Confusing!?

Confusing!?

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26 December 2019 at 15:22 #443372
Brian H
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Looking at the items for sale on a well known tooling site, I found this description for a lever type DTI that clearly shows the face of the instrument printed with " and the word 'in'

FINGER DIAL TEST INDICATOR

SHOCK RESISTANT

CLAMPING DIAMETER 8MM

PROBE LENGTH 13.5MM / 0.53"

PRECISION GEAR DRIVEN DESIGN WITH SMOOTH MOVEMENT

ADJUSTABLE FACE

RANGE 0-0.2"

METRIC GRADUATIONS 0.0005"

No wonder people get confused.

Brian
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26 December 2019 at 15:22 #35699
Brian H
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26 December 2019 at 16:57 #443382
Jeff Dayman
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They forgot to add "LEFT HANDED" just to complete the confusing text !
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