#Makers #3DPrinting
I reached for my digital calipers the other day, and they were flickering like an LCD in a horror movie. Unsurprisingly, I did not have spare LR44 disc batteries on hand.

I decided "Eff this. I never want to need my calipers and have them not work because some battery died." So, I ordered these. Mitutoyo is a brand known for good precision, but I couldn't bring myself to spend the $100 to $300‡ for their more precise ones. These were only $35.

‡ still unemployed

@_thegeoff I have a Starret 359 Universal Bevel Vernier Protractor from the early 1920s. It's one of my favorite possessions. Partially because of its ridiculous accuracy that I can trust, and partially because it's a wonderful example of an elegant, and simple solution to a really hard problem.

I feel like, as a society, we've forgotten (or never learned) to value elegantly simple solutions to problems.

@Ailantd 'tis the pope-mobile many generations hence. :D