Hi there, Are folding rulers common or are measuring tapes more widely used? And are folding rules even available in hardware stores?

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[–] 4 points 8 months ago* (1 child)

Measuring tapes are more widely used by a massive margin. Folding rulers are rare I would say. That being said I have about half a dozen, but all were provided by European manufacturers. I don't think I've ever seen one in a hardware store but I think you can get them on Amazon fairly readily.

That being said, maybe they are more popular than I think as I never need to buy one.

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago

    Seems more common in trades that need more accurate measures on a large scale like engineering site or machine setups. Our CAD software has a dimension setting based on the Engineers 6 foot Ruler. Dimesniona are in inches up to 72" at that point measurements become Feet and inches.

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