So the first hint is the price $99 and it was on ebay.
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There are a few rough grinding marks on the top of the base, but otherwise the quality doesn't seam bad at all.
What really makes me think it might be fake is the scribe that it came with doesn't reach the surface it's on, unless I'm doing something wrong. It doesn't seam like Mitutoyo to include the wrong scribe, but the scribe has a carbide tip and it, as well as the base came with a plastic like wax protective coating which seams like a weird bit of attention to detail for a fake.
I can't find a reference to a 520 series of height gages.
There are some listed for $400-$600 or a bit more, and that I get, and I'd be upset if I had paid that for a fake, but at $99 I don't understand why anyone would bother. The seller was selling multiple of them. It's quite a bit of metal, bigger and sturdier than I expected, and a vernier height gage seams like a really niche market to fake. There couldn't be any profit at that price.
If it's not fake I'd like to find the right scribe for it, not that I really plan to use it, but I'd like to have it.
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There are a few rough grinding marks on the top of the base, but otherwise the quality doesn't seam bad at all.
What really makes me think it might be fake is the scribe that it came with doesn't reach the surface it's on, unless I'm doing something wrong. It doesn't seam like Mitutoyo to include the wrong scribe, but the scribe has a carbide tip and it, as well as the base came with a plastic like wax protective coating which seams like a weird bit of attention to detail for a fake.
I can't find a reference to a 520 series of height gages.
There are some listed for $400-$600 or a bit more, and that I get, and I'd be upset if I had paid that for a fake, but at $99 I don't understand why anyone would bother. The seller was selling multiple of them. It's quite a bit of metal, bigger and sturdier than I expected, and a vernier height gage seams like a really niche market to fake. There couldn't be any profit at that price.
If it's not fake I'd like to find the right scribe for it, not that I really plan to use it, but I'd like to have it.