At 07:07 AM 9/10/2007, paul womack wrote:
>At the weekend I scarfed up an unusual wooden ruler.
>
>It's around 3" wide, and 27" long, and is made
>from something like beech (at least it's a light coloured
>hardwood, with a fine grain, that isn't box).
>
>It's rather worn.
>
>I bought it because it's some kind of scaling ruler;
>it has multiple scales on both faces, with stranges labels.

Just a flying guess without seeing it but considering the size it's 
probably a board foot or log rule

Tony

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