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11-07-2013 11:24 AM |
Made in China measuring tools were cheap but their accuracy was unreliable. I was measuring 60cm on a few pieces of planks today with a made in China tape for a. table yesterday. Today I continued with the same task. using a Stanley tape . After cutting them I found those I measured with Stanley measuring tape were almost 5mm longer than those measured with the China made tape. ashahidan -- asm |
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#1 posted 11-07-2013 11:30 AM |
You will have to be very particular, when buying tools, to avoid tools made in China. Many of the brand name manufacturers sell tools made “offshore”. -- Making Sawdust Safely |
#2 posted 11-07-2013 12:30 PM |
Look for the sticker. PRC = Probably Really Crap |
#3 posted 11-07-2013 12:49 PM |
Measuring tools are an area I won’t skimp on. In addition, when measuring I try to use a single method across the project so any inconsistencies don’t stack up. I use a tape measure only for rough measurements. -- He who dies with the most tools... dies with the emptiest wallet. |
#4 posted 11-07-2013 01:05 PM |
not to downplay the quality , or lack there of, of cheap measuring tools, but working as a carpenter in the 70’s we always were told to use the same measuring tool through out a task. Most “mass produced” tools had variances. Interior trim was susceptible to errors if several tapes were used and compounded by the way others might read a “strong” 8th or quarter inch. Now, in wood working I find that rule especially relevant. no pun intended. |
#5 posted 11-07-2013 01:05 PM |
+ 1 with nitewalker -- IF YOUR NOT MAKING DUST...YOU ARE COLLECTING IT! SOUTH CAROLINA. |
#6 posted 11-07-2013 01:08 PM |
The Stanley tape is likely made in China as well. -- Bondo Gaposis |
#7 posted 11-07-2013 01:20 PM |
Although I have several tapes and steel rulers, I try not to use them except for gross cuts or to verify that pieces are of the same size. Most of my measurements are made directly or with story sticks. -- Gene 'The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.' G. K. Chesterton |
#8 posted 11-07-2013 01:39 PM |
I have a brand new Stanley tape here that I got for exchanging my broken Craftsman at Sears due to Craftsman no longer producing tape measures??? Anyway, it’s model 33-281 and it’s made in Thailand! |
#9 posted 11-07-2013 01:41 PM |
Not sure where the Craftsman was made, I’m assuming USA, but I should have required the alternative replacement be made in the USA, as the country of origin was of importance when I purchased the Craftsman in the first place. |
#10 posted 11-07-2013 01:48 PM |
@bigblockyeti – I think you’ll be hard pressed to find anything in the Sears tool section that isn’t very overpriced to be made in the USA anymore, most of their tools don’t even carry the lifetime guarantee anymore which is why it’s no longer worth going with the Craftsman name sadly. -- Nick, “I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it.” – Vincent Van Gogh |
#11 posted 11-07-2013 01:49 PM |
”...In addition, when measuring I try to use a single method across the project so any inconsistencies don’t stack up. I use a tape measure only for rough measurements….” You cracked the code! You/we/us/me could use a stick broken off a tree and be very accurate, IF we follow the above advice. -- HorizontalMike -- "Woodpeckers understand..." |
#12 posted 11-07-2013 01:50 PM |
when working in a cab shop using metric -- david - only thru kindness can this world be whole . If we don't succeed we run the risk of failure. Dan Quayle |
#13 posted 11-07-2013 02:06 PM |
When students shop for even basic tools like a framing square I have I have them check them at the store. In the past I had a student ask me to pick her up a framing square at a box store since I was going there the next day,I checked all nine framing squares they had in stock not one was square, in fact they vaired from a 1/16-1/8th out of square. -- https://www.artisticwoodstudio.com/videos wood crafting & woodworking classes |
#14 posted 11-07-2013 02:21 PM |
Not to go too far from the subject, but I feel there is hope of improvement in this “Made in China” stuff. I remember when I was much younger it was the same way with everything “Made In Japan”. Now a lot of Japanese manufactured items are sought out and prefered. -- “We all die. The goal isn't to live forever; the goal is to create something that will.” - Chuck Palahniuk |
#15 posted 11-07-2013 02:22 PM |
Jim, The clerks get mad when you draw lines on their shelving. DAMHIK But, it works. -- Gene 'The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.' G. K. Chesterton |
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