Tips to Adjust Calipers 

Caliper is known as a beneficial tool that can be used for measuring width to the very exact dimension. This measuring equipment is commonly used in the technical or scientific fields. This equipment is made to be extremely accurate. When you are going to make a measurement toward certain object, you have to adjust your caliper in order to fit around the object. After the caliper has been adjusted, then you can get exact distance between two sides of the caliper, and it becomes exact dimension of the object. At this time, this article is going to give you several tips to adjust calipers. So, just take a look at the following tips and get the right exact distance in measuring the object.

As the first step, you need to close the jaws of your caliper. You should squeeze the jaws as close together as they will go.

The second step is to read the output measurement of the caliper. If you find that the caliper is not at exact zero, it is possible that there is a problem with your caliper. If you want to get the most exact measurement possible, you have to make sure that the caliper can read the zero when there is no space available between the two jaws of your caliper.

The third step that you need to do is to lightly move the jaws away from each other in a way for creating enough space for the object that you want to measure to fit between them.

The fourth step is to place your object that you are going to measure in the inside part of the caliper.

The last step is to adjust the jaws around your object very lightly in a way to ensure that you snugly touch the object on the both sides without breaking it. Now, you can find that the caliper will display your precise measurement.