[Nhcoll-l] Digital calipers for museum use

Thu Apr 11 20:07:08 EDT 2024

The data cable for the iGaging calipers works for any device that can take USB 2.0 input from a keyboard, as I understand it. It basically functions like a keyboard, and doesn’t require any drivers or software in my experience. I have plugged it into visiting researcher’s PC and Mac laptops before with no issues, and we use macOS here in the OSUM Mollusk div.
-Nate

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Nathaniel F. Shoobs, Curator of Mollusks
College of Arts & Sciences Dept. of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology, The Ohio State University
Museum of Biological Diversity
1315 Kinnear Rd, Columbus, OH 43212
614-688-1342 (Office)
mbd.osu.edu<http://mbd.osu.edu/>
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Hi everyone, Follow-up question for Nate (or anyone else). Do the data cables that go with the iGaging Absolute Origin Calipers work with Macs, or only with Windows? And, if they don’t work with the Mac OS, does anyone have recommendations

Hi everyone,

Follow-up question for Nate (or anyone else). Do the data cables that go with the iGaging Absolute Origin Calipers work with Macs, or only with Windows?  And, if they don’t work with the Mac OS, does anyone have recommendations for calipers with a USB digital interface that do work on that platform?

(I’ve had frustrations in this realm before, and am wondering if the landscape has changed).

And actually, any recommendations for digital calipers with good longevity in wet collections would be helpful as well.  Some of the ones I’ve tried haven’t lasted long when exposed to the combination of undergraduates and alcohol-preserved specimens.

Best Fishes,

--- Brian

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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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Curator of Mollusks
College of Arts & Sciences Dept. of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology
Museum of Biological Diversity, 1315 Kinnear Rd, Columbus, OH 43212
614-688-1342 (Office)
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Date: Thursday, April 11, 2024 at 11:41 AM
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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

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Curator and Collections Manager of Vertebrates
University of Wyoming Museum of Vertebrates

Berry Biodiversity Conservation Center

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