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This company is known for quality tools, especially their measuring instruments.

Their 98 levels, 96 indicators, squares and protractors, dial calipers, vernier height gages,and micrometers are known for their excellence in the millwright and machinist crafts. Some construction jobs have allowed nothing but Starrett All of these are known to be good tools.

Where is Starrett headed now?

I'm a maintenance mechanic & most of the time, I work in our plants machine shop.
A few years ago, the boy I work with bought a set of Starrett dial calipers, new, for about $40 off ebay. That was a deal, they ran for around $110 to $120 in catalogs. Later, I happened to see " Starrett, made in China to Starrett specs in a sale flyer. This boy likes to brag about his stuff & how much better it is than anybody else's. His parts were working and fitting good, so I didn't bust his bubble.

Well he got to double checking his work with some old digital calipers, because things measured good but wouldn't fit. So, I told him about "Made in China". Last week he got a chip or something in the teeth of the rack or gear. The disassembling air & tooth brush didn't work. The calipers have to be rezeroed constantly.

Now the catalog price for this Starrett model is $120, the USA ones $200. I lost my old 6" scale, threw it out with chips, left it somewhere while measuring something in the plant, or just had it fall out of my pocket. The new replacement, that I bought for $25 didn't seem like my old one. I asked my buddy to look at his side by side. My new one did not have Athol, Mass USA. It is probably Chinese junk.

I'm through with Starrett.