I just wish that I could justify the cost. I love the idea, and the execution, but I am not paying over ~$250 for a phone when that lower mid range works more than well enough for me.

!enoughmuskspam@lemmy.world is way more in line for this.

This seriously does not belong in a Technology community.

Get one of the old school boards with solenoids in it to simulate a type writer. There isn’t a better feeling, or louder, typing experience.

RIP Bram Moolenaar

Well, in terms of for real metrology, you are correct. A better comparison would have been Brown and Sharpe. However, Starrett has more than enough reputation of everything that they produce being of a very high standard- primarily layout tools like calipers, precision levels, etc.

ETA: This could very well be my bias as an American showing. I know from experience that the fit and finish of a high end pair of Mitutoyo calipers have what I consider to be subpar to the Starrett equivalent in terms of fit and finish. There is also a $500 ish price difference which could also be a subconscious bias.

On the dowel hole point, just measuring this stuff is going to take at the bare minimum an automated and purpose built CMM, which will drive the cost up even more. If we are to assume +/- 5 microns for every single part - we are talking about the level of manufacturing that Mitutoyo or Starrett have. This will be a multi-million dollar vehicle that noone would buy.

The article states “sub 10 micron”, which I interpreted to be +/- .0004" in practice

These tolerances are very possible to hold while machining, but speaking from my perspective having been a machinist by trade for 20+ years, holding those tolerances for every single part on a vehicle is going to get prohibitively expensive really fucking fast.

The third state is knowing just enough to confidently break things and push to prod.