📏 Calipers

Calipers

Calipers are used for measuring and marking distances between surfaces or features.

a) Inside Caliper

• 📌 Use: Measures internal diameters (holes, pipes)

• 🧰 Tips face outward

b) Outside Caliper

• 📌 Use: Measures external diameters (rods, wires)

• 🧰 Tips face inward

c) Odd Leg Caliper / Jenny Caliper

• 📌 Use: Marks parallel lines from an edge

• 📐 One leg is pointed; one is curved