Dial Indicator purchased on eBay is Damaged

[erikmannie]

I have always wanted a dial indicator with .0001” graduations. I looked around eBay for another 2 hours, and this one looks like it should be OK.

 

[darkzero]

Way too expensive. I'm with Mikey, not sure why you are looking at all these ancient indicators, unless you just like that sort of thing. I paid $40 for my Mitu .0001 dial indicator which I never use. Most of my Mitu dial indicators I got for $30-$60 & all were in like new condition.

 

[middle.road]

I have always wanted a dial indicator with .0001” graduations. I looked around eBay for another 2 hours, and this one looks like it should be OK.

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Slow down and catch your breath. I'm with Will and Mikey's suggestions.
That and I just scored a bunch of DIs.
And I'm never going to need this many...
Let me go through them and check them out. Find something budget friendly. (If you want...)

 

[erikmannie]

The only other thing that I would possibly need is a .0001” dial test indicator, but I have a .Shars 0005” DTI so that will be fine.

The last 4 years, I have been aggressively buying machines & tooling. I just stopped working Saturdays, so now I will have plenty of time to futz around in the garage.

 

[JRaut]

So now I will have plenty of time to figure out what else I need to buy.

 

[erikmannie]

@JRaut Is that quote from this thread? I spent 4 hours looking for 2 dial indicators. I bought two quality indicators for $120.

 

[JRaut]

I didn’t mean for my reply to come off snarky. Half of what I do in my shop is think about what else I need to make or buy to move my current project along.

 

[erikmannie]

Oh, I get it now. You are equating “futzing around in the garage” with “figuring out what else I need to buy”.

As much as I find it therapeutic to buy tools, I think there’s very little else that I can justify purchasing other than materials (e.g. my favorite, steel round bar).