I think the guy was actually referring to something a bit different, that is having a second number scale on the caliper that is offset by the width of the first jaw, so you can use the outside jaws for measuring inside dimensions. I don't think that would work, however.

[–] HonoraryMancunian@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I was indeed (and I think you're right, the calipers would need at least to be parallel on their outer edges to work this way).

I'm not sure what rz2000 was doing by (slightly wrongly) rewording basically what I wrote — I get the impression they think I was being full of myself for thinking of a (similar) concept that already exists (despite conceding that it already might) and felt the need to put me back in place.

[–] rz2000@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

No, I think you correctly identified the shortcoming with the tool if it were only usable for outside measurements. It does turn out that your idea was already implemented, but it is nevertheless a good idea.

The wording however is an echo of a line from Mad Men, where Pete Campbell is talking about coming up with the idea for direct marketing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a05WUtLZfU8

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