Betsy, The tape is marked withdots every 6 inches. To measure, you lign up the tape dot that is short of your measure,ment with the end of the 6 inch ruler and use the ruler to get the remaining measurement.
I find it a huge pain but it's cheaper than the overpriced talking rulers. Tomm Fowle On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 06:17:36PM -0500, frank cunningham wrote: > Betsy, it is a 6 inch ruler that can be detached if you wish. The tape > slides under the ruler as you pull it out. > Frank > > ----- 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 > Teamwork: Together we achieve the extraordinary. > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >
