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Originally Posted by unclebilly
Not sad news at all. The Starrett of the last 10 years has not been the Starrett that my father, grandfathers, and great grandfathers used (all machinists).
The recent stuff is borderline garbage and some (not all) Chinese stuff is as good.
Mitutoyo eclipsed Starrett a long time ago.
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Agreed. You have to look for made in the USA versions of Starrett, and really, Craigslist/ebay/FB Marketplace is the only way to go. There's enough older guys (ahem) hanging it up voluntarily or otherwise, and no one in their family has any concept of how to use machinist tools.