As an IBEW electrician, first year apprentices used to have to to carry and use wooden folding rules. Safer than metal tapes around energized electrical equipment .
Curl your index finger so the pad touches the first joint, place your thumb on the side between the second and third index finger joints, pinch the ruler perpendicular to the second (middle) index phalange. Et voilà, your nail is now your sliding surface.
@@dylanneely91 Good tip. Still, it's reminds me of the expert chef's chopping technique where you use your knuckles to guide the blade. Looks so easy... :-O
@@commentatron lol no doubt. My wife was a chef. Her coordination (or lack there of) gave me no shortage of conniptions when she told me the were teaching her to cut.
@@LordPadriac with the exception of douglas fir and wenge I've never had that issue. Just keep the nail tip from dragging on the wood and any splinters you manage to get will be in your knuckles. Much less troublesome than the pad or nailbed if not just as painful but thankfully VERY rare.
I was taught by a experienced carpenter to use a folding ruler to measure spacing for shelves in pantries and linen closets. Much easier then trying to hold a flexible tape while marking the locations.
In 1968 I hired on with Ma Bell as a construction lineman. After issuing me my pole climbing rig my boss gave me a folding ruler. He broke off all but three sections and gave them to me. I carried it in a ditty bag on my climbing belt. It was used to be sure all bolts, clamps were spaced to telephone specs.
My former boss had one that was called a brick ruler, it has spacing marks on the back for different brick joints.. He would space the bricks joint so the bottom of the windows would come out even then adjust the spacing from the windows to the sofit so it would come out even brick
I was raised using a folding rule. Doing the tip one procedure was no problem. The skin on the side of my finger was so tuff it broke of the splinters. Splinters were removed with a pocket knife. Tapes and folding rules are both useful. People go for the less effort of tape use. Same they are not using both as a rule has many more benefits than shown. Glad these were shared.
I have 2 from Lufkin that my grandfather used building homes then cabinets and shutters when he semi retired. I still use them to build homes and they're older than my parents. Your grandpa did a great job. I've had new tape measures that didn't last a single job.
I have 2 from Lufkin that my grandfather used building homes then cabinets and shutters when he semi retired. I still use them to build homes and they're older than my parents. Your grandpa did a great job. I've had new tape measures that didn't last a single job.
When I was a young g child in the 1960s I found my dad’s folding ruler in his basement workshop. I had a lot of fun playing with it. Until it broke. I thought my dad would kill me but he was OK with it and showed me how to properly use a folding ruler. Thanks and RIP, dad.
Get a good one and treat it like a valuable tool. I am 61. I have one my great uncle carried for years. Still in great shape. But I treat it like I want to keep it
Look up brick spacing rule, I think they are amazing and very helpful back when I worked for a mason. It helps space out brick joints for bottom of windows then space joints for the sofit.
received your reply to my question. Is it possible to ask you more questions? I have an invention and need this type of hinge for it. I have seen another similar hinge that doesn't use a plate. Any chance I could talk with you? I have called all over the place and nobody can help.
Tip 2 Or, you could use a square, which was made for that purpose. You know, the tool which was made for that purpose (what craftsman doesn't own a square?), is more accurate, and had an edge you can actually draw a straight line with.
Having a field expedient option saves a trip to the hardware store when the crack heads steal your tools. Or the apprentice drops it off the roof. Or you lent yours to the new guy. Or another team mate moved your tools and you would have to spend time to find them. Or or or or.... What craftsman doesn't want to develop additional skills?
@@synapticburn If the "tip" is some convoluted thing whcih isn't going to work particularly well, and serves no real purpose other than a "hey look at me, aren't I smart" , then, yes, I do.
That is Not 90 degrees because of the hing point of the ruler.. With the older rulers that had the hing piomt in the center at the end thera is endless math problems that can be solved.
On mine, the hinge is exactly on 6 inches, in the center of the stick. So measurements need to be based off the center of my stick to produce what you're describing
nothing done here that cant be done more accurately with other measuring tools or jigs. I was given on of these. Its grows more inaccurate with each segment. Its results are much better than an guess but I would never use it where measurements mattered. Its just a conversation piece.
Are you saying that it gets loose? Seems to me that this would be very handy and much more accurate and fast for doing something like building cabinets... say you had to repeat a measurement to set a drawer Glide or line up a panel you could Mark right on the ruler and transfer that Mark several times very accurately. In my opinion the average tape measure isn't that accurate from push to pull. It also seems like it would be perfect for setting tools up to cut certain depths or widths such as a table saw blade a router even a drill bit... just the ability to measure with it and to draw lines on it to transfer measurements makes it almost like having a tape measure and a combination Square... I put in time at a cabinet and Woodworking Shop can I guarantee if I dig up my grandfather's folding ruler and start using it at work everyone will have one
As an IBEW electrician, first year apprentices used to have to to carry and use wooden folding rules. Safer than metal tapes around energized electrical equipment .
