On Wednesday, 26 February 2020 11:12:19 UTC, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

I use to have (broken now) a tape measure which had marking pencil leads
built in to the body. So you could 'measure' an alcove etc than transfer
directly to the shelf, etc, in one go, without needing the reading. It was
so useful, I'm surprised it is no longer available.

I expect it's possible to 3d print a snap-on bit to do that. I don't know whether it's still patented or not.


NT