Hi Pierre, I found this site very quickly - http://herramientas.twenga.es/cinta-metrica.html. You have to look at the pictures - the 100 m tape looked like it was dual unit tape, but the rest looked like they were single unit tapes (I believe that EU product labelling is a lot stricter than US product labelling).
In the past I have looked closely at tapes in both Belgium and in Germany and in both cases most were metric only. Regards Martin -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Pierre Abbat Sent: 18 July 2012 19:47 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:51768] RE: metric tapes (Stanley) On Wednesday 18 July 2012 13:13:55 Martin Vlietstra wrote: > Hi Pierre, > > If I remember correctly, you are Spanish/Latin American. If that is > the case, why not go straight to the Spanish-language websites - > Mexico (next door to the US if I remember my geography correctly :-) > ), or Spain which is part of the EU. I tried "cinta métrica" and found one in Iberia (not sure if it's in Spain or Portugal, as it also contained "fita", which is Portuguese for "cinta"), one in Colombia, and one that claimed to be in "es_LA", i.e. Spanish as spoken in Laos. Also found some sites that translate the phrase, but haven't found a vepecista in Mexico. On Wednesday 18 July 2012 13:56:56 John M. Steele wrote: > I can't vouch for any of these, but I Googled "metric only" and "tape >measure" (I still got a lot that were metric/customary). In the first >couple of pages, these three seem responsive to your request: > http://www.duckworksbbs.com/tools/measure/index.htm > http://www.right-tool.com/starhigqualm.html (must order via phone) >http://www.ebay.com/itm/Stanley-8M-Metric-Tape-Measure-30-457-Contracto >rs-R >uler-8-Meter-New-/110906064255?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item19d2843d7 >f All are 8 m, metric only. I didn't see any "slightly longer" like >10 m. Duckworks looks like what I want. Thanks. Only the longest diagonals of the cabin are longer than 8 m, and those I can measure with my longtape. The house is 20.6 m long including the garage, so I'll need the longtape. All the marks on the top plate will be multiples of 100 mm (±19 for the trusses). Pierre -- .i toljundi do .ibabo mi'afra tu'a do .ibabo damba do .ibabo do jinga .icu'u la ma'atman.
