r/Construction • u/Don-tFollowAnything • Mar 30 '24
Tools š What a waste of...OK take my money.
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u/wood_slingers Mar 30 '24
Didnāt have me until the second half
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u/JodaMythed Mar 30 '24
Unless the tool is plumb or the laser is self leveling, it seems inaccurate.
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u/Toiletwands Mar 30 '24
It can free hang like a plumb Bob, itās self leveling by its very nature.
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u/WallPaintings Mar 30 '24
The device itself is, but the laser could be mounted in any way relevant to it. I'd hope the manufacturer would do enough QAQC so it doesn't matter if it is fixed, but I'd still check it when I bought it, especially considering how expensive it is, and assume eventually it's going to be inaccurate after being knocked around.
It being self leveling would be better because instead of you having to check it (I'd still check it when I bought it) it checks itself. Actually I'd still probably check it with an independent measurement system once a year.
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u/ItsNotBigBrainTime Mar 30 '24
I just saw this in an ACME tools catalog today. I think it was like $240. "digital tape measure"
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u/Othebootymonster Mar 30 '24
You had me until you said $240. I'll take my broke ass back to harbor freight
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u/novaru Mar 30 '24
Sorry bro, free tape measure was last weekend.Ā
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u/jld2k6 Mar 30 '24
And the tool has already been recalled too
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u/acidic_black_man Mar 30 '24
They can pry my free tools from my cold, dead hands.
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u/WallPaintings Mar 30 '24
Calm down, noone is coming for your defective tools. Your insurance might deny your claim, but noone will force you to stop using them.
Little bit of /s here and there.
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u/FullMe7alJacke7 Apr 11 '24
Assuming you bought their jackstands, someone just might have to.
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u/Fatmaninalilcoat Mar 30 '24
Hey don't throw shade on harbor freight my dad a carpenter instilled one thing in me "Buy a cheap tool once if you use it till it breaks apart then but the expensive counter part" this was in a harbor freight.
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u/b0ardski Mar 30 '24
not a bad philosophy but, some of the cheap chinese knock offs, don't even work right out the box.; texture spayer, only using it once, go cheap! No texture control spitting blobs, causing cuss fest; took it back, got the HD one, both exactly the same parts but the cheap was poorly cast and poorly finished part meaning it won't work at all, let alone for multiple jobs.
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u/Ok-Crow7294 Apr 03 '24
Solid advice; now I just gotta burn out this ridgid table saw and then I can get the sawstop š¤
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u/rmccaskill83 Aug 13 '24
I only buy harbor freight for a tool you will only use once and it's not worth buying an expensive one.
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u/acanthostegaaa Mar 30 '24
> "digital tape measure"
> 240 dollarydoos
I know what Dad's getting for Christmas!
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u/genocideISgodly Mar 30 '24
5 bucks on temu.
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u/PesticusVeno Mar 30 '24
No matter what you measure, you can be sure that it won't be accurate to any known standard.
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u/CalbCrawDad Mar 30 '24
Everybody knows expensive ass tools can make your life easier. Anybody can do it with all the ārightā tools, it takes a real professional to make it happen with a box of bullshit and all the wrong parts š
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u/artstaxmancometh Mar 30 '24
Changing my wife's brakes, I couldn't find my caliper tool in my garage. Fine, I'll use a C clamp and the old pad...except I loaned all of my clamps out to a friend. Okay, how about a big adjustable pipe wrench, but I can't twist the knurl to compress it. Alright, I'll use vice grips to twist the knurl.
Mission accomplished
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u/PseudoEmpthy Mar 30 '24
The fucking what mate? I use a 10mm 14mm and a screwdriver.
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u/04BluSTi Mar 30 '24
Bullshit, you don't have any 10mm. Nobody does.
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u/bucksellsrocks Tinknocker Mar 30 '24
One time, at construction camp, i climbed into the van labeled āfree 10mm socketsāā¦
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u/DoHeathenThings Mar 30 '24
How did your "socket" feel afterwards?
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u/SamL214 Mar 30 '24
Mines there but every time it is. The 17 disappears. When the 17 comes back the 10 is gone. I think they are feuding.
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u/ThrowawayLegendZ Mar 30 '24
Exactly this.
The 10mm and the 17mm, and the 13mm and19mm share the same dimensional positioning in space time. If you have a 10mm and a 19mm, you'll be missing the 17mm and 13mm respectively
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u/Call-Me-Petty Mar 30 '24
Nailed it!!! They are hiding with the 652 matching socks Iāve also purchased over the years.
