Thanks Hoover, the Kreg tape is exactly what I've been looking for. Perfect. I just can't do those mixed imperial/metric tapes. My old-fart eyeballs always end up following the wrong mark at some point or another, and I don't do much of anything in imperial anymore anyway. Sick and tired of adding fractions. [blink]
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John Stevens
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tom.smith said:
As if anyone needed one more source...
http://www.oregonruleco.com/adhesive_products.htm
Regards,
John
Finding metric-only tape measures in the US used to be a really tough proposition. I bought 3 Starretts (4, 5, and 8 meters) a few years ago from Duckworks Boat Builders. At the time, they were quite possibly the only people selling a metric-only tape in the whole country, if you can believe that. I looked through thousands of google search results and they were all I found, anyway.
[url=http://www.duckworksbbs.com/tools/measure/index.htm]http://www.duckworksbbs.com/tools/measure/index.htm[/url]
Probably quite a few out there now, but Duckworks took pretty good care of me if you can't find any other supplier. Those metric/imperial combos don't do either one well. Give me two separate tape measures any day.
[url=http://www.duckworksbbs.com/tools/measure/index.htm]http://www.duckworksbbs.com/tools/measure/index.htm[/url]
Probably quite a few out there now, but Duckworks took pretty good care of me if you can't find any other supplier. Those metric/imperial combos don't do either one well. Give me two separate tape measures any day.
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There seem to be a lot of posts about using baby cabinet hardware to keep the rail from falling. Perhaps Festool can design that rail hinge assembly to have a ball detent that holds the rail up. I would hope that wouldn't add too much to manufacturing costs and the price. Perhaps there could even be a retrofit kit for not too much money?
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JohnDistai said:
John, great idea!
John, I agree with Brice. That would indeed be a great idea.
Gee, I would be happy if they just made the rail hold down screws captive so I dont have to look for & reinstall them every time I go to use them on the road. Tightening them down to the block only to have to loosen them after transport to install the rail is no less of a PITA.
Gee, I would be happy if they just made the rail hold down screws captive so I dont have to look for & reinstall them every time I go to use them on the road. Tightening them down to the block only to have to loosen them after transport to install the rail is no less of a PITA.
