I'm puzzled. Isn't that what the hook on the end is for? And wouldn't that
thing throw the measurement off just a touch? Not a problem for measureing
bricks, probably. But not so good for wood-working.

Clint

"Gooey TARBALLS" wrote in message
news:J2b1g.4398$e55.4175@trnddc02...
My last trip to SEARS resulted in an eighty-nine cent purchase I can
recommend. 939680-6477970 is a little round bit of steel that attaches to
one's tape measure to allow one-handed measuring over distances hat used
to demand one call the wife to hold an end.

www.tapetip.com

Enjoy