How does it work?
The !nstrumenTool magnetic caliper has been designed for measuring thicknesses of wooden plates on musical instruments. If used on a completed instrument these measurements would include the layer(s) of varnish on the wood surface.
And...it should work fine on nearly any non-ferromagnetic material (ie. nearly anything except steel). So you could measure the thickness of a piece of glass, plastic, ceramic, wood, aluminium or copper as long as the two surfaces of the material are near parallel and it is not thicker than the maximum tolerated by the !nstrumenTool. It also helps if the material can be positioned so that the !nstrumenTool magnetic caliper is being used either
!nstrumenTool demonstration at AVMA conference
A brief demonstration of the !nstrumenTool magnetic caliper is to be delivered at 5:30PM on March 2 at the 2012 Australian Violin Makers Association conference. Click here to see what's on and who's coming to this year's conference.