Re: How to 1978 CB750 slide needle shims

Posted by Lucky 1 on Jan 26, 2012; 3:57pm
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The digital caliper is NOT more accurate.
It may lead you to believe it is more accurate because it is electronic
but the mechanics inside is the same.

If you grow up with push button electronic devices you will usually believe in them.

Any analog instrument can be read between graduations as a comparator, intrinsically impossible with digitals which have a fundamental digitisation error and can never be better than ± the least significant digit. Not forgetting the hysterisis built in to the change-over point to ensure that you get a stable reading.

Depends on the quality too.

Buy a Mitutoyo 6 inch caliper with 0-.100 in one revolution.
A good vernier caliper costs almost $100.

ANYWAY .001 thousandths is good enough.