Resetting zero on a Mitutoyo dial caliper using the 'special ' tool.

I have been meaning to do this video for sometime now having seen people use Mitutoyo calipers with the zero in some really odd places and nobody seems to show how to do it. Please excuse the dirty finger nails, I got them grubby specially for this occasion to give the impression that I actually do do some work now and then.

[yashbhatia]

Its my late grandfather's equipment, he was an engineer.
Thank god now it will be beneficial to my studies.
Thanks

[debbiep.m.]

Incredibly simple and perfect instructions

[rogerpilon]

Saved me buying a new calliper thanks mate!

[bluehandsvideo]

Dang! That's a great piece of info!! I'll have to check some of my cheap ones to see if they have that feature. I scrapped a unit a couple of years ago for it being off that far and I didn't want to deal with it being off that far. Thanks!!

[markvalle]

What a great video, , didn't need to go through a bunch of bs, , straight to the point and well done, , great video..

[eduardo_k]

Dropped mine caliper, as a result I had the 0 at “one o’clock”. I checked the gauge and it was still accurate, so no harm there. Even though everything worked as expected, I found having the 0 offset to the right drove me nuts. Now I can fix it.
Thanks for posting this video!

[RaysGarage]

Hello Chris, Excellent tip there my friend, thanks for sharing! Cheers!

[FernandoAngeles]

Thank you Chris for your video!, Very helpful. It is anoying to read the calipper with the neddle pointing to the wrong direction.

[robertc]

I have the exact same problem! I have a brother who's a machinist, but I keep forgetting to ask him. I'll give it a try. Thanks very much for posting!

[Pseudious]

Thanks. Mine was getting further and further out over the last year! I've just been putting up with it and thinking, "I'll have to sort that at some point."

[RRINTHESHOP]

Nice hint Chris. Did not know about that.

[chrlechan]

Holy smokes, thank you so much for posting this. All the guys in my shop thank you too!!

[attheendoftheday]

Excellent! Do you narrate movies on occasion? You should

[macroevolve]

I am bad at reading the papers that come with machining tools (Calipers, Mics), and wondered what the little brass rod/pin was for. It worked great. The slot on my 12 inch Mitutoyo Calipers is at the top of the Dial. I got tired of reading it with Zero 180 degrees off position.👍

[JimmysCanal]

Hey Chris. Nice and easy fix, thanks for sharing it!

All the best
Jimmy

[TomMakeHere]

Awesome. Such a simple method
Underrated video

[disqusmacabre]

Thank you for this. I've had my Mitutoyo caliper for almost 40 years. I got it when I was studying and to become a machinist. Became a network engineer instead.

I have always used the 1st method re-zeroing the dial... I had no idea there was a better 'more correct' technique. Thank you.

[CoolGuyCoolFly]

Thats a neat little trick you've shown us. its such a pain on my other dials to reset it and then mess around trying to eliminate the backlash.

Hopefully I can do this with my new dial calipers that I've just ordered.

[DreddPirateRoberts]

I recently bought a 4-inch Mitutoyo dial caliper off eBay.
In the pictures it looked like the needle was misaligned by 0.001". When I got it it was misaligned by 0.005". My guess is it was jerked around along the route, and the seller failed to provide adequate padding.

While it did come with a thin copper metal piece that's made to be used in correcting the misalignment it's good to know that there's a much easier way of doing that.

Thank you!

[wands]

I used the tool differently when a caliper jumped the track. Placing it on zero I would take the tool and insert it in the middle of the the rack under the dial and push it closed. worked every time. no damage was ever reported. (usually Mitutoyos)