Tool Maybe Beyond My Skill Set And Needs

[Susquatch]

Stanley makes a 40' FatMax too, I had my hands on one the other week. Seems a bit unnecessary but at the same time why not

I have one myself. I also have a 50ft roll tape. Don't use any of them now that I have a laser.

 

[Susquatch]

We make long products at work and pretty regularly use almost the entire 40' tape measure. Our preferred is the Milwaukee wide blade 40'. Unfortunately, there aren't really flats for a laser to measure against so we're stuck with tape measures for now.

Make them!

I just use whatever is handy. A brick, a 2x4 block, a piece of plywood. Depending on what you are measuring, they all work just fine.

 

[Doggggboy]

This was mostly a joke until I dropped a tape last week and broke it. So far striking out replacing it in Canada with imperial only, like you used to be able to get. The little 12' ones were good for tool boxes and glove boxes. I'm going to grab a few from Wisconsin or Michigan I guess. I saw Stanley makes a 16' FatMax but didn't grab one last week

Princess Auto tends to have imperial only tapes regularly.

 

[Janger]

I'd like a dedicated metric tape to match my inch one and that is hard to find.

Lee Valley for all metric tapes.
And check out my engineers tape - that’ll blow your minds. It’s in 10ths! To the foot. And the 10ths are divided into 100ths!

 

[historicalarms]

And check out my engineers tape - that’ll blow your minds. It’s in 10ths! To the foot. And the 10ths are divided into 100ths!

I used those type of tapes by the box full back in the day, Some would last a week, others a month. I think the longest tape I still have is 325 ft ( hand crank retrieval). A tape like these & a very simple eye hand level built many thousands of miles of roads in this country....they did work!!!

 

[L98Fiero]

I used those type of tapes by the box full back in the day, Some would last a week, others a month. I think the longest tape I still have is 325 ft ( hand crank retrieval). A tape like these & a very simple eye hand level built many thousands of miles of roads in this country....they did work!!!

Yes, Invar tapes.

 

[Chicken lights]

I'm a bit surprised by this. At work we have a bunch of them, pretty much all are new within the last 2 years.

1 in. SAE Evolution Self-Lock Tape Measures

1 in. SAE Evolution Self-Lock Tape Measures by KOMELON. C$19.99. Shop quality products at Princess Auto.

www.princessauto.com

https://www.homedepot.ca/product/milwaukee-tool-25-ft-x-1-inch-compact-magnetic-tape-measure-with-15-ft-reach/1000666513

I'd like a dedicated metric tape to match my inch one and that is hard to find. IMO the combo ones are irritating for everyone, all the time.

I guess I should've clarified- I'd never heard of Komelon or there was another green brand, it was weird walking into stores and seeing off brands. I was really looking for a 12-16' tape to replace the broken Lufkin. Never tried Milwaukee yet. Home Depot (Canada), Canadian Tire (Canada) and Menards (USA) were all swings and misses for just a smaller imperial tape. Finally found one at a Home Depot (USA).

That 25' FatMax is likely 20 years old if I remember right, it's been dropped smashed rained on snowed on kicked you name it, I can't kill it.

I really liked those little lufkins for quick small jobs too 😕