[drew1]

oddjob uno,

Where is C 604 RE, 6" scale made? I've always liked the end graduations on Starrett scales. But, from my buddy's China calipers, I'm wondering if it is China, too. No Athol, Mass like on the old ones.

Our shop is a maintenance machine shop, not an aerospace shop. We work in tenths when fitting bearings. We have no calibration program. We have no gage blocks. We use standards to check our OD mikes, and upon changing the rods in my inside mikes, I check with OD mikes.
We keep no 72 DEG, but we have HVAC.

My calipers are Browne & Sharp, along with most of my mikes because I like their feel. I got Starrett 12" digital calipers, because of danger of chips getting into the long rack. Starrett always seemed tighter, that's why my inside mikes are Starrett. My pin vises are a mixture of Starrett and General. My small hole gages, fishtail, & a couple of pitch gages are Starrett. I don't have a Starrett indicator, I have a Compac, a PEC backplunger (wanted a Starrett 96 but didn't have the money at the time), and a coulple of cheap foreign ones for bad environments & beating and bang in straightening, etc.

I use a Starrett tape measure, Exact torpedo level for pipe & conduit, a 98 for more precision, and mounted an Exact bullseye level on a magnetic mount I made for rough settings when reconditioning castings. A few Starrett are in my pin punches. I use Starrett hole saws on my home projects.

As you see, I wasn't stuck on Starrett for the name or blind loyality. I got what I got for features, durability, and accuracy.

After my buddy having the problem with his calipers, what is next to be made in China? Maybe my scale that I paid the Mass, USA price for. That is why, I'm through with Starrett. I can already see coming the hole saws that shatter, mikes that the carbide faces fall off of, levels with loose vials, and tape measures that the tip breaks off of.

Since you seem connected with Starrett, please pass this on. I hate to see a good American company go to s***.