Our favorite digital caliper is the Clockwise Tools Digital Caliper because of its IP54 weather-resistant material; large, easy-to-read display; automatic shut-off feature; and data transfer port.

A dead battery in your digital calipers usually means a trip to the store for a new button cell. Not for [Trevor]. His hack substitutes a super capacitor, guaranteeing you’ll never need to ...

There are all kinds of tools out there made to take different types of measurements, but if you’re looking for pinpoint accuracy, you should consider adding digital calipers to your toolbox.

While often seen as a specialist instrument, digital calipers are actually easy to use and allow both enthusiastic amateurs and professionals to work and measure with much greater precision than ...

You might wonder why [Kevin] wanted to build digital calipers when you can buy them for very little these days. But, then again, you are reading Hackaday, so we probably don’t need to explain it.

Learn more. If you need precise measurements, you're going to want digital calipers. When it comes to measuring lumber or hanging a photo, a measuring tape or ruler is just fine, but when you need ...

I recently picked up one of my digital calipers from the toolbox to replace its battery, but found the liquid crystal display panel was damaged. I know that the “oval black patch” issue, making the ...

Quick project to make a digital caliper holster that improves efficiency by ten times in just 10 minutes.

However, to measure the tiniest of numbers accurately, you need a caliper. Digital calipers are the best as they do most of the complex number crunching for you. Because digital calipers are ...