Hi All,

Both dial gauges that I have, plunger type, not lever, jump around a lot. I mean a lot when measuring things, like runout.

this nerve-wracking effect is most apparent when just moving the instrument a little, 5-6mm. Going over a couple of feet, it's tolerable.

I'm thinking that its because they are cheap.

the surface of the plunger tip is smooth, the surface of, say, my fence is smooth--and although there are irregularities amounting to thousands as we go along the fence/master plate, etc, wont a Starrett dampen a lot of that needle jumping around?

Is this classified as stiction?

I'm ready to spend my $140 if it will remedy this issue-dampen some of the static over shorter distances.

As always, Thanks D