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How to measure the inner diameter of a circle?

Yttrium2 - 4-7-2022 at 14:30

I tried measuring the inner diameter of a bottle with a dollar store measuring tape in mm.

My measurements varied because I couldn't line the tape up perfectly centered.

Is there a caliper for this?

How does one use it?


Twospoons - 4-7-2022 at 14:39

You want a vernier caliper. They range from cheap and cheerful plastic ones for a few bucks to expensive stainless steel ones with digital readouts.
https://www.technologystudent.com/equip1/caliper1a.png