Wanted: Catalog Copy Writer

In article <[email protected]>, [email protected]
says...
> Unisaw A100 wrote:
>
> > DJ Delorie >
> >>Mine is 1/10 inch per revolution. I checked the Grizzly catalog, and
> >>0.1" is the most per rev they have - others are even less per rev.
> >
> > That sounds like a dial *indicator*. The item being sold at
> > Woodcraft is a dial *caliper*.
>
> No, that sounds like a dial caliper. Every dial caliper I've ever
> used--Brown & Sharpe, Mitutoyo, or El Cheapo Chinese--reads .1" (1/10") per
> revolution, and has a resolution of .001". There are some really cheap
> plastic dial calipers which read 1" per rev., but they only have a
> resolution of .01".
>
>

The latter would be consistent with the Woodcraft ad: it claims it's
"calibrated" in 1/64" which is 0.015625", which, I assume they are
trying to say that it has 1/64" resolution. They also need somebody who
understands the difference between calibrated, resolution, accuracy, and
precision -- but that's probably another thread

Unisaw A100 said:

>OK, I'll admit I don't always have a complete grasp of
>things but I'm wondering, is the copy writer at Woodcraft
>maybe not in full understandment of what it is he's doing?

I haven't looked at the product in question, but what they probably
mean is that it has fractional divisions like 1/8, 1/4 rather than
.01, .02, etc. And there are several on the market, BTW - I have two
different models. One is nylon plastic by Hemp, and the other is a
stainless from Highland Hardware.
FWIW,

Greg G.

Unisaw A100 writes:

>OK, I'll admit I don't always have a complete grasp of
>things but I'm wondering, is the copy writer at Woodcraft
>maybe not in full understandment of what it is he's doing?
>
>Direct Cut 'N Paste From Woodcraft Web Page
>
>
>
>Product Number 143963
>Fractional Dial Caliper
>"It didn’t exist so we had it made for us! One turn of the
>dial equals an inch, a feature that no other dial caliper
>has."
>
>
>
>Now, I've used a dial caliper from time to time (OK, every
>time I'm in the shop) and all the dial calipers I've used
>measured an inch with one revolution of the dial.
>
>Like I said, I don't always have a complete grasp of things.
>
>Anyone?
>

Marketing, I guess. I guarandamntee you I did NOT write that bit of copy while
I was there, though.

I don't know who is doing catalog copy now, but I could make some very, very
rough guesses. Not 1 of the 3 woodworkers who work for corporate?
Charlie Self
"If you want to know what God thinks of money, just look at the people he gave
it to. " Dorothy Parker

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Anthony Diodati wrote:
>Well, The one I have in the den reads .100 of an inch per turn of the dial.
>10 turns of the dial = 1 inch.
>But the one I have in the basement, that reads in thousands and fractional,
>Yes, It reads 1 inch per turn of the dial.
>But hell, I've had that one(the later) for a long time. Actually got it in a
>garage I used to work in, it was for measuring universal joint end caps.

Dial indicator?

or

Dial caliper?

UA100

Well, The one I have in the den reads .100 of an inch per turn of the dial.
10 turns of the dial = 1 inch.
But the one I have in the basement, that reads in thousands and fractional,
Yes, It reads 1 inch per turn of the dial.
But hell, I've had that one(the later) for a long time. Actually got it in a
garage I used to work in, it was for measuring universal joint end caps.

Thanks, Tony D.
>
"Unisaw A100" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> OK, I'll admit I don't always have a complete grasp of
> things but I'm wondering, is the copy writer at Woodcraft
> maybe not in full understandment of what it is he's doing?
>
> Direct Cut 'N Paste From Woodcraft Web Page
>
>
>
> Product Number 143963
> Fractional Dial Caliper
> "It didn't exist so we had it made for us! One turn of the
> dial equals an inch, a feature that no other dial caliper
> has."
>
>
>
> Now, I've used a dial caliper from time to time (OK, every
> time I'm in the shop) and all the dial calipers I've used
> measured an inch with one revolution of the dial.
>
> Like I said, I don't always have a complete grasp of things.
>
> Anyone?
>
> Anyone?
>
> Buehler?
>
> UA100, who thinks maybe there aren't any woodworkers left at
> Woodcraft...

