A surprisingly flimsy tool from INCRA--Not recommended

Charles, thanks for the review. I have always had a great deal of respect for Incra products but would definately cross one of these off my list, based upon this review.

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I was thinking of buying on of those.. now thanks to you and your review.. I will not.. thanks for posting this and so sorry it the tool was not up to par with a quality tool.. can you send it back for a refund?

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Found on Amazon

$36.99 + $8.95 shipping

http://www.amazon.com/INCRA-Precision-Bend-Rules-18/dp/B001LENK2Y/?tag=ksm20-20

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i have several of the incra rules and love them all, including the 1000SE miter gauge. i’ve looked at the model you reviewed several times and just could not bring myself to lay down the cash, and i did notice it seems suceptable to bending. thanks for the review, now i can stop picking it up at the local Rocklers.

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Ditto to the rest…thanks for the review, I also was thinking about getting one someday….not now.

-- Don S.E. OK

Great review.

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I go against all that.. I recently purchased the four piece set of 6 ” rules i/c mechanical pencil and all work well and seem fairly sturdy. A little flex but not bent out of shape. Have used all of them and would recommend them and have recommended them to steel workers and wood workers alike. Cost me nearly AU$100.00 so fairly expensive so I am a little more gentle with them than the 2 buck roofing Square that I have,
I also have a great many INCRA products and they are all very well made and accurate.

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Degoose. Thanks for the input. Just to clarify and not to start an argument but this is specifically the 18” version of the bend rule. The picture provided on Amazon is the same for the 6” as well as the 18”. I have the 6” as well and it is a little sturdier because there is not as much material to pull it out of form.

Thanks for sharing.

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I just bought this at a garage sale for $7.
I would have never spent $30 on this but now that I have it and have used it… I love it! It is a thin flexible metal so you have to be careful with it but its accuracy and ease of use is terrific. I now think its worth the $30 that I luckily didn’t have to pay for it. I can see where the corner marking ruler would not be desired because of the same flexing. It seems that you would only be able to mark corners on material that is milled with sharp perfect edges?

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A customer once mentioned that the rule is made of very, very light-weight metal and bends at the slightest pressure. When he received the product, he said that it was bent before it went into the shipping box. He was not quite satisfied and asked for another replacement.

Still, INCRA is a well accepted brand overall. Just this specific product that people seem to have issues with the most due to the material and they were expecting more quality from INCRA.

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HHhhhmmmm , 18” long and a groove every 64th of an inch , and you say it’s flimsy ? I can’t believe that for a second ! LOL . I guess I have every Incra rule except the 18”and love them all. I had one of the small T-squares that a friend of mine just had to check out and of course managed to drop it on the corner of the blade, which of course bent the metal , but do you think that I could flatten it back out afterwards ? Heck no…He bought me a new one , so all is well : )

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Incra’s products first caught my eyes some 15 years ago. As I could not afford much of anything back then I decided to wait and wait and wait. Having waited as long as I did caused two things to happen, firstly I got a chance to see the development of this companies products and secondly and most unfortunately it caused such a vented want for the product, I mean who would not want that kind of accuracy, not to mention that awesome perfect gold or red finish they have on many of their products. In any case when time came I not only purchased one or two things, i bought literally everything they had to offer. I would also mention that this was a year ago and so I have had an opportunity to use the products quite a bit. Having gone through this would I recommend many of Incra’s products,,,,I would but with a disclaimer. !!! Be very gentle!!! . Having a 35 dollar ruler bend on the end is not my idea of fun. Rails on their table saw system scratch because you happen to pull back a little two fast and it would bind and as a result scratch. I would also like to add that I spoke to customer service at Incra and they did try to accommodate. The issue I had was that imp not sure the man on the other end was quite getting me or maybe he was not listening or quite possibly he new well of the issues of his products but was trained not to admit fault of any kind. ,,,Bottom line had I known right at the begging that I had to baby these products I still would have purchased these products because I like , love how accurate these products are, especially the table saw fence system, I just would have made sure to be careful and take it easy with these tools.

I have the 12” inch set (the T-square, the corner one and the regular flat one) and I agree that they are flimsy. I believe it comes from the fact that they have to be made of really thin material to have the accurate slots and holes. Laser cutting cuts conical shape holes and the thicker the material, the greater the diameter difference will of a hole between the two opposite faces.

I just take extra precaution when dealing with these tools, just like I do for squares and other expensive tools. I use them when I need precision that other measuring tools cant provide.

I have the 6” version and I absoutley love it, I would hazard a guess that this one is just too long.

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