I use folding rules for all my furniture work, and for any around the house
measuring. The exception is any time I need to get much beyond 4 feet (the
length of my longest folding rule), then I will get out the tape measure.

--
Zachary Dillinger
http://eatoncountywoodworke
r.blogspot.com/
The Eaton County Joinery
www.theeatoncountyjoinery.com
517-231-3374

On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 11:30 AM, Chuck Ramsey 
wrote:

> Galoots,
>
> I purchased a folding rule this summer at a flea.  I pulled it out the
> other day
> and started to wonder about when tape measures replaced folding rules for
> on the job site carpenters?  Do any of you still use a folding rule?  When
> and for
> what?  What might be the advantages of a folding rule?
>
> Thank you in advance.
>
> chuck
>
> P.S. My folding rule is not battery powered, nor does it read out
> digitally so it will
> be useless to set my planes to the nearest 0.001".
>
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