Hi, I am in Australia and I am trying to chase up a pocket device for measuring sheet metal thickness in Metric, either digital or the old style of gauges that have different size cut outs that you can slide over. They are very hard to find locally. Are the cheap digital pocket clamp gauges reliable( the ones I see on ebay from Hong Kong etc. Thanks for your time.

Hi Joe, Thanks for the link to the conversion chart. No, I don't have a english/imperial gauge either, all I have is a couple of sets of vernier calipers, one of them you have to read with a magnifying glass on the vernier scale. I was looking for something to fit in your pocket and can read easily and quickly. I have seen a couple on ebay and amazon, the digital ones look like they are spring loaded and fit in the palm of your hand, that would be very quick and easy to read if they are accurate. There are quite a few different brands of the slide over slotted variety and I almost bought one but I realized when it said decimal equivalents were on the back, it actually meant thousandths of an inch not metric. The thickness of metal I deal with varies from 0.4mm to 5.0mm. Thank you for your time once again, ( you are the one who helped me with the husqvarna brushcutter problem, that carby cleaner is good stuff, I have managed to get a mower going better with it as well as 2 old brushcutters, within our family circle, that were headed for the rubbish tip/dump,) Thanks again, Darryl. Hi Joe, Thanks for the link to the conversion chart. No, I don't have a english/imperial gauge either, all I have is a couple of sets of vernier calipers, one of them you have to read with a magnifying glass on the vernier scale. I was looking for something to fit in your pocket and can read easily and quickly. I have seen a couple on ebay and amazon, the digital ones look like they are spring loaded and fit in the palm of your hand, that would be very quick and easy to read if they are accurate. There are quite a few different brands of the slide over slotted variety and I almost bought one but I realized when it said decimal equivalents were on the back, it actually meant thousandths of an inch not metric. The thickness of metal I deal with varies from 0.4mm to 5.0mm. Thank you for your time once again, ( you are the one who helped me with the husqvarna brushcutter problem, that carby cleaner is good stuff, I have managed to get a mower going better with it as well as 2 old brushcutters, within our family circle, that were headed for the rubbish tip/dump,) Thanks again, Darryl.

Thanks, that is what I was looking for as one of the options, on amazon, I just needed to hear from somebody who has used one and can vouch for them. Thank you very much! Thanks, that is what I was looking for as one of the options, on amazon, I just needed to hear from somebody who has used one and can vouch for them. Thank you very much!