I'm a newbie to this site, posting here to find some expertise. I picked up a mechanically and physically very nice Mitoyo 6 inch dial micrometer. Smooth operation, but when I checked it against my Starrett standards, it was .010 off at 1 inch, the same at 2 inches. Tried a set of feeler gauges from .025 down to .0015 which the Starrett read accurately, and the Mitoyo was .002 at feeler .0015, .008 at feeler .010, .022 at feeler .025. What in the world can go wrong with a micrometer like this? No missing teeth, no grit, no sticky spots, the blades sharp, flat and parallel.
Charlie in NC
Charlie in NC