Melissa Posted December 26, 2022 Report Share Posted December 26, 2022 This one has a metallic silver in the blue swirl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa Posted December 26, 2022 Author Report Share Posted December 26, 2022 Here you can kind of see the silver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad G. Posted December 26, 2022 Report Share Posted December 26, 2022 Alley IMO, nice shot of the metallic strip 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akroorka Posted December 26, 2022 Report Share Posted December 26, 2022 Champion maybe--just sayin. Champion has a bunch of this color floating around with "a nice "Metallica" streak in them. I will post one below--Rock On!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carowill Posted December 26, 2022 Report Share Posted December 26, 2022 Champion did make quite a few blue swirls with metallic. I’m not sure if Alley or Champion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted December 26, 2022 Report Share Posted December 26, 2022 What size is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa Posted December 26, 2022 Author Report Share Posted December 26, 2022 14 minutes ago, Ric said: What size is it? I have yet to buy a caliper. 🥹 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted December 26, 2022 Report Share Posted December 26, 2022 5 minutes ago, Melissa said: I have yet to buy a caliper. 🥹 When you do, please buy one that will read in fractional inches - decimals are a downer for marbles IMO. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akroorka Posted December 26, 2022 Report Share Posted December 26, 2022 6 minutes ago, Ric said: When you do, please buy one that will read in fractional inches - decimals are a downer for marbles IMO. mm ARE WORSE. Amazon sells many-cheaper than Marbles--get one along with some good pen-lights and a UV light as well. Marble--On!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Posted December 26, 2022 Report Share Posted December 26, 2022 14 minutes ago, Ric said: When you do, please buy one that will read in fractional inches - decimals are a downer for marbles IMO. And make sure it's plastic 😊 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad G. Posted December 27, 2022 Report Share Posted December 27, 2022 I get mine @ Harbor Freight, they call me big spender ... LINK :: https://www.harborfreight.com/6-in-utility-caliper-63664.html 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheese Posted December 27, 2022 Report Share Posted December 27, 2022 Champion to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff54 Posted December 27, 2022 Report Share Posted December 27, 2022 17 hours ago, Carowill said: Champion did make quite a few blue swirls with metallic. I’m not sure if Alley or Champion. That too was my thought but not opaque. However, I picked up a little box of 12 many years ago at Amana show. So, long ago I forgot; 11 are same as yours, translucent and 1 is opaque, same as OP's. You're right, it's a Champ Metallic. Like the 1 I have, not very easy to see the metal as it is on the translucent too. Or, I mean, with only 1 opaque, can't say that for all, only that the translucent verity I have, has more swirling and more metal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa Posted December 27, 2022 Author Report Share Posted December 27, 2022 Look what I got. Now I need to learn how to read it. 😵💫 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akroorka Posted December 27, 2022 Report Share Posted December 27, 2022 When that puppy is closed tight, mark it to zero then on from there. Marble--On!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa Posted December 27, 2022 Author Report Share Posted December 27, 2022 2 minutes ago, akroorka said: When that puppy is closed tight, mark it to zero then on from there. Marble--On!! He do I mark it to zero? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akroorka Posted December 27, 2022 Report Share Posted December 27, 2022 It look like it is zeroed out from here. You might freak a few out using a metal calipers though. 1/128" is kinda of a weird measurement ---for me anyhow--get a different calipers---this one looks metric. Marble--On!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa Posted December 27, 2022 Author Report Share Posted December 27, 2022 2 minutes ago, akroorka said: It look like it is zeroed out from here. You might freak a few out using a metal calipers though. 1/128" is kinda of a weird measurement ---for me anyhow--get a different calipers---this one looks metric. Marble--On!! I have no idea what to even look for them. I thought they were all the same. Lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akroorka Posted December 27, 2022 Report Share Posted December 27, 2022 Chad gave a good link--just follow it up. Inches work here MM do not, marble folks do not like conversion tables. Marble--On!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa Posted December 27, 2022 Author Report Share Posted December 27, 2022 Just now, akroorka said: Chad gave a good link--just follow it up. Inches work here MM do not, marble folks do not like conversion tables. Marble--On!! Dang. I was going to go to harbor freight but went to ace instead. Seriously thought they were all the same. I’ll stop by harbor freight hopefully this week yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceburg Posted December 28, 2022 Report Share Posted December 28, 2022 I just ordered this one off amazon today for $9. It was delivered within a few hours. It's digital, has plastic "teeth", reads out in inches or mm. It comes with a free plastic case and two extra batteries. Very simple to operate. I know some don't like the inches in digital form but it's a very easy math conversion to sixteenths of an inch! https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08ZNQRB39/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa Posted December 28, 2022 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2022 Anyone know why marbleheads don’t use millimeters? Seems the easier form of measurement. I collect trade beads and they are all measured in millimeters by collectors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Posted December 28, 2022 Report Share Posted December 28, 2022 Got mine in Lacrosse (Wisconsin) for about 10 bucks at Home Depot... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff54 Posted December 28, 2022 Report Share Posted December 28, 2022 45 minutes ago, Melissa said: Anyone know why marbleheads don’t use millimeters? Seems the easier form of measurement. I collect trade beads and they are all measured in millimeters by collectors. It's an Old school thing Melissa. USA has been trying to make the transition too metrics for about a half century. Ain't a chance in H. U gonna get a bunch of Marblers to change. 'H no we won't go!' 🥴 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheese Posted December 28, 2022 Report Share Posted December 28, 2022 Marble manufacturers used fractions of an inch or the "ought" system. So it's what we use. Pretty much everything was measured in fractions of an inch here until 50 years ago or so. Now people are getting used to millimeters but many older collectors are not. I can visualize and cross either in my mind, so I don't mind but I prefer fractions. I think your new one you ordered is going to do decimals instead of fractions, so you will still lose a lot of people. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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