If you value your time fixing a tape is negative!
I tend to use different tapes for different thinks milwaukee big clunky things for construction and I hate tapes that are mm inch measurement is always on wrong side !
I use mm only for cabinet and case making.
Biggest problem with tape measure rd is finding them!!!?
Designing and building for 50 years
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On Mar 14, 2021, at 8:31 AM, Brett Wissel <Brettwissel@...> wrote:
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Fred, it's less about the blade stiffness and more about the locking mechanisms failing over time, especially the leverlock/autolock?styles.
Brian and David B., thanks for the recommendations, I hadn't considered those options but will in the future.
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Brett Wissel
Saint Louis Restoration
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