David Weaver
04-08-2007, 10:14 AM
Good morning -
I'm trying to find a machinists rule that starts at zero (i.e, has no unmarked fudge on the edge) that is marked in millimeters and is about 48 inches long.
A friend of mine has one, but he got it from work.
I need it to be steel but it doesn't need to be rigid, and I don't want to pay the price for a starrett rule at this point.
This is my favorite way to measure things - lay the rule down at the edge, and mark, and the long metric rules are much easier to figure in your head (i.e., what's half of 635 mm - easy, it's 317.5 - that becomes a harder proposition when it's a measure of something like 21 and 37/64th inches).
Anyway, I haven't found one for less than $170. Does anyone know where I can find one closer to the $50 range?
Thanks in advance -
I'm trying to find a machinists rule that starts at zero (i.e, has no unmarked fudge on the edge) that is marked in millimeters and is about 48 inches long.
A friend of mine has one, but he got it from work.
I need it to be steel but it doesn't need to be rigid, and I don't want to pay the price for a starrett rule at this point.
This is my favorite way to measure things - lay the rule down at the edge, and mark, and the long metric rules are much easier to figure in your head (i.e., what's half of 635 mm - easy, it's 317.5 - that becomes a harder proposition when it's a measure of something like 21 and 37/64th inches).
Anyway, I haven't found one for less than $170. Does anyone know where I can find one closer to the $50 range?
Thanks in advance -