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?
> >
>

I use it for shop related projects - furniture, fixtures, etc. I use a tape
measure for construction work...2 by 4's etc. Not sure why the distinction
I think it is the galootishness of it more than anything else. And I too
use the extension for inside measurements, checking square by equal
diagonals, and as a story stick sans actual measurements.

Scott G on the Eastern Side of the Country
Duluth GA