Product Description

Dial - Calipers Maximum Measuring: 6 Range Per Revolution: 0.100 In. Graduation: 0.001 In. Face Color: White Jaw Length External: Standard Material: Stainless Steel

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1150 in BISS
• Brand: Starrett
• Model: 120A-6
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 9.50" h x 1.00" w x 1.00" l, .50 pounds

Features

• American-made dial caliper that's handy for mechanics and toolmakers everywhere
• 1-hand use with the thumb-operated fine adjustment roll
• Hardened stainless steel bar, measuring surfaces, rack, gears, and depth rod; sharp black bar graduations on a no-glare satin finish
• Knife-edge contacts for inside and outside measurements; includes case
• 6-inches long; weighs 11.2 ounces shipped

Amazon.com Product Description
This American-made dial caliper from Starret is one of the handiest measuring tool available. Used by mechanics and tool-makers everywhere, this tool has knife edge contacts for inside and outside measurements. It is useful for scribing lines parallel to work edges, and offers positive split gear anti-backlash control. You can use this with one hand, using the thumb-operating fine adjusting roll. Its hardened stainless steel rack guarantees lasting accuracy.

From the Manufacturer
The only American Made Dial Caliper, this is one of the handiest measuring tool available. Used by mechanics and toolmakers everywhere, it direct reading and accurate.

Customer Reviews

"Heirloom "needs a bit of qualifying!
One of the reviewers referred to this caliper as being "heirloom quality". I feel that statement needs a bit of qualifying.

Starrett has recently (within the past couple of years) made some changes to this caliper. I'll let you be the judge as to whether it was a good move. I should preface this by saying that I own several Starrett tools and have plans to add more to my chest (my wallet permitting).

The first change that I'll speak to is with the dial housing. It has gone from being made from metal to plastic. I spoke w/a tech rep at Starrett who told me that It was a cost cutting measure as well as an attempt to make all the dials in their product line universal. He also said that he has fielded several customer complaints regarding this change. I have both versions of this caliper and the one with the plastic dial does not meet my expectations of "heirloom quality". It is a fine caliper but the plastic on this instrument detracts from the reputation for quality that Starrett has developed. However, the metal dial version of this tool, IMHO, embodies the qualities that Starrett is known for. I should also say that there is no functional difference, that I can find, between the two calipers.

The other refinements (of the plastic dial version) are merely asthetic. The jaws have a slightly different profile and the depth rod is slightly thicker. Nothing that would provide anything better functionally.

I hope that Starrett will return to producing calipers with a metal dial housing. If you can get your hands on one of these, then you will really have something that is "heirloom quality"

I also feel that plastic has no place on a caliper
I practically grew up in a machine shop with a father that would only buy top quality tools. While I feel that Starret is still a top quality tool I would have to agree with the previous reviewer about the bad decission to change to the plastic dial.That one little detail knocked this tool down from 5 stars to 4 stars. I would have been happy to pay the extra 10 bucks for a metal dial housing. While this may sound silly but this little detail would have cost them a sale if I compaired it side by side with Brown&Sharpe and Mitutoyo and either one had a metal dial housing. Also what happened to quality cases? When I think back to my dads tool boxes (20 yrs ago) all the tools seemed to have wooden finger joined boxes now you get plastic boxes ( not even plastic that is well designed). Finally I would like to say all things being considered this is a very good tool and I would recomend it.

Disappointing
Starrett instruments for years have had a well deserved reputation for quality. With that in mind, I ordered their 120A-6 caliper. Upon receiving it, I immediately noticed the dial was zeroed incorrectly in the 9 o'clock position. Either this caliper was damaged in transit to me, or it was assembled incorrectly.

I contacted Amazon regarding this and the service offered for replacement was fast and courteous. When my new replacement Starrett caliper arrived, I discovered it also had the dial set incorrectly at the 9 o'clock position. This led me to believe that both of the calipers had been assembled incorrectly at the factory.

My next step was to contact Starrett regarding this. They offered to adjust/repair my caliper, all the time still touting their quality and 100% inspection policy on everything leaving their factory, but as I packaged it up to ship to them, I reflected on not just the assembly of this product, but the fact that parts of it (the dial housing) were of inexpensive plastic, as noted by other reviewers. In my opinion, this is definitely not in keeping with a set of ... calipers.

I wound up shipping the Starrett back to Amazon for a refund. I wish Amazon would offer another brand of high end calipers for sale as I found the Starrett to be disappointing, especially so when considering Starrett is the only American made brand available.