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Millimeter Tape

  • 28-01-2015 5:11pm
    #1
    jonon9
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,124 ✭✭✭


    In the market for a new tape one preferably with full MM layout

    I.E 10-20-30-40-50-60 and so on

    are they hard to come by?


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  • #2
    slimjimmc
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    Do you mean a measuring tape that is graduated in millimetres and numbered every 10mm? Common as muck I would have thought.


  • #3
    jonon9
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,124 ✭✭✭jonon9


    slimjimmc wrote: »
    Do you mean a measuring tape that is graduated in millimetres and numbered every 10mm? Common as muck I would have thought.

    Yeah. So instead of 1m or 100cm it will read 1000mm. I thought I could pick one up locally and they pretty much looked at me as if I had two heads :confused:


  • #4
    slimjimmc
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    Ahh now I get ya. Sorry, can't help. I've never seen such a thing.


  • #5
    jonon9
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    slimjimmc wrote: »
    Ahh now I get ya. Sorry, can't help. I've never seen such a thing.

    Ya they seem to be a rare tape to find.

    Edit) Ok I just found out that FastCap have such tape Its called the true32 metric. I guess the only way to have it is to import it.


  • #6
    Lex Luthor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,220 ✭✭✭✭Lex Luthor


    i have one knocking about, picked it up yrs ago when we were kitting out a specialist tool box

    try caulfield, rs or farnell here before looking abroad
    also maybe screwfix


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  • #7
    jonon9
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,124 ✭✭✭jonon9


    Lex Luthor wrote: »
    i have one knocking about, picked it up yrs ago when we were kitting out a specialist tool box

    try caulfield, rs or farnell here before looking abroad
    also maybe screwfix

    What make was the one you have?


  • #8
    Lex Luthor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,220 ✭✭✭✭Lex Luthor


    jonon9 wrote: »
    What make was the one you have?

    I'll check in the morning


  • #9
    dodzy
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    Seriously, how difficult can it be to read a regular tape measure:confused:


  • #10
    mickdw
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    dodzy wrote: »
    Seriously, how difficult can it be to read a regular tape measure:confused:

    Yep, everyone uses mm and can work with the standard tape. I'm not even sure exactly what the markings are on my tapes but I simply read it in mm.


  • #11
    peter bermingham
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 456 ✭✭peter bermingham


    If you know anyone in Czech Poland they can get them we had a Czech fella working for us he used to bring them back all the time i hate them as i use both inch and mm


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  • #12
    jonon9
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    dodzy wrote: »
    Seriously, how difficult can it be to read a regular tape measure:confused:

    No difficulty just personal preference.


  • #13
    Lex Luthor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,220 ✭✭✭✭Lex Luthor


    jonon9 wrote: »
    What make was the one you have?

    Its a Lufkin 2003 model (3m) (metric only)

    http://www.eki.dk/Kataloger/Lufkin_Katalog.pdf


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