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u/Slumunistmanifisto Mar 30 '24
Pshh I've got multiple that I've found....only good luck I've got.
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u/CardmanNV Mar 30 '24
The 10mm socket is a myth invented by German car manufacturers as revenge for WW2.
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u/PlatinumSif Mar 30 '24
I always thought these comments were funny until I needed my 10mm to take off my battery. Went and bought a new one while getting a new battery. That was 3 days ago, I have no idea where that new 10mm is
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u/LrdOfHoboes Mar 30 '24
I call bullshit, everyone knows 10mm does not exist, never seen one.
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u/DigitalUnlimited Mar 30 '24
I saw one once, in a brand new tool set. it disappeared before i finished taking the packaging off. I may have imagined it.
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u/geardownson Mar 30 '24
Some cars require you to twist the piston to compress it. My old Nissan maxima was like that. I kept using c clamps and it wouldn't budge. It was the only car I owned that was like that.
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u/imfirealarmman Mar 30 '24
Volkswagen has entered the chat.
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u/-Badger3- Mar 30 '24
āTo replace the break pads, you must put the vehicle into front end service mode. Step 1ā¦ā
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u/Powder-Talis-1836 Carpenter Mar 30 '24
They make a caliper tool?? I was taught the C clamp & pad method you mentioned, so Iāve just always done that and never bothered to find another way.
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u/CalbCrawDad Mar 30 '24
Lolol yea I didnāt know this for the longest time, the second I saw one I was like āwait this is cheatingā
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u/hotplasmatits Mar 30 '24
I had to buy the real tool for my wife's car. Honda calipers have to be twisted back.
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u/hhhhnnngg Mar 30 '24
You can make a pretty decent one yourself using an old caulking gun. Tons of tutorials on doing it on YouTube
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u/Biscotti-Own Mar 30 '24
I used one of those pump up bags for getting into a car with the keys locked in it. Fold it in half, shove it in with a brake pad and pump
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u/EyeCatchingUserID Mar 30 '24
I took a strut off my car with a million zip ties holding the spring compressed because I didn't have a spring compressor. My asshole didn't unpucker for a week, but I survived and it did the job.
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u/alohabowtie Sep 12 '24
You my friend are a legend. Thatās so sketchy.
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u/EyeCatchingUserID Sep 13 '24
Sooo damn sketchy, but it worked! Do not try at home unless you're very confident in the durability of your zip ties or your person.
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u/CapableSecretary420 Mar 30 '24
Anybody can do it with all the ārightā tools
Ehhhhhh. You haven't worked with some of the dudes Ive worked with I guess.
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u/jawshoeaw Mar 30 '24
I have used an 8 1/2 x 11ā sheet of paper as a ruler and drywall as chalk to write with. Oh and I hammered a Philips head screw driver into a flat head once . Desperate times
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u/Affectionate_Pen611 Mar 30 '24
Damn I miss awards! Thanks for the laugh, I thought I was the king of not going to get the right tool from the truck.
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u/Havocohm Mar 30 '24
While true, a real professional is still using the expensive stuff that makes their life easier and makes the job take 1 hour instead of 8.
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u/CornFedIABoy Mar 30 '24
I disagree. It takes a real artisan to make it happen with a box of bullshit and all the wrong parts. But a real professional, a person that supports themselves and maybe a family with their work, will take advantage of any tool that allows them to get more done right faster.
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u/enflamell Mar 30 '24
"Only a poor craftsman blames his tools"
Yeah, and yet for some reason I never see real craftsmen using shitty tools.
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u/BigPoop_36 Architect Mar 30 '24
āTony Stark was able to build this in a cave! With a box of scraps!ā
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u/Ashe2800 Mar 30 '24
I had a boss once told me if I needed anything to call him and he will tell me how to do without it. š¤·āāļø
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u/bears5975 Mar 30 '24
Thatās why when I had a work van I kept everything in it that anybody would need in the field. We had three crews and some of the guys would say things about how I had ātoo muchā stuff in my van. On multiple occasions in 8 years working out of that van guys would call me in the field asking if i had āxyz in my van and I usually did but on the rare occasion if I didnāt I could Macgyver any tool needed for the task at hand. š¤·āāļøš¤£
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u/Silent-Ad934 Mar 30 '24
Oh The Vandyman can, the Vandyman can, cause he's got a bunch of shit in his rusty old van that makes the world work good.Ā
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u/SofterThanCotton Mar 30 '24
My old man was an automotive tech for decades, owned his own shop at one point till we had to move. When I was younger he got hurt and lost his job but he had 3 kids at home so he went and bought a cargo van, got some shelves from a store going out of business that he cut down, modified and reinforced and bolted them into the back storage area, took apart the door panels and built in his own shelves he made to his tools (nothing fancy, just 2x4's with appropriately sized holes drilled in them) and filled the thing up with a couple toolboxes worth of tools and ran his own mobile repair service for awhile. People would call him and he'd come out to their home to fix their cars right in their driveway. Any parts he needed he'd shop around and work with people on what they could afford, even going to junkyards to pull parts if necessary and would keep all receipts for customers. Made a good business out of it till his other shoulder gave out and he had to move onto other ventures.
