FastCap Flatback Story Pole 16 Foot Tape
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Product Details
Manufacturer: LaserjambModel: PSSP-FLAT16
Product features:
- Flat blade lays flat for panel layouts
- Wraps around curves easily
- Can write on the blade with pencil and erase with finger
- Built in pencil sharpener
- Erasable notepad on case
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Tools and Hardware Reviews of FastCap Flatback Story Pole 16 Foot Tape
Customer Review: Feature-packed, economical workshop tape measure
Summary: 5 Stars
The Fastcap Flatback Story Pole tape is a flexible measure designed for taking and transferring outside measurements. The tape features a fixed hook, which contributes to precision, a built-in pencil sharpener, both a thumb lock and a finger brake (for slowing the rewind or temporarily braking the tape while extending it), a write-on/wipe-off tape for recording notes and story pole marks, and a note pad area on the outside. All this for about half the price of most standard tape measures. In my opinion, this is a very well thought out product.
The tape does have some limitations. In particular, the fixed hook on the end of the tape and the lack of stand-out make this tape unsuited for inside measurements. On more typical tape measures, designed for both outside and inside measures, the hook is designed to slide to compensate for the thickness of the tab on the end. However, this is usually a source of imprecision. Moreover, you have to add the length of the case to the measure that shows on the tape. On some tapes, this is 2.5 inches; on others, it is 3 inches. Another tape measure that I recently bought has a case that is 2.75 inches, more or less. That "more or less" also contributes to imprecision.
A better approach to getting accurate inside measurements is to use a bar gauge. In its simplest form, this is just two sticks that are slid in opposite directions until the opposing ends are in contact with the inside surfaces. The sticks are then clamped together, and the distance between the two ends can be measured (or transferred) as an outside measurement. Lee Valley/Veritas makes a set of bar gauge heads that clamp together two .75 by .25 sticks, but it is fairly easy to make a bar gauge with a couple of carriage bolts, wingnuts, and a couple of pieces of straight-grained stock - just rout stopped grooves down the middle of the stock to accommodate the bolts.
Tape measures are printed using a tire fitted on the rim of a large wheel, kind of like a tire on a band-saw wheel. If the tire is not evenly tensioned, the marks on the tape will not be accurate - some too close together, some too far apart. This can occur with any brand of tape, but it certainly is a manufacturing defect. It's always a good idea to check a new tape measure against other measures before using it for this first time.
Description of FastCap Flatback Story Pole 16 Foot Tape
FastCap Flatback Story Pole Tape is the flat foot of tape measures. The flat blade allows the blade to lay flat on a panel and easily measure around curved surfaces. The storypole blade layout allows you to write on the blade with a pencil and then simply wipe off with your finger to rewrite again. (16 Foot)Hardware Tools
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