"Steve Turner" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I have this one:
>
>
http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.asp?page=46036&category=1,43513,43546&abspage=1&ccurrency=2&SID=
>
> Yes, the dial measures one inch for each revolution. I use it all the
time; no
> wooddorker should be without one.

Just beat me to it Steve. Don't have one, but did look it up & *drool* for a
while.

Nahmie

I have this one:

http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.asp?page=46036&category=1,43513,43546&abspage=1&ccurrency=2&SID=

Yes, the dial measures one inch for each revolution. I use it all the time; no
wooddorker should be without one.

Unisaw A100 wrote:
> OK, I'll admit I don't always have a complete grasp of
> things but I'm wondering, is the copy writer at Woodcraft
> maybe not in full understandment of what it is he's doing?
>
> Direct Cut 'N Paste From Woodcraft Web Page
>
>
>
> Product Number 143963
> Fractional Dial Caliper
> "It didn’t exist so we had it made for us! One turn of the
> dial equals an inch, a feature that no other dial caliper
> has."
>
>
>
> Now, I've used a dial caliper from time to time (OK, every
> time I'm in the shop) and all the dial calipers I've used
> measured an inch with one revolution of the dial.
>
> Like I said, I don't always have a complete grasp of things.
>
> Anyone?
>
> Anyone?
>
> Buehler?
>
> UA100, who thinks maybe there aren't any woodworkers left at
> Woodcraft...

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DJ Delorie >
>Mine is 1/10 inch per revolution. I checked the Grizzly catalog, and
>0.1" is the most per rev they have - others are even less per rev.

That sounds like a dial *indicator*. The item being sold at
Woodcraft is a dial *caliper*.

UA100

Steve Dunbar wrote:
>No, that sounds like a dial caliper. Every dial caliper I've ever
>used--Brown & Sharpe, Mitutoyo, or El Cheapo Chinese--reads .1" (1/10") per
>revolution, and has a resolution of .001". There are some really cheap
>plastic dial calipers which read 1" per rev., but they only have a
>resolution of .01".



I'm sorry. I've been way off base here. I thought we
were talking about calipers for use in wooddorking,
not for measuring the thickness of our pubic hairs.

Please accept my apologies.

UA100, doing fine with his cheap "one revolution equals an
inch just like God and Al Gore intended it to be" caliper...

Greg G. said:

>different models. One is nylon plastic by Hemp, and the other is a
>stainless from Highland Hardware.

Incidentally, they both are 1" per revolution as well..


Greg G.

Unisaw A100 wrote:

> DJ Delorie >
>>Mine is 1/10 inch per revolution. I checked the Grizzly catalog, and
>>0.1" is the most per rev they have - others are even less per rev.
>
> That sounds like a dial *indicator*. The item being sold at
> Woodcraft is a dial *caliper*.

No, that sounds like a dial caliper. Every dial caliper I've ever
used--Brown & Sharpe, Mitutoyo, or El Cheapo Chinese--reads .1" (1/10") per
revolution, and has a resolution of .001". There are some really cheap
plastic dial calipers which read 1" per rev., but they only have a
resolution of .01".

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Steve

Unisaw A100 <[email protected]> writes:
> That sounds like a dial *indicator*. The item being sold at
> Woodcraft is a dial *caliper*.

No, it's a dial *caliper*. Measures thickness of wood and such, 4"
range, $20 at Grizzly. I happen to have a dial *indicator* also, same
0.1"/rev.

Unisaw A100 <[email protected]> writes:
> Now, I've used a dial caliper from time to time (OK, every
> time I'm in the shop) and all the dial calipers I've used
> measured an inch with one revolution of the dial.

Mine is 1/10 inch per revolution. I checked the Grizzly catalog, and
0.1" is the most per rev they have - others are even less per rev.