Comparing Festool and Stabila 2 metre Folding Rulers.

[bkharman]

Like I mentioned above... I bought the G52 from Tom a while back. It is a great rule!  I use it a lot for several things. How are you defining "minimal"?  I can't imagine that there are a ton of use cases that a sliding rule can/should do.

It is accurate, measures angles, inside measures, accurate, plastic for longevity, solid, accurate... What else should a folding rule do?

I love mine

Minimal refered to investment of time to research it not the rule itself!!!

Duly noted!!

;^)

Cheers. Bryan.

 

[polarsea1]

As far as I know they are intended to move to compensate for the thickness and hook of the tab.

[size=13pt]Tape measure tabs, depending on whether they are being pulled or pushed, and depending on their quality, can move from 1-3 plus mm. This may not be a problem over long measurements or when the tab movement is a constant such as measuring a wall frame stud and you then measure and cut five more studs with the same tape measure.

When I want to measure extremely accurately, for example; when cutting sheet goods I use either a folding ruler or steel ruler.

 

[SMJoinery]

Hultafors make a rule for Festool.

 

[CrazyLarry]

Hultafors make a rule for Festool.

Sadly no extension tab / depth gauge which reduces accuracy v a tape. I find a rule really shines when you're using it to transfer a bit like an extendable story stick rather than read off like a tape ... but that might just be me!

 

[Ivanhoe]

I like my Meterex (purchased from Tom) but love my Lufkin much more due to the fact the Lufkin is squared off on both ends and the segments end on an even number.... Unfortunately I haven't found a Lufkin in metric or I would sub it for the Meterex.