"RicodJour" wrote in message
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On Feb 5, 10:44 am, "Leon" wrote:
"Stuart" wrote in message

Where I can, I like to use a steel rule rather than a tape of any sort.
They are usually pretty accurate.

Agreed but a 4' rule is sorta tough to use in the shop. ;~)

And to make matters worse most of mine have a coarse measurement in the
32'nds, when switching from a tape, 1/16" marks look like 1/8" marks. It
take me a few moments to focus on the correct marks.

Have you seen Fastcap's tape measures? They have some really nice
features and are surprisingly cheap.
http://www.fastcap.com/estore/pc/vie...?idCategory=12

I actually have 5 Fastcap tape measures. Two have been cheerfully replaced
because of inaccuracy and ror stopped winding the tape back in the case. At
leas 2 have a problem with the hook not giving the same measurement when
compairing the inside vs outside measurement, off in excess of 1/32"


I have purchased the yellow Pro version, the Green Left/Right, and the White
flat tape. The green and white units have had to be repaced.

All in all I would say thes are great tape measures for rough carpentry of
for building fences. Not so great in the shop.

ALL have excelent pencil sharpeners however. ;~)