Subject: New Steel Rule Blues

From: [email-masked] (Gene Olson and Chris Wilson)
Date: Wed, 28 Aug 1996 15:17:03 -0400 (EDT)

I saw a new folding steel rule on my friend's bench the other day. It was a
three footer, but he said six footers were avail.

Anybody still interested in these?

The rule seemed sound, though it wasn't as quite nice as the old Stanleys
used to be. I tracked down the distributer (resale accounts only so may need
to buy a few.)  He said it was 39 for the 3ft and 59 for the 6ft.

Gene

 The Studios of Gene Olson and Chris Wilson  Metals, Stone, Mixed Media
  8600 NE O'DEAN AVE, ELK RIVER, MN 55330
  URL: http://www.concentric.net/~mettlewk/

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From: Dave <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 28 Aug 1996 18:05:03 -0500

>  URL: http://www.concentric.net/~mettlewk/

39 and 59?  Cents?  per each, or per foot?

Dave Brown
Heritage 'Smithing
Heritage Hill State Historical Park
Green Bay, WI

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From: [email-masked] (Elton O Grubbs)
Date: Thu, 29 Aug 1996 19:05:30 -0700

You wrote: 
>
>A source of relatively low priced steel rules:  look in a good art or
>drafting supply house.  At my office we have stainless steel rules 
graduated
>in inches/16ths/32nds/ in lengths of 1, 2, 3, and 4 feet.  These are 
one
>piece (non-folding).  Most are backed with a cork strip for drafting 
use.
>Eric

I saw a neat steel rule made from a old framing square with all the 
short leg cut off except just enough to drill a small hole for hanging.
I think they left a little for a hooking point in case you only had one 
hand free.

Buster             Good, better, best;
                   Never rest
                   Till"good"be better
                   and better be best. 
                                       Mother Goose