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Starrett 434-12-16R 12" Combination Set -NEW-, $290, Kitchener, ON

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I have one of these in like new condition in the box..... Been too afraid of scratching it up and making it no longer like new, so it lives in the back of my desk drawer safely in its box while I try and wear out the other ones scattered about the shop. The others, as is usually the case, came along a few days after buying the new set......
 
JustaDB said:

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I thought about it, as I want a set at home, but the scale doesn’t work for me. Who uses 50th? and 100ths?? Although I have a ‘Xerox’ marked 6” Starrett from my Dad that’s the same, 32nds and 64th one side, 50ths and 100ths the other.
 
That's a good price for a fresh one, they go for big bucks on Ebay in much worse condition. And they might even be Asian outsourced by now. I'm pretty sure Starrett offered interchangeable scales & maybe metric too, or I could be confused with Mitutoyo. But yes, 50ths & 100ths were very common scale increments for machinist types in the manual layout days so carries on today. The (haha) 'wood' units: 1/32", 1/64" were also used but maybe not as much. There are few if any 64ths or 128ths reading micrometers LOL. N-Am units still favor 100-based divisions, just happen to be derived from length of King's anatomy or whatever. Doesn't matter how you measure & make it, as long as its accurate!
 
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