My dependency on my digital calipers was interrupted as my old standbys didn’t have the range to handle a larger subject today. I get the sense a Tools to make Tools subform might get legit action. Let’s fire up Affinity Designer to do some quick work…
Designed for Medium Draft Board, you’ll also need a quarter-inch diameter dowel rod, medium sandpaper, and a trigger clamp. This one sourced from Harbor Freight for all of $3.19
Sand a chamfer on one end of the dowel rod. Initially keeping it full-length intact allows for better leverage when sanding. Cut a 5/8" long segment. You’ll need two. Actual diameter measurement of this dowel was 0.24".
The chamfered end allows a start through one of the large washers. Without the trigger clamp acting like a hydraulic press, this might otherwise be a painful process. Some scrap draft board was strategically used to keep the flat dowel end from burying into the rubber jaws.
Continue pressing that chamfered end through one caliper arm, then the other, then the last large washer. Repeat this using the small washers for the friction groove.
The friction groove is intended to keep the arms stable and not loosely flop around when transferring to a ruler.
…aaaaand the SVG file that only our astute residents will be able to find and download…
We done?
Whaddya mean you’re not introducing an old-timey caliper in your LCARS-themed workspace? I suppose you’ll prefer this instead…
Wait for it…
Qapla’! Bat’lethpers worthy of the workshop of Mogh