[Nhcoll-l] Digital calipers for museum use

[Shoobs, Nate]

I use a SPI digiMax 30-440-2, which is a fiberglass digital caliper. It works really well. I have hated every other pair of fiberglass digital calipers I have ever encountered, but I’ve tested this model against a set of iGaging Absolute Origin calipers in the museum and have not found major differences in accuracy, though the iGaging model is more precise (to +-.001, if memory serves, whereas the digimax only goes +-.1).

I would recommend the iGaging Absolute Origin Calipers if you are measuring objects that are not fragile or crushable. They’re nice because you can hook them up to a computer via USB data cable for automated measurement entry. Would LOVE it if there were an accurate fiberglass caliper with a data cable.
-Nate

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[The Ohio State University]
Nathaniel F. Shoobs
Curator of Mollusks
College of Arts & Sciences Dept. of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology
Museum of Biological Diversity, 1315 Kinnear Rd, Columbus, OH 43212
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From: Nhcoll-l <nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu> on behalf of Elizabeth Wommack <ewommack at uwyo.edu>
Date: Thursday, April 11, 2024 at 11:41 AM
To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu <nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu>
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Digital calipers for museum use
Hello everyone, Happy almost Friday everyone. My museum is looking at getting a set of digital calipers for measuring mammal objects (but also hopefully useful or other vertebrate groups). I have digital calipers I use myself for bird banding

Hello everyone,

Happy almost Friday everyone.

My museum is looking at getting a set of digital calipers for measuring mammal objects (but also hopefully useful or other vertebrate groups).

I have digital calipers I use myself for bird banding (Fowler brand), but I was wondering if other people had thoughts or opinions on brands and models?
I love my digital calipers (they've put up with a lot and gone with me many places), but I will say they are heavy, and I have to be very careful when I use them with small birds and objects.

We have a number of manual calipers (SPI Polymid Dial calipers), but we are hoping to get a nice pair of digital calipers for museum use as well.

cheers,
Beth



Elizabeth Wommack, PhD
Curator and Collections Manager of Vertebrates
University of Wyoming Museum of Vertebrates
Berry Biodiversity Conservation Center
University of Wyoming,
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