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For people that don’t know this is not how you use Calipers

This just tells me calipers should have 2 measuring bars on them, so gaps and other inside edges can be measured like this (maybe this already exists, idak)

Can’t tell if I’m missing a joke here, but see those two small knife looking protruding from the opposite side (above) where they’re measuring, those are used for measuring internal diameter.

The side they’re using is for outer diameter.

And though you can’t see it in the pic, the thin bit of metal that extends out from the bottom can be used for measuring depth.

Same thought, Im not sure if that comment is a joke or not…

Probably not because I would have said the same thing. I know nothing about tools.

TIL what the thin bit is for. Thanks

Just flip it, the top bars are for measuring from the inside.

That’s what the two prongs at the top are for. Flip the caliper upside down, use the prongs to measure the inside dimension, and read it off the same scale.

Ah cool, didn’t notice those. Cheers

“Caliper jaws for inside measurement—I thought of that. Turned out it already existed, but I arrived at it independently."

Showed this pic to my co workers (steelworkers/blacksmiths) and only the old guys knew what was funny about the pic… Gen z think that calipers are toy guns…

I use calipers frequently and didn’t realize it was upsidedown until reading this.

I thought it was a joke about clients always sending shitty low resolution pictures where you can’t actually verify their claim.

Oh, I thought the joke was that the hole the customer was complaining about was the hole this pipe was supposed to fit into, and that they were measuring the inner diameter rather than the outer.

The joke is they’re supposed to use the end with the spiky bits to measure the inner diameter of the pipe. It’s even more baffling they’re using a mechanical readout when a digital display would be easier to measure with IMO.

I feel like a boomer/millenial trapped in a young body when I read stuff like this 😭

I … Think this is everyone’s dream.

How do gen z-ers measure distances finely, then?

Realistically, how many people need calipers in their life? The vast majority never used one because a ruler or tape is enough for pretty much anything in a house.

It’s written on the label/signs where we bought it from.

I dunno, a lot of gen z and millennials probably use them when fabricating parts for things that you can’t get them for. I know I do for my printer.

Well… im an old millennial and know what it is and how to use it properly…

Looks like that hole chamfer is wrong. Doesn’t properly fit the measuring device.

Next time, chose a smarter client.

Bold claim, also very true

I want to wholeheartedly believe the caliper has the size the customer wants and the pipe is bigger, therefore inappropriate. I’ve never met anyone who would use a caliper this way, I’ve seen people trying to eyeball it or use it as a ruler but not like this

It’s gotta be something like that, like the photo is presented out of context, the alternative is too depressing

could be that they saw somebody use fancier calipers that have a gauge thing on the other side and managed not to remember it looks different

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