Yeah they went from aluminum to plastic. That is a 6 inch ruler marked off in
eighths of an inch. The idea is to pull out the tape and line up the marking
on the tape with the end of the ruler. The tape itself is only marked every 6
inches with the actual footage marked on the top side of the tape.
So if you are measuring something that is 27 inches long, you would pull out
the tape until the mark for 24 inches lined up with the end of the ruler. Then
you can count off the remaining 3 inches on the ruler. You don't have to know
how long something is before you measure it, you just have to stop 6 inches
short and count the rest off on the ruler part.
Each half inch has a single raised dot and each inch has double dots. And if
you are holding the tape in your right hand with the plastic ruler facing to
your left, there are little lines, more so than dots, along the edge farthest
away from you.
Sounds complicated but it's pretty easy to catch on to.
----- Original Message -----
From: Betsy Whitney
To: blindhandyman-yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, January 22, 2010 6:07 PM
Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Metal tape measure from MaxiAids
Aloha everyone,
Have any of you purchase the metal tape measure from Maxi Aids? My
friend bought one and says that it has a piece of plastic sticking
out from the end of the device. The plastic is about 6 inches long.
Anyone know anything about this thing?
TIA, Betsy
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