Here's a new one

You'll likely get flamed by some of the the machinist crowd, they won't accept measuring a shaft or bore with a dial-indicator, so your claim will be considered invalid, just a heads up.

cheers

Not for actual machining, no. But if someone can't get within .002" with dial calipers they shouldn't be allowed near anything mechanical. That's more than close enough to tell if its been bored out or not.