Just today, I purchased a set of Accumeasure body calipers. I have not used calipers myself before, so have never looked at them closely.
First of all, when they are fully closed, i.e. there is 0mm between the pincers, the mm reading says 8mm. Am I missing something here? When I measure myself, I get 12mm, when the real distance between the pincers is about 6mm.
Does anyone else on here use calipers regularly and can set my mind at rest here? Would I be better off just using a ruler to measure the distance between the pincers myself and using that reading?
First of all, when they are fully closed, i.e. there is 0mm between the pincers, the mm reading says 8mm. Am I missing something here? When I measure myself, I get 12mm, when the real distance between the pincers is about 6mm.
Does anyone else on here use calipers regularly and can set my mind at rest here? Would I be better off just using a ruler to measure the distance between the pincers myself and using that reading?