For tip #1, always have tweezers on hand to remove the splinters from the guide finger. ;-)
Curl your index finger so the pad touches the first joint, place your thumb on the side between the second and third index finger joints, pinch the ruler perpendicular to the second (middle) index phalange. Et voilà, your nail is now your sliding surface.
@@dylanneely91 Good tip. Still, it's reminds me of the expert chef's chopping technique where you use your knuckles to guide the blade. Looks so easy... :-O
@@commentatron lol no doubt. My wife was a chef. Her coordination (or lack there of) gave me no shortage of conniptions when she told me the were teaching her to cut.
@@dylanneely91 enabling the splinters to go directly into the nailbed does not seem like a great solution to that problem.
@@LordPadriac with the exception of douglas fir and wenge I've never had that issue. Just keep the nail tip from dragging on the wood and any splinters you manage to get will be in your knuckles. Much less troublesome than the pad or nailbed if not just as painful but thankfully VERY rare.
Most folks don't know the proper way to "open" a folding ruler. You should show that sometime!
I was taught by a experienced carpenter to use a folding ruler to measure spacing for shelves in pantries and linen closets. Much easier then trying to hold a flexible tape while marking the locations.
In 1968 I hired on with Ma Bell as a construction lineman. After issuing me my pole climbing rig my boss gave me a folding ruler. He broke off all but three sections and gave them to me. I carried it in a ditty bag on my climbing belt. It was used to be sure all bolts, clamps were spaced to telephone specs.
Thank you for keeping us all in touch!
I bought one from the Habitat ReStore because it looked so vintage and reminded me of my childhood. It's nice to know I can use it many, many ways.
My former boss had one that was called a brick ruler, it has spacing marks on the back for different brick joints.. He would space the bricks joint so the bottom of the windows would come out even then adjust the spacing from the windows to the sofit so it would come out even brick
Nice video. These are very underappreciated tools that used to be in every carpenters tool box (and should be again).
I was raised using a folding rule. Doing the tip one procedure was no problem. The skin on the side of my finger was so tuff it broke of the splinters. Splinters were removed with a pocket knife. Tapes and folding rules are both useful. People go for the less effort of tape use. Same they are not using both as a rule has many more benefits than shown. Glad these were shared.
Get one that has a built in slider (6 inch at end) Perfect for inside measurement. I use it to measure door openings
My Dad had one of these. He had it before I was born and I'm 72. Never seen another one and yes, I still have it.
Now that actually sounds like something that would make me want it. Otherwise I’m just fine with my tape measure and my laser distance meter.
I did that first trick on a pane of glass I was in A&E for 2hours thanks very much.
Worked as a lineman, we preferred inside readers so we could unfold only as much rule as we needed.
My grandfather made these things. He worked for Lufkin rule.
I have 2 from Lufkin that my grandfather used building homes then cabinets and shutters when he semi retired. I still use them to build homes and they're older than my parents. Your grandpa did a great job. I've had new tape measures that didn't last a single job.
I have 2 from Lufkin that my grandfather used building homes then cabinets and shutters when he semi retired. I still use them to build homes and they're older than my parents. Your grandpa did a great job. I've had new tape measures that didn't last a single job.
I used a folding ruler when I was a grade checker in my construction days.
My former boss had one that was called a brick ruler for spacing brick joints.
This was nice. Neat small tricks someone with bigger brains than I have, did some heavy thinking.
When I was a young g child in the 1960s I found my dad’s folding ruler in his basement workshop. I had a lot of fun playing with it. Until it broke. I thought my dad would kill me but he was OK with it and showed me how to properly use a folding ruler. Thanks and RIP, dad.
3:20 The OUTER edge is at 96.5.
3:27 The INNER edge is at 96.7.
No way that's the same angle.
I caught that too.
Fantastic. Well done!
Good tips. I would add tip #11, they break easily.
So does the new spring loaded tape measures, spoinggggg szzzzz dam another ones spring just broke and now my tape won't retract 😵😵😊😊😊😂
Yes. That is why I have gone back to the cubit.@@jeffharper7579
When it breaks, you now have two rulers, or a couple 3mm shims.
What does a broken tape measure provide?
Get a good one and treat it like a valuable tool. I am 61. I have one my great uncle carried for years. Still in great shape. But I treat it like I want to keep it
They work great for slope angles when you're excavating.
Dueling. You forgot dueling!
Well done, great vid. Very useful!
Last tip #6 hold the wood trace at the back.
