality caliper and micrometers before, I didn’t think it possible to buy a quality unit for that price.
I was wrong, and this unit rocks.
It has readouts in decimal inches, decimal mm, and fractional inches.
It provides surfaces for inside, outside and depth measurement.
I have used it frequently over the last several weeks and I always keep it near by when doing setups.
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6 comments so far
trifern
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posted 220 days ago
Thanks for the review. I have a new lathe coming Monday, so I am going shopping for accessories tomorrow at Woodcraft. A caliper is on my list.
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Karson
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posted 220 days ago
Wow 128 of an inch, thats impressive.
-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com
Stacey
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posted 220 days ago
Really glad to hear that as I just ordered that very caliper a couple of days ago from Rockler. Thanks for the review.
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rikkor
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posted 219 days ago
I picked up a digital caliper at Woodcraft. It measures fine, but it eats batteries. I am careful to turn it off, and it has an auto shut-off, but I still have to replace the battery often. Maybe there is one of these in my future. I think I’d like the fractional over the decimal, too.
-- Maplewood, MN
Sawdustmaker
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posted 215 days ago
Thanks for the review. I found out just how much I needed one of these last week-end when the cut I was making with my stacked dado blade required use of the shims. I had never pulled the shims out of the plastic bag they came in. After opening them and much to my surprise, none of the 9 shims were marked in any way. Lucky for me my neighbor (also a wood worker) had one. I went online and reserved one at Rockler. (Maybe your review increased their sales)
-- Brian, Virginia Beach
Bill
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posted 215 days ago
Nice review Bill. I like the thought of the fractions on the caliper. Much less conversions to make that way.
Ahh..the purchasing power of the Lumberjocks..a nice thought Brian.
-- Bill, Turlock California, http://www.brookswoodworks.com