We earn commissions from purchases you make using links in our articles. Learn more. If you need precise measurements, you're going to want digital calipers. When it comes to measuring lumber or ...

He built his own for super cheap in an extremely resourceful way…. using a Harbor Freight Digital Caliper. A housing was first fabricated so that the added equipment would not hinder the axis ...

Now, digital calipers with wired interfaces to capture the current reading are nothing new. But the good ones are expensive, and really, where’s the fun in plugging a $75 cable into a computer?