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#vernier — Public Fediverse posts

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  1. Custom Hat Gives Vintage Mitutoyo Calipers a New Lease on Life - Metrology fans are usually at least a little bit in love with Mitutoyo, and rightf... - hackaday.com/2024/08/02/custom #toolhacks #metrology #attiny85 #mitutoyo #caliper #digital #vernier #oled #hat

  2. A Vernier Take On A 3D Printer Extruder Indicator - A common way to visualize that a 3D printer’s extruder motor — which feeds the fil... - hackaday.com/2024/05/03/a-vern #3dprinterhacks #3dprinted #indicator #extruder #vernier #diy

  3. The #engine section of a #Delta II #rocket.
    The main engine is a #Rocketdyne #RS27A that burns kerosene and liquid oxygen.
    On either side of the center engine nozzle, the two yellow and white portions that seem covered in fabric with red openings are #vernier thrusters to maintain attitude control.

    Get a print or other item at heronfox.pixels.com/featured/1

    #RocketEngine #KennedySpaceCenterVisitorsComplex #KennedySpaceCenter #KSC

  4. Today's oddity: showed an actual degreed and employed #engineer how to use a cheap #Vernier #caliper to get accurate measurements down to 0.1mm.

    Caveats: engineer is much younger than me, this was an old-school caliper without a dial or digital readout, their primarily field is fluid dynamics (so not a lot of calipers). And they understood the idea quickly.

    But now I'm wondering this person would panic at the sight of a #slideRule. Tempting to throw one in the bag "just in case."