MetricPioneer dot com has metric-only tape measures for sale for only
ten dollars each (free shipping) originally acquired straight from Paris
France via bulk purchase. David Pearl�
> I have a FastCap 5m
tape which is marked in mm only on both edges of the
> tape
measure. There are a few custom marks for the Custom True32 European
> 32 mm cabinet-making system
(http://davelers.com/32mm/Basics/168.html),
> but no imperial measures on the tape measure at all.
>
> This tape measure is readily available on Amazon.com
>
http://www.amazon.com/Fastcap-PMMR-TRUE32-True32-Reverse-measuring/dp/B000GFHABG
> for a cost of $8.22.
>
>
>
>
> On Jan 01, 2013, at 17:01 , John M. Steele wrote:
>
>> No joy. Stanley 33-726 is a dual marked, 8 m/26' tape. Tons of
those.
>>
>> I looked at the first 50 Google listings trying to find some
true
>> metric-only tapes (most are dual) and found only the
following:
>> *FastCap PMMR-5m (and some other lengths) offered at a number of
places
>> *Lufkin 3, 5, and 8 m tapes at Duckwork Boat Builders and 8m only
at
>> Amazon
>>
>> *Starret offers a few metric only tapes, look for S6 and S8
graduation
>> styles, Maryland Metrics carries them. others may too
>>
>> I apologize to any manufacturers or distributers missed, but
after 50
>> Google listings, I was tired of sorting wheat from chaff.
>> They DO exist, but almost qualify as "scarcer than hen's
teeth."
>>
>>
From: "c...@traditio.com" <c...@traditio.com>
>> To: U.S. Metric Association <usma@colostate.edu>
>> Sent: Tue, January 1, 2013 6:55:35 PM
>> Subject: [USMA:52092] Re: Interview of Paul Trusten in
"Failure"
>> Magazine
>>
>> Paul-- I'm impressed. The editor didn't even get in the usual
>> gratuitous anti-metric editorial digs. Even the Wall Street
Journal
>> editor had to take a few whacks!
>>
>> The editor makes an error, however, when he added an
accompanying
>> illustration, in which he stated that a certain metric tool is
not
>> available in the U.S., when actually that tool is readily
available.
>>
>> The 8 m Stanley tape measure is in fact available in the United
States,
>> through the world's largest consumer site, Amazon.com. If you go
into
>> the Tools & Home Improvement department and search on
"Stanley tape
>> measure metric," it will be displayed as the first item
(#33-726).
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