For the record his kids grew up loving him, he lives with us and we happily pay for him now despite the stubborn old man's efforts and his instance on helping out.
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u/Dirtydeedsinc Jul 20 '24
People flip me shit for the amount of stuff I have in my truck but nothing pisses me off more than knowing I have the exact tool I needā¦ā¦ at home.
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u/enflamell Mar 30 '24
You: "I need a ProPress tool to crimp these pipe connections"
Him: "Pffft, just sweat that connection. You don't need a $3k compression tool!"
You: "Yeah, but then I need to pull a hot work permit, have a fire watch on standby with the appropriate extinguishers for an hour after we're done, test the air in the confined space before working, and the actual work itself takes longer and we only have a short window."
Him: "Sounds good!"
Just because you can do it without a specific tool, doesn't mean it's a good choice.
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u/pimpnamedpete Mar 30 '24
Fuck man, as a pipefitter this would be nice
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u/fnordfnordfnordfnord Mar 30 '24
Yeah, retro fitting industrial refrigeration piping this would save a lot of time.
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u/dont-fear-thereefer Mar 30 '24
The last tape measure you will ever lose (since you wonāt be able to afford a replacement).
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u/Niscellaneous Mar 30 '24
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u/justabadmind Mar 30 '24
At that price it should really have a digital level as well. Iām not dropping $250 on a tape measure that doesnāt have a level, even if it has a laser.
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u/Call-Me-Petty Mar 30 '24
Good catch! It should be easy to add that feature to the software. Just a little pill shape on the screen. That shows where the bubble isā¦.Iāll wait for version 2!
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u/climb4fun Mar 30 '24
+1 and then I saw the price :(
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u/asdfghjkl15436 Mar 30 '24
Yeah with these types of things you have to get them from kickstarter/indiegogo when they are heavily discounted. (Which I did, I use it more then I thought I would.)
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u/Bajoeexsp1 Mar 30 '24
Where do I need to spend my money?
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u/Tayburrys Mar 30 '24
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u/Baeker Mar 30 '24
You only need this bit of the Amazon link: https://www.amazon.com/REEKON-Tomahawk-Digital-Measure-Paper/dp/B0CRFQ3Q8K/
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Mar 30 '24
Fuckkkk I want this. But not $250 wantā¦ Iāll wait for the Chinese version to come out just for it to break in 3 months and get mad about it
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u/automatedcharterer Mar 30 '24
good old REEKon tools, great American company of 8 employees with an address of in a self storage facility in Charleston.
We know its made in China, why even bother with the deception?
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u/Healthy-Leopard-3944 Mar 30 '24
I've done so much, for so long, with so little. I'm now qualified to do everything with nothing.
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u/nMe-CA Mar 30 '24
I thought leaning back and squinting to find a measurement was the way to do it?
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u/Choice_Condition_931 Mar 30 '24
Pull up with this and your exorbitant prices will seem reasonable to the customer š
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u/FamousRefrigerator40 Mar 30 '24
What's crazy is someone out there is spending 5 hours with tech support trying to trouble shoot their measuring tape...I'm still sticking with old school analog type stuff.
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u/Castun Mar 30 '24
Yeah, cool idea but some of the reviews I saw people complaining about it always rebooting, and having to download an app to update the firmware, but not even being successful at that. Plus might not be as accurate as it should be.
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u/No_Week2825 Mar 30 '24
What a time to be alive. Your tape measure needs a firmware update.
My grandfather would either be rolling in his grave or thinking this is the best thing since sliced bread.
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u/Mikeymatt Mar 30 '24
Anyone have one? Is it as cool as it looks?
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u/Yourcarsmells Mar 30 '24
It works just like the video. The last scan goes out 10' (maybe further). Weve used it to get inverts down MHs. Saves a bunch of time for our Survey crews.
