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How To Use A Vernier Caliper

Vernier calipers can measure within 0.001 inches or 0.02 millimeters and are used by following several steps. The object is cleaned and placed between the caliper jaws which are then locked. The vernier scale shows how many whole inches as well as fractions of inches in tenths, hundredths and thousandths based on its position relative to the main scale, allowing for a precise 3 decimal place measurement.

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How To Use A Vernier Caliper

Vernier calipers can measure within 0.001 inches or 0.02 millimeters and are used by following several steps. The object is cleaned and placed between the caliper jaws which are then locked. The vernier scale shows how many whole inches as well as fractions of inches in tenths, hundredths and thousandths based on its position relative to the main scale, allowing for a precise 3 decimal place measurement.

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How to Use a Vernier Caliper

Edited by Timmiej, RMunsonNJ, Maluniu, Kit Santos and 10 others


A vernier caliper is used to take measurements that are accurate to within .001 of an
inch or .02 of a millimeter, depending whether the vernier is imperial or metric. This set
of instructions will focus on imperial, but the same methods can be applied to a metric
vernier caliper.
Steps
1.
1
Make sure that whatever you are measuring is clean and has no burrs on the
edges.
2.
2
Open the jaws of the caliper and position them on both sides of the piece you are
measuring.
3.
3
Push the jaws firmly against the workpiece.
4.
4
Lock the clamp screw so that the jaws don't move.
5.
5
On the vernier scale is a small number 0. Look at how many inch divisions it is past
on the bar scale.
6.
6
See how many smaller (numbered) divisions the small 0 has gone past. This
represents how many tenths of an inch the workpiece is measuring in addition to the
number of whole inches.
7.
7
How many smaller divisions has the small 0 gone past the last numbered
division, this number multiplied by 25 is how many hundredths of an inch.
8.
8
Determine which division line on the vernier scale best lines up with a division on
the bar scale. This is how many thousandths of an inch.
9.
9
By adding the inch measurement, the tenths of an inch, the hundredths, and the
thousandths, you will have a measurement to a 3 decimal place accuracy.

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