/diy/ - Do It Yourself

[Anonymous No.473113]

Which tape measure do you use?

Post'em

[Anonymous No.473117]

>>473113
that one, actually.

[Anonymous No.473319]

>>473117
This

[Anonymous No.473324]

>>473113
strictly self-locking tapes
bonus points -stainless blade

[Anonymous No.473358]

I just grab them out of the discount cart at my hardware store. $2 30ft tapes.

I have discovered cheap or expensive I just destroy the damn things.

[Anonymous No.473369]

Stanley "fat max!"

[Anonymous No.473378]

>>473324
Gimmicky tape measures fall apart the fastest.

[Anonymous No.473379]

I just pull out my cock that I tatooed measurements on too, its kinda long I get complaints from pulling out too much at a time

[Anonymous No.473383]

>>473379
Me too........me......too

[Anonymous No.473386]

I got the only fucking tape at Home Depot that had metric on one side, imperial on the other.

It made me fucking livid. They had a selection of 20 different models of measuring tape - and 19 of them gave you measurement in INCHES and MORE FRACTIONAL INCHES. Or maybe they were clever and gave you FEET+INCHES and HUNDREDS OF INCHES. Hey look at me I'm EZ-READ motherfuckers!

And there were 0 measuring tapes with decimal inches. Why would anyone want to measure by the standards of the entire American manufacturing industry? Certainly not Americans!

[Anonymous No.473387]

I mean for real.... Who looks at one side of a measuring tape and says "You know what, I like that a lot. But you know what else I need? I need that exact same thing right next to it but with some extra lines in between!"

Nobody says that because it's dumb. And whoever buys that shit should feel dumb.

[Anonymous No.473403]

an old ass stanly fat max extreme.

best tape I've had, has survived so many drops from roofs when framing, couple two story drops too. it's lost all the rubber on it but it's still going after three years

[Anonymous No.473424]

>>473386
Welcome to the twenty-first century.

[Anonymous No.474682]

[sage No.474732]

The 25'/8m version of this one, because it's the one the company I work for buys.

Metric on one side, imperial on the other because I live in Canada. Half our work and equipment comes from the US and is in imperial. The other half comes from Europe or Canada and comes in metric.

The most fucked up part is the European equipment we get second hand from the US. All the dimensions are in metric, but the fasteners and fittings will all be in imperial. The drawings will specify things like 1/2" bolts 100mm apart.

I blame America.

[Anonymous No.474738]

>>474732

I use this exact tape because it's compact, lightweight...and it being purple, its easily identifiable in the shop I work in.

[Anonymous No.474787]

>>473113
>Which tape measure do you use?

The closest one to me at the time.

[Anonymous No.474793]

>>473378
said the pleb.
I've switched to these for about 7 years ago and I've used for both framing and trim work, full time. I've never had one fall apart. The design is too simple.
In all reality, I can't think of one scenario where a non self-locking tape would be an advantage.

I bet you rock an ez-read because you cant figure out 16th's.

FYI The lever lock is self locking as well.
Welcome to the future of tapes

[Anonymous No.474794]

[Anonymous No.474807]

I use a metal one I got for a buck at the dollar store. I'm not scared to crumple it when I'm measuring inside the corner of something. A $20 tape measurer I'm not crazy about flexing it.
I do have one of these babies in with my antique tools though. The metal slidee thing is very cool

[Anonymous No.474837]

>>473386

> not being able to convert fractional inches to decimal in your godamn head

hows that ged working for you?

[Anonymous No.474897]

[Anonymous No.474905]

Can't go wrong

[Anonymous No.474951]

>>474905
Aren't those made in china these days?
Stanley tools used to be a good brand. Since they started placing factories in china their tools started to go "meh"

[Anonymous No.474954]

>>474807
i have this exact folding one. was my great uncles, he died at age 98 three years ago. have no clue when he got it. but also got a stanley cheap metal one from him.

[Anonymous No.474972]

>>474793
>I've switched to these for about 7 years ago and I've used for both framing and trim work, full time. I've never had one fall apart.

No wonder. You never gave that tape measure of yours a real beating. Your tape measure is always clean.

[Anonymous No.474986]

>>474972
>reading comprehension fail
>don't know how to keep your tools clean

pick one

[Anonymous No.474992]

>>474972
Whut iz it dat u do dat maketh ur taeps so durty hnngg?

[Anonymous No.475009]

>>474986
>>474992
Jesus Christ, so many fake /diy/ers here with poor mastery of English.

[Anonymous No.475012]

>>474951
yes they are made in china now, i have a old stanley one, from my father, i dont use it, i just take it once in a while to remind me how thing should be made, and how things are made now.

Stanley went full cheap

[Anonymous No.475017]

I enjoy working in both Metric and Imperial. I like Imperial when I'm doing rough work that doesn't have to be precise down to the last millimeter. It seems to make the work go faster if I'm doing framing, roof trusses, building stuff out of felled timber or working with stone. But if I'm doing any type of detailed work where precision is essential on things like dove tails, cabinets, or any type of furniture then I always use metric. Its just too much hassle to try and deal with 8th's and 16th's on that type of work. Just my opinion though everybody will inevitably figure out what works best for them.

[Anonymous No.475018]

I've use this specific model for years. Mine is so beat up, and dirty, but the blade is still true and doesn't warp to the left or right like so many blades do fresh out the box. I need to grab a few off eBay before they all disappear.

[Anonymous No.475589]

>>475017
because it's easier, shit tier carpenter, master tier carpenters use imperial to the 32 64 th scale with a tape only marked in 16th scale.. you use it because it's too hard for your simple mind.

[Anonymous No.475650]

>>475009
>>475589

[Anonymous No.475673]

>>475009
because diyers have t be english majors hurdurrrr durrr

[Anonymous No.475675]

>>473113
incidentally, i use that one. although it's not my favorite.

[Anonymous No.475699]

>>475675
try these ones>>473324
I've used both and I find these more ergonomic

[Anonymous No.475720]

>>475699
right on, thanks anon!

[Anonymous No.475765]

I have a couple of these but 16'
Very durable. The bright color makes them easy to find. I doubt they make them this quality anymore though.

>>474905
>>474682
I hate that type of lock. It breaks too easily

[GreenGC No.476152]

>>473324
I still have a fatmax for certain work sometimes crown, but I've grown to love these new Komelons and self-locking

[Anonymous No.476455]

>>476152
The original ones were Husky. They were the exact same tape with the only differences being a rubberized emblem, which made for better grips, and they had both metric and imperial.
I can't seem to find em anymore so I've been rockin' komelon.

[Anonymous No.476558]

>>474897

They used this ones when I did track and field in high school.

Even back then they seemed old.

[Anonymous No.476591]

>>473369

I don't know if it's just the sheer mass of those things, or maybe it has a slightly more stout spring or whatever, but when I was framing those Fat Max tape measures always seemed to last longer before getting gummed up with dust and shit and failing to retract.

Probably not a concern for anyone who isn't working in a confluence of dirt and sawdust and rain.

[Anonymous No.476602]

Some random tape measure I got from family dollar or dollar general.