Cute. If I have to measure finer than 1/64, I have problems. 

Pretty cool and I can see where it would come in handy...in fact could have used it yesterday to inspect tip on 1/16" drill bit. Alas everybody at the "Poor Farm" has Androids except for my daughter...she has the latest & greatest iPhone...will give hers a try...Thanks Gene.

I'm still at a flip phone -- all I need to do is make and receive a phone call.

 

But I do have a 10x illuminated magnifier.

12 minutes ago, Grandpadave52 said:

Pretty cool and I can see where it would come in handy...in fact could have used it yesterday to inspect tip on 1/16" drill bit. Alas everybody at the "Poor Farm" has Androids except for my daughter...she has the latest & greatest iPhone...will give hers a try...Thanks Gene.

There are several free apps for Android. Google phone magnifier.

I can't figure out how to download the app. Even tried it on BOTH phones!

John

Sorry guys, I gotta call "BS" on this one!  The nerd shows two applications of his wasted time, and along the way sneers at a caliper measurement.  [His path takes him around three sides of the barn.]  First fancy finagle:  spacing of the grip segments.  Engineer method:  use caliper to measure the entire grip distance, divide by number of stripes, make sure caliper starts and stops at same location (e.g., left or right side of segment).  This has added accuracy of averaging out any deviations in any specific segment (i.e., not sure how the segments were generated in the first place, or how accurately they were laid out).

 

The second example, measuring the circle (dime?):  use the caliper.  His sneer vs the caliper at the start of the video is never re-evaluated in the light of a different application (I think it's an old rhetoric trick:  disparage early and often, then the impression of unsuitability continue to echo).   (I do the same with my dog: waive the treat, he forgets all preceding thoughts.  Like he had any.)  (Works with Scouts too:  waive the marshmallow, they lose track of everything.)  (Of course I maintain that adults are pretty much just like kids, just with wallets.)

 

Ok, insulted enough to make quota this week!!  :-) 

4 minutes ago, PeteM said:

adults are pretty much just like kids, just with wallets.)

EMPTY wallets!

John

I take my glasses off and try to use them as a magnifier.

 

3 minutes ago, HARO50 said:

EMPTY wallets!

John

Yup.  If you have kids.  Dinks rule.  (I have 4 kids and, apparently, a vow a poverty)

Neat phones, John. Are they rechargeable?

I found one of these magnifier desk lamps at a flea market.  Quickly became one of my best finds ever.

 

 

 

12 minutes ago, Gene Howe said:

Neat phones, John. Are they rechargeable?

Nah. The first one's a plug-in, the second has a built-in generator. (Notice the crank handle on the right side.)

John

IIRC, you could make conference calls on those phones. 

I have taken a picture with my smart phone and then blown it up on the screen to read the fine print on items in the store

41 minutes ago, HandyDan said:

I found one of these magnifier desk lamps at a flea market.  Quickly became one of my best finds ever.

You find all the good stuff... I keep looking for one of those at flea markets/garage sales, but no luck yet. Maybe if I had one, I could see one for sale...

1 hour ago, PeteM said:

Sorry guys, I gotta call "BS" on this one!  The nerd shows two applications of his wasted time, and along the way sneers at a caliper measurement.  [His path takes him around three sides of the barn.]  First fancy finagle:  spacing of the grip segments.  Engineer method:  use caliper to measure the entire grip distance, divide by number of stripes, make sure caliper starts and stops at same location (e.g., left or right side of segment).  This has added accuracy of averaging out any deviations in any specific segment (i.e., not sure how the segments were generated in the first place, or how accurately they were laid out).

 

The second example, measuring the circle (dime?):  use the caliper.  His sneer vs the caliper at the start of the video is never re-evaluated in the light of a different application (I think it's an old rhetoric trick:  disparage early and often, then the impression of unsuitability continue to echo).   (I do the same with my dog: waive the treat, he forgets all preceding thoughts.  Like he had any.)  (Works with Scouts too:  waive the marshmallow, they lose track of everything.)  (Of course I maintain that adults are pretty much just like kids, just with wallets.)

 

Ok, insulted enough to make quota this week!!  :-) 

 

Law of the Instrument

As Abraham Maslow said, "I suppose it is tempting, if the only tool you have is a hammer, to treat everything as if it were a nail."

 

You see the same thing when someone spends half a day to build a jig for a table saw when it would take 2 minutes to pull out a chisel and just do it.

1 hour ago, HARO50 said:

I can't figure out how to download the app. Even tried it on BOTH phones!

2 minutes ago, kmealy said:

You see the same thing when someone spends half a day to build a jig for a table saw when it would take 2 minutes to pull out a chisel and just do it.

Yeah but, then ya' gotta' find the chisel and it will need sharpened, then find the pencil, then the 6" adjustable square, find a hammer...it just never ends...plus now you've got a handy jig to hang-up for display and collect because you'll likely never use it again...

Why do I want to measure what I cannot see?