I just had a silly idea... If I made a bracket to hold my cheap digital calliper on an axis of my lathe/mill. All I would have to do is set the 0 and I'd have about 6" of measured travel. Maybe a movable stop on one end so that range could be set to wherever I was working... maybe a magnetic base.
has anyone tried this or is there a problem with the idea I can't see yet?
David...