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      54 days ago

      I would trust it that far for flat, square pieces of metal; not for an irregular shape with a rounded tip, mounted to an irregular rounded surface. For this use I’d want a steel ruler at minimum.

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        14 days ago

        wouldn’t it be even better to measure the force the nose pushes with? it’s easy to quantify and the apparatus could be a fixed mount on the head - hook it up to a raspberry pi which reads out a list of questions, records the answer and the nose output for further analysis!

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          24 days ago

          There are certainly a number of accurate measurement techniques. I simply mentioned my personal minimum.