😮 I love learning things like this. I'm so excited now lol!
Look up brick spacing rule, I think they are amazing and very helpful back when I worked for a mason. It helps space out brick joints for bottom of windows then space joints for the sofit.
Knew all of those already. Lots more, too, that YOU don't know. Apparently.
Not bad … if you don’t mind +/-3° or so! Close enough for government work. 🤣
Why measermen 95 and then 97 ?
oi yer a fookin jeenyus! Yuhve got ta visit Dungannon sometime!
I trust anything from this guy 👍
It's a rule a ruler is a head of a country
Nice but I can do all that with my old rusty framing square. I do own an old crusty folding ruler though. Matches what remains of my broke down body.
Great Video ! I just got a folding ruler today .
received your reply to my question. Is it possible to ask you more questions? I have an invention and need this type of hinge for it. I have seen another similar hinge that doesn't use a plate. Any chance I could talk with you? I have called all over the place and nobody can help.
I’m trying to find out the name of the hinge that allows the rule to move? Any idea?
It’s a rivet, and stud plate. Friction fitting
How to do tip 2 I got confused
Wood or bamboo ones are preferable to me because they won"t take a set if bent too far
Tip #4, method 2, I can't do right that.
Every centimeter is a degree? Does that work for ALL radii? I don't think so.
You really should do something about that music. I made it thru tip 2 and when I got blasted with music the 2nd time I killed the vid.
Woah
Damn it, man. The "clicks" are hurting my ears while I can barely here the narration.
Tip 2 Or, you could use a square, which was made for that purpose. You know, the tool which was made for that purpose (what craftsman doesn't own a square?), is more accurate, and had an edge you can actually draw a straight line with.
Having a field expedient option saves a trip to the hardware store when the crack heads steal your tools. Or the apprentice drops it off the roof. Or you lent yours to the new guy. Or another team mate moved your tools and you would have to spend time to find them. Or or or or....
What craftsman doesn't want to develop additional skills?
do you complain about people giving tips in your real life too? lol
@@synapticburn If the "tip" is some convoluted thing whcih isn't going to work particularly well, and serves no real purpose other than a "hey look at me, aren't I smart" , then, yes, I do.
@@andrewalexander9492 lol why u so whiny bro
Can you still get these things?
Any hardware store
The comments are more informative and funnier than the video.
For all the people who don't like them: maybe let people make up their own minds? 🤔
I use it to scratch my back.
Funky room for error applications.
music too loud,....
Give me a Skil 6 1/2" worm drive, a 13 0z. wood handle Plumb and a Lufkin ruler and I can build the world.
Without running water, but OK, sure, thanks. ಠಿ_ಠ
Am I an idiot or does the right triangle one not make sense.
That is Not 90 degrees because of the hing point of the ruler.. With the older rulers that had the hing piomt in the center at the end thera is endless math problems that can be solved.
On mine, the hinge is exactly on 6 inches, in the center of the stick. So measurements need to be based off the center of my stick to produce what you're describing
Just a hint of a Muzungu accent left.
Great tips, but the video would be better without that irritating music.
Pythagoras didn't invent it. It's at least 1700 years older than him.
Tip number 1-1/2, This dont help old folks in the US, we are still in SAE.........
nothing done here that cant be done more accurately with other measuring tools or jigs. I was given on of these. Its grows more inaccurate with each segment. Its results are much better than an guess but I would never use it where measurements mattered. Its just a conversation piece.
He doesn't say they are to replace more precise tools. He says using the ruler if you don't have the more precise tools.
Are you saying that it gets loose? Seems to me that this would be very handy and much more accurate and fast for doing something like building cabinets... say you had to repeat a measurement to set a drawer Glide or line up a panel you could Mark right on the ruler and transfer that Mark several times very accurately. In my opinion the average tape measure isn't that accurate from push to pull. It also seems like it would be perfect for setting tools up to cut certain depths or widths such as a table saw blade a router even a drill bit... just the ability to measure with it and to draw lines on it to transfer measurements makes it almost like having a tape measure and a combination Square...
I put in time at a cabinet and Woodworking Shop can I guarantee if I dig up my grandfather's folding ruler and start using it at work everyone will have one
It doesn't get very inaccurate with each segment if the segments are marked properly. You might have been given a crappy off-brand.
A masons tool at best
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DON'T get acetone on a folding ruler. It melts!!
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Why do you sound nothing like a Vermonter?
And... why didn't you use the ubiguitous 3-4-5 triangle to make your square?
And measurements in metric? Canuck, maybe.
Yes, i did know these.
Try again buddy.
Do you know how to make 4 squares by folding the wooden ruler?
Thee worst aid tool that was ever made.
There not worth using
They're