Name: Caliper basics: three things before any reading
Uploaded: 2026-11-03T08:00:00+08:00
Duration: 42 s
Description: Caliper basics: three things before any reading: a 42-second captioned video from the KELIBRON 3D measuring lab, with every step written out and a link to try it in the lab.

Caliper basics: three things before any reading

Caliper basics: three things before any reading: a 42-second reenactment recorded in the KELIBRON 3D lab, with English captions. The steps below are the captions in order, and you can do the same measurement yourself in the lab.

What happens in the video

0:00 Caliper basics: three things before any reading
0:05 First: wipe the faces, close the jaws and check zero.
0:11 No light between the faces, and the display reads 0.00.
0:16 Second: seat the part deep and square - close to the beam, perpendicular to its axis.
0:23 Third: close gently and evenly, until both faces just touch.
0:31 Only now read the value, while the jaws are still on the part.

In the course

Caliper fundamentals · Caliper basics — Before reading anything, check the zero, seat the part deep and square, and close the jaws gently.

Read the guide

Reading instrumentsHow to read and use a caliperCheck zero with the jaws closed, hold the part deep in the jaws and square to the beam, close with light, even force, then read: on a vernier, the main-scale millimetres plus the coinciding line × 0.02 mm; on a dial, millimetres plus the needle’s hundredths; on a digital caliper, the display.