With metric micrometers the thread PITCH (the distance from one thread form to a second thread form)

is .5mm. Therefore one full turn of a metric micrometer moves the anvil 0.5mm. These micrometers are read in the same manner but the divisions on the barrel are divided up into .5mm, with each 5mm major division being labelled. There are 50 divisions on the thimble, each representing 0.01mm, and they too may have a vernier scale

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On the sleeve above the reference line you will notice the numbers 5 through to 25. Each number represents five millimeters. Each vertical line above the reference line represents one millimeter.

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Each vertical line below the reference line represents a half of a millimeter (0.5).

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Around the thimble there are 50 equally spaced lines. Each line represents ten microns (0.01 of a millimeter).

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To tell what size the micrometer reads, you will first look at the reference line. Then read what the last whole millimeter mark is that can be seen on the sleeve. In this case 23 millimeters.

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Now look to see if a half a millimeter mark is exposed on the sleeve past the whole millimeter mark that you just read. In this case it is, so we now know the part being measured is between 23.5 and 24.0 millimeters in size.

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Now you look at what number on the thimble is lined up with the reference line and add it to the previous size to establish the final part size. In this case the final size is 23.5 + 0.15 = 23.65 mm.

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5.84 = 5.0 + 0.5 + 0.34

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13.58 = 13.0 + 0.5 + 0.08

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