Tool What is this type of ruler called?
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Lee Valley call theirs a stop rule. I love mine, I use it all the time.
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Thank you!Lee Valley call theirs a stop rule. I love mine, I use it all the time.
Stop Rules - Lee Valley Tools
Discover the Stop Rules. Buy this product now on our Lee Valley online store.
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Some expansion - the end is carbide, the scales are in metric and imperial, and have decent vernier scales. I use it to lay out electronic panels.Set it for Y dimensions, run it along the edge of the panel, scribe for holes, set at X dimension, run it along the perpendicular edge, scribe for cross hairs, and now all my switch and control holes are even and true. Way less errors than using a ruler.
I use a combination square now but find that it's cumbersome and the narrow end of the ruler doesn't lend itself to making accurate marks.
Bought one of the rules from Lee Valley.
I have to say that I am seriously impressed by the quality.
The body is a solid 1/8” thick and the sliding portion has to be 1/4” think. The locking knob is well knurled and locks solid.
A very impressive tool for <$30.
I have to say that I am seriously impressed by the quality.
The body is a solid 1/8” thick and the sliding portion has to be 1/4” think. The locking knob is well knurled and locks solid.
A very impressive tool for <$30.
I'm a bit late to this, but I think that has to be a steel copy of the original engineers "slide rule". It was prolly made before logarithmic and trigonomic scaling was developed.
Sorry guys, I just couldn't help myself. Just kidding.
But seriously, when I took engineering, they didn't have scientific calculators so we all had slide rules. I still have mine some odd 55 years later.
Sorry guys, I just couldn't help myself. Just kidding.
But seriously, when I took engineering, they didn't have scientific calculators so we all had slide rules. I still have mine some odd 55 years later.
Yup. As well as exponents, trigonometry, significant digits, and extrapolation. SlideRulers were cool. I think Engineers got a bad rep wearing big sliderulers on a belt clip. Sure caught my wife's attention!
I still have mine but prefer an HP15C RPN Scientific Calculator now. I even have a clone of the 15C running on my Android Smartphone.
Martin w
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I always wanted to learn how to use a slide rule.
My electronic teacher back in the day made us use one. Calculators were already coming along at a fast pace. In fact I would carry a Tandy Pocket Computer (TRS-80 which was basically a rebranded Sharp PC-1211 for the poor kids) and a slide rule to his class. lol. I'm sure I taught him a few things, but I learned a lot from that instructor that has carried me thru the years. It would be nice to hunt him down and explain how he made a big difference in my life. 
I know my mom got rid of my slide rule after I moved out. I do miss it.
Edit. The other picture didn't look right. This is correct. Says it came out in 1980, but I know I had one in 1979.
I know my mom got rid of my slide rule after I moved out. I do miss it.
Edit. The other picture didn't look right. This is correct. Says it came out in 1980, but I know I had one in 1979.
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Slide Rules were even before my time and I started programming computers with punch cards in the 1980s.
Back to present day . . .
Digital devices are getting more advanced everyday.
The smartphone has become such an essential tool for technology that at my last fulltime job at Flowserve SIHI Systems (2014-2018) all staff of Engineering Projects were issued I-Phones.
Back to present day . . .
Digital devices are getting more advanced everyday.
The smartphone has become such an essential tool for technology that at my last fulltime job at Flowserve SIHI Systems (2014-2018) all staff of Engineering Projects were issued I-Phones.
Dan Dubeau
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I picked one of those rulers up at the restore a while back for a few dollars. Have yet to find a metalworking use for it, but know when I get back into woodworking it'll be very handy.
Dan Dubeau
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As for the slide rule. Wife bought me one a couple years ago for a birthday present. Aside form playing around briefly, I never really gave it a solid chance to learn it.
I do love the slide calculators though. I have a bunch of different types from speed and feed calculators to bolt sizing. I should lay them out and make a thread about them. I'm curious to see who else has a bunch too.
I do love the slide calculators though. I have a bunch of different types from speed and feed calculators to bolt sizing. I should lay them out and make a thread about them. I'm curious to see who else has a bunch too.
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Yup you must be older than dirt.
Ayup! You and I and a few others on here have brains spawned by vacuum tubes. Mostly empty space in there.....
And the filament isn’t as bright as it used to be…