Turns out you can use a shifting spanner as a low-precision set of calipers. Only good for ±1mm or so, but they work.

@terrana Depends on how good yours is; we have one at work with several mm of slop in the mechanism.
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@Felthry It's always going to vary, especially considering they're not designed for this.

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@terrana Yeah, I bet some of them don't even have those gradations on them at all.
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@Felthry Many don't! The ones that do tend to be the ones with tighter mechanisms though.

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