 Why I prefer analog calipers. I'm using the shop fox model D3208 fractional dial calipers First of all, calipers are a very useful tool in your workshop instead of always trying to do things with a ruler I find it very helpful to have a set of calipers so that I can and all of these would do the same thing So that I can measure depth Of something I can measure the width of something I can measure the inside dimensions of like a mortise So it's got a number of different ways to measure things these This model that I found is the shop fox D3208 They are analog. They don't have batteries. So that's my first one of my reasons secondly, I really like that they're inches only not millimeters and They have a dial on it with two different readings one of them is decimals and the other one is Fractions of an inch. It's got some markings around it in one sixteenth Inches, but there's four of those in between each marking. So really a little mark on here is 164th of an inch that's accurate enough for the work that I do The digital ones that I had before this they were both I think about the same price Yes, you can turn them on they run on batteries. They display Your results, but you have to turn them on you have to zero them out You have to switch modes very often to what you're trying to do whether it's inches or millimeter I like the fact that this is always inches and these I have to fool around with turning them on zeroing them out and Selecting what I want these absolutely love them. I like being able to use them without the hassle of batteries and without changing modes and To zero them out. You close up the jaws and You simply release a little thing below and you're only going to probably do this one time and then you turn this dial so you turn that dial to where it points exactly to zero and Then lock that down and then unless you drop it or do something with it You're probably never going to have to change that again. So just pick them up and use them. That's what I like about I hope you found that helpful if you did, please give me a thumbs up. Give me a comment I really appreciate comments and if you haven't subscribed to my channel, please do so. I'll try to bring you some valuable Basic tips and tricks and techniques in the future I'm not generally going to do large-scale builds small workshop guy signing off Why I prefer the shop fox why I prefer the shop fox D3208 Why I prefer the shop fox D3208 fractional dial calipers Why I prefer the shop fox 30 D3208 Why I prefer the shop fox D3208 fractional dial calipers