I've pointed these sites out before. Here they are again:
Wiha Tools
folding rulers (Nice ones! I bought these for my physics labs.):
http://www.wihatools.com/600seri/616serie.htm
calipers:
http://www.wihatools.com/400seri/411serie_calipers.htm
They also have metric tape measures, etc.
Ben Meadows
http://www.benmeadows.com/
Lots of stuff! I've purchased a 100 m fiberglass tape and a 1 m trundle
wheel from them. They also have a 5 m metal retracting tape measure and
an 8 m, 26 ft retracting tape measure. Also a 7.5 m leveling (guide) rod
marked in m, dm, cm, and 0.5 cm intervals. And more.
Typing "metric measuring tapes" into a Google search window got me 174
000 hits. Yep, you can buy metric tapes.
Jim
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632 Stony Point Mountain Road
Doyle, TN 38559-3030
(C) 931.212.0267
(H) 931.657.3107
(F) 931.657.3108
On 2012-06-12 20:08, Pierre Abbat wrote:
On Tuesday, June 12, 2012 12:27:30 PM John M. Steele wrote:
Metric tapes are made but are basically impossible to find at stores. You
can find them on eBay (good brands like Stanley) or you can look for
specialty tool stores online (not "big box" online sites like Lowe's or
Home Depot). You might try Sear's; their Craftsman line has a good
selection of metric tools, especially wrenches. I'm not sure about tapes
though.
If you want long metric tapes 50 m, 100 m, check surveying supply
stores,
track and field stores, etc.
I know manufacturers make them, so I could order a case from Stanley.
And I know I've asked before. I'm now designing the cabin, so sometime
soon I need to put in an order for n boards of lumber x×y×z, plywood,
roofing, wood screws about 30 mm long, wood screws about 60 mm long,
tools, etc. Where I'm building, there are Lowe's and Hanson. Hanson used
to be the only game in town and is more expensive.
I have a 50 m longtape. The cabin is 4×7.2; the diagonal is 8.24. For the
house, I may need the longtape to place holes for anchor bolts. I may
increase the cabin to a round number of feet, but the house will use a 200
mm module, since drystacked blocks are spaced 400 mm on center.
Pierre
