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  1. Dr.Al

    Lost! Now found.

    They've got the metric only one and the metric and imperial one, both available in either length. This is the metric-only 2 metre one. This is the metric-only 3 metre one. When ordering, check the part number (SKU). If it's got 24 or 34 in the middle, it's metric only. If it's 25/35 then...
  2. Dr.Al

    Lost! Now found.

    The short answer is no, but if you get the Facom DELA.1051.300 (sold by a few different suppliers - that link is just the first one I found), then one of the sides is just millimetres: The BMI tape measures have that layout as well (as long as you get the ones with 34 in the part number...
  3. Dr.Al

    Lost! Now found.

    I rarely do, mostly on metalwork things and almost always with optical assistance. That's partly why I like the layouts I do. So many rules have millimetres on one edge, half millimetres on the other and inches on the back. If you just want whole millimetres then you can't always get them on...
  4. Dr.Al

    Tool ID

    Can we look forward to your photo of a home-made rug in the Post a photo thread soon? 😉
  5. Dr.Al

    Lost! Now found.

    I do too. Seeing that Presch one makes me tempted to go shopping, although I tend to use one of these whenever I want to measure from an edge.
  6. Dr.Al

    Lost! Now found.

    The Presch one looks like a good layout to me and would be the one I would go for. If you want to measure on the mitre side (which I'd imagine is a fairly rare occurrence), you would flip the rule over and it would work perfectly. With the Workpro one, if you flip the rule over it looks...
  7. Dr.Al

    Tool ID

    Wow, that was blunt:
  8. Dr.Al

    Tool ID

    Fourthed! We've got quite a few rag rugs around the house, all made by my grandfather with a tool like that.
  9. Dr.Al

    Lost! Now found.

    They're one of the only places I know of where you can get these (that's the 3 metre one, the 2 metre one is here) for a moderately sensible price. Unfortunately, their selection of steel rules is pretty awful and none of them meet what I would consider the basic requirements (the ability to use...
  10. Dr.Al

    Lost! Now found.

    All the ones I have with metric and imperial on just get used as spacers/shims and such like :)
  11. Dr.Al

    Lost! Now found.

    Don't buy that one, this one's much better and cheaper too: https://www.axminstertools.com/axminster-precision-stainless-steel-metric-rule-600mm-104520 The Shinwa one has millimetres on the top edge and half millimetres on the bottom edge (if you have the 0 end on the left). On the back...
  12. Dr.Al

    Diminished (gunstock) stile door

    Seeing that picture of it wedged in situ shows what a work of art that door is. Lovely job.
  13. Dr.Al

    Lost! Now found.

    It's just over there. No, not there, there! Where I'm pointing! Can't you see my finger?!
  14. Dr.Al

    Lost! Now found.

    It's underneath the thingamabob, just to the left of the whatchamacallit and behind the oojamaflip. You can't miss it if you look there.
  15. Dr.Al

    Bedside Table

    I think I've got enough wood for about 6 of them :ROFLMAO: I know, but there isn't enough space on one side of the bed for a bedside table (there's a side-on chest of drawers that opens into the space where a bedside table would go). Thus if I make two of them then one will just have to find...
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