I had a couple of them. One of my kids used one for a project he was making and with the tin snips cut through the metal and my tape... I think it's still illegal to shoot at kids... ----- Original Message ----- From: Dale Leavens To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, December 03, 2007 11:09 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] tape measure, wha?
I once had one of the older tapes and pretty well hated it. Didn't take long for it to crack and ultimately break at one of the inch markings where the tape was weakened by embossing which is probably why they discontinued that method and went to the plastic ruler. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. ----- Original Message ----- From: Bob Kennedy To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, December 03, 2007 7:32 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] tape measure, wha? I used to have a 6 foot tape like that but that was years ago and it has been lost in 1 of many moves. The explanation is exactly right. In the newer larger tapes they mount the tab on the front and you pull the tape out under it. On the smaller tape the first 6 inches were marked on the tape itself. ----- Original Message ----- From: Dale Leavens To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, December 03, 2007 6:13 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] tape measure, wha? I think the point is that it gives you the finer measure. You can run the tape out to say 3 feet but the next mark is 3 foot 6. If the actual measure is 3.54 and 5 16ths you couldn't measure that without the ruler. Now I don't have one of those and probably don't want one but that is my understanding. Hope that is correct. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. ----- Original Message ----- From: Matt To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [email protected] Sent: Monday, December 03, 2007 4:33 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] tape measure, wha? Ok, what's with the 6 inch ridged plastic ruler mounted on the tactile tape measure? Looks like it could easily be removed, but is it worth while? Should I leave it alone? I also ordered the marked yard stick, so I have both. Seems pretty strait forward just looking at them. Matt [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
