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| akis:
Tape measures are made specifically to be as awkward to use as possible. The only way they will stay is on its flat side, and most times you want the damn thing just to stay upright, nothing more, but no, they have a specific shape with rounded edges and bumps and curves so as never to just stay there. Most infuriating. Typical example. I want to work with lengths of, say 1.3m. My aluminium ruler is 1m, so I have to use the tape. Nothing wrong with that, I will simply open it out to about 1.5m and that will give me plenty of room to work with up to 1.3m. But no. The damn thing will not stay anywhere I leave it and the smallest nudge or movement and it's tipped over again ruining all the alignment and readings! It is a conspiracy, plain and simple. |
| Bud:
If that is poor in your books, try self-leveling laser levels ;D, you can't breath at them |
| AndyBeez:
1. Blame Coriolis https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coriolis_force 2. Get a longer rule. 3. Cut shorter lengths. |
| akis:
--- Quote from: Bud on June 12, 2023, 04:52:59 pm ---If that is poor in your books, try self-leveling laser levels ;D, you can't breath at them --- End quote --- Ha ha I have, as I am building a house and have tried to align door frames, windows, ceilings and floors. I have about 5-6 of them and have already dropped 2-3 :-( They need very stable mountings and a lot of patience to set them where you need to, very soft touch and hold your breath. Literally. For example I used a handsaw hanging upside down on a nail in the wall as a base for the magnetic laser level. Trying to set that assembly up is an exercise in patience. You cana see I am using 3 lasers to help align a door frame, one is on the floor, the other on a tripod and the other on the hanging handsaw blade :) I have also discovered. You need to align it to within 1 degree, preferably less, *before* you unlock the pendulum, and only then let the pendulum do its magic. Because, if you are out by say one degree or more, the pendulum will still align, but not as well as when you started off at 0.5 degrees. They usually self-align from 3 degrees downwards, but I would not trust them. |
| TimFox:
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