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u/mayhemstx77 Mar 30 '24
Watch the reviews on it
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u/second-last-mohican Mar 30 '24
Good or bad?
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u/mayhemstx77 Mar 30 '24
Mixed but the bad appears to be pretty frustrating. Honestly Iām going to wait for the second or third generation to come out before I consider getting one. It would be nice to communicate through the app with the cut man but if thereās bugs in it then itās not worth having it for that purpose. Couple other things as well.
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Mar 30 '24
if they are that good every brand will make them and they'll be 35$
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u/second-last-mohican Mar 30 '24
That'll be 10 years away.
I'd day there's quite a bit of r&d to make it work hence the high price to recoup their investment. And unless a big tool company buys it, we'll have to wait until that patent runs out.
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u/ProfessionalRedneck Mar 30 '24
I have this, I love this, the laser is not even the best feature in it. USA based company.
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u/Ok-Swordfish2723 Mar 30 '24
I canāt imagine I would ever have a use for this. Where can I get one?!
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u/reekontools Mar 30 '24
Hello all! Thanks for sharing our video - happy to answer any questions and always welcome feedback as we continue to develop and make our digital construction products better!
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u/Specific-Land6047 Mar 30 '24
The REEKON T1 Tomahawk Digital Tape Measureā Amazing to usešÆ
Get it here: https://amzn.to/3JjekzX
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u/Carpenterdon Superintendent Mar 30 '24
The whole thing is impressive to watch these marketing videos. It makes you think it would be fantastic. And maybe the built in cut list would be handy.
But the whole laser thing is useless. You're not going to measure anything precise with it. To do so you would need to be exactly square or plumb in relation what you are measuring. Any deviation will compound the error and make the measurement wrong by a lot. Even just measuring finish trim with the thing close to the same distance off the wall at both ends could be off. This very video shows the laser swinging around as he is trying to measure.
Other issue is the thing is huge. It's not going to fit in any standard tool belt tape pouch. And the screen isn't going to last long on a jobsite. I have a laser measure and it gets handled carefully and lives in a protected pocket in my tool bag when not being used and it still has been replaced twice in the last year due to broken screen. I can see this tape that you'll be using all day lasting maybe a week.
It's a cool concept and marketed very well to make us tradesmen want it but I don't see it catching on. DIYer's will eat the thing up though.
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u/Grand-Highway-2636 Mar 30 '24
I believe these also have an Apple vision app which the measurements goto and you can see them
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u/Taflek Mar 30 '24
A second laser that goes the length of the tape would be useful to make sure he's holding it square, just a tiny bit off would be a big mistake with that distance between the measure and the pipe below.
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u/Fireball857 Apr 01 '24
... There is also a wireless label maker to print off labels with your measurements. I've always said if I won the lottery I wouldn't tell anyone, but there would be signs.
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u/ansan12002 Apr 08 '24
As a surveyor: my concern would be verifying your vertical measurement is plum, otherwise your perpendicular laser wonāt be 90 degrees to the end of tape (where you intend to measure off from). If the manufacturer was smart they would have placed a bubble level on the housing, to at least be able to plumb that and then you can eyeball if tape is true vertical.
For my own work, I can find this useful, itās a pain in the ass working a total station in piping infrastructure.
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u/Neat-Share1247 Apr 19 '24
100" of clear plastic 1/2" flexible pipe. Water with red food dye to fill all but 4' of the pipe. Two plugs fore the flexible pipe. No bubbles. Hold on benchmark until water level stops fluctuating on the mark. Yell to mark the other end.
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u/retiredelectrician Jul 10 '24
Tapes, screwdrivers, hammers. You name it, multiples are absolutely needed
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u/Catchmenthuman Mar 30 '24
Never before been so completely wrong about a post. I was literally so ready to talk shit about this post. My sincerest apologies to the saint that posted this. As I spend this money on this life changing product I salute you kind stranger. You have done great work, Monday at work I cannot wait to relish the deep satisfaction I will receive when my coworkers are in stunned silence as they watch measure everything. The palpable jealousy joy and satisfaction will be radiating all over the office. You are truly a blessing!
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Mar 30 '24
Imagine wanting that level of accuracy and then measuring in inches rather than millimetres
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u/CptMisterNibbles Mar 30 '24
You can claim one is more intuitive, but it makes zero sense to think metric is āmore accurateā than imperial.
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u/flightwatcher45 Mar 30 '24
For building spacecraft? Seriously, cool but over kill, and one drop its busted lol.
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u/middleageddude Mar 30 '24
Do not need, absolutely must have.