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I am wondering what kinds of experiences people have had with cheap test indicators.
I have never had a problem with a dial indicator, no matter how cheap, so at some point in the past I bought a test indicator from CDCO. Tonight I had to mount my vise on my mill, so I used the indicator. I got nowhere with it. It seemed like the numbers never wanted to settle down. I ended up so far out of tram I could actually see it. I had to knock the vise back into position and start over.
I got out my old Tesatest indicator (not Asian), and it was a different story. It worked exactly the way it was supposed to, and I was done in a few minutes.
The impression I got with the CDCO indicator was that the zero was wandering. Has anyone else had an experience like that?
I have never had a problem with a dial indicator, no matter how cheap, so at some point in the past I bought a test indicator from CDCO. Tonight I had to mount my vise on my mill, so I used the indicator. I got nowhere with it. It seemed like the numbers never wanted to settle down. I ended up so far out of tram I could actually see it. I had to knock the vise back into position and start over.
I got out my old Tesatest indicator (not Asian), and it was a different story. It worked exactly the way it was supposed to, and I was done in a few minutes.
The impression I got with the CDCO indicator was that the zero was wandering. Has anyone else had an experience like that?