*brainsplode*
I'm a cook and I can't even begin to...

I'm pretty sure the Mosin Nagaint rifle I bought didn't have as many math thingies...

In the right hands, these tools are capable of out standing feats of machining.
I bet they could even send a man to the moon with such tools.

I figured the dial indicator would be the most expensive part there. Had an extremely precise one at my last job that was custom made.

Unlikely it was actually "custom" made. The big manufacturers (Starrett, Mitutoyo, etc.) all have literally hundreds of different dial indicators in their catalog. Getting one custom made would both be a lesson in futility, and a big waste of time and money. For one of these companies to completely design, from scratch, a dial indicator for a single customer that they might only sell a few dozen of over the lifetime of the product just doesn't make sense. The standard catalog ones can easily cost several hundred dollars from a reputable brand name.

Incidentally, the dial indicator pictured here cost me less than $15 because it's from a Chinese manufacturer. Is it less robust? Probably. Is it less accurate? That's debatable. I have never encountered anyone capable of actually proving a chinese-made, 1-inch, 0.001" resolution dial indicator is less accurate than its specifications. Sure, a Mitutoyo or Starrett might last my entire lifetime if I don't drop it, and they have models that offer ten times the resolution (0.0001"), but even their cheapest base models cost ten times as much as this one did, and for my extremely light-duty use, the $15 chinese one makes more economic sense.

getting into robotics now?

No, machining. I've been into it for over a year now.

Machining is a vast field, what kinds of machining are you doing?

Inches

Nice kit though! All I have are 3 different sizes of digital calipers, up to 500mm.

Well, even though I live in Canada, most machining here is done in inches instead of millimeters. Fractions are rarely used in machining tho, it's almost all decimal, which makes the system just as easy to use as metric.

Interestingly enough, all of Ironfur's work is in metric.

Metric is for the -lazy- machinist.

When I was doing training for manufacturing the last portion of the class involved the use of micrometers and calipers such as yours. Though the calipers we used were analog style. The guy that was our instructor used to machine and manufacture gas pistons for AK-47's for about 25 - 30 years. Before that he worked at the same machining company my dad and grandfather worked at that was around here in town years ago before I was born. So he was a fellow my family members knew.

He was pretty nice and knew his stuff. It's good to get taught such things from old veterans of the field. If you've never used such tools before you look at them cross eyed figuring out how they work. Then once you're shown their basic function you smack your forehead and say "Who knew it was this simple?" I think I prefer the metric version over our regular inches though. Less confusing at times and the measurements seem to be more straight forward. :)

Precisely the reason why I stick to my trusty analog calipers ;3

Nice equipment tho. Shame it's imperial haha

i got all of these to except for one

Tool porn! Should be adult rated!

hehe I have all of those more

You forgot the cigarette paper ; )

Cigarette paper is only for lazy machinists that can't be bothered to find an edge the -correct- way, with an edgefinder. :P

awwww... well... those jewels are expensive : p

ohhi thought yo utalked about those "rubis" tip thing : p - i alwyas called the "edgefinder" a wiggler : p
but i agree, yes im lazy : p