Originally Posted by JamesStein

Forgive this rather dumb question...

I'm looking at purchasing a dial gage. Problem is, I've never used one and I have no idea what exactly I should buy.

Looking at the pictures it looks like I would need some way to mount the gage so it remains stationary.

If you were in the market for a dial gage. Specifically to test chain stretch and you didn't want to spend a fortune, where would you look? What would you get?