Home Improvement Today?

I turned off the breaker and plan for the wife to figure out what isn't working

 

whatever has a lifetime warranty, and doesn't match what any other co-workers are using.

mostly klien for the time being

 

Why put in a 20A/12G circuit when 3 15A circuits will do. I mean sure, some end of the hall lights and or closet lighting with LED's? 15A is more than enough. But the hall and the bedroom 15A? The office 15A. Oh well.

 

Ran a Stanley Fat Max 25' for years. Now my go-to is the Milwaukee Wide Blade 25'.

I have one dedicated to my tool belt (removed the clip) and another in my toolbag that accompanies me on most carpentry jobs.

 

Figured my "issue" out. They ran 3 wire to 1 outlet, fed by 2 different breakers and then ran 1 of the feeds over to different set of outlets. Doesn't make any sense why they would do that considering it was a farther run to the 1st outlet but whatever.

 

Same, Stanley Fat Max for years. 16' for every day, 25 and 35 for layout.

 

I grabbed these. The Milwaukee has a much smoother pull and the quality of the tape seems higher, but the Dewalt's have a nicer case. I might return the Dewalt's or just keep them. Seems like I always misplace one and can't find it when I need it.

 

I have a few of the steel housing 25' Stanley tapes that have to be 15 years old, or older. I don't intentionally beat on them, but they have some battle scars and keep working. One day in the year 2150, a slab in Federal Way, Washington will get jack hammer apart and someone will unearth an "ancient" technology, a Stanley 25' tape...

 

Good to know. I live in Federal Way so I’ll be on the look out. When I find it…it will look like the one I already own.

 

I guess I'm a Stanley guy.

 

Much like firearms

One is none and two is one

 

Fastcap

$10 Fastcap PSSR-25 25-Foot ProCarpenter Lefty/Righty Standard Measuring Tape

https://www.amazon.com/Fastcap-PSSR...qid=1733404946&sprefix=fastcap,aps,116&sr=8-3

 

I'm obviously unpro as it comes but I've found these are my go to 90% of the time b/c I can stash a few in various spots so easily.

 

If you somehow buy my Aunt and Uncles prior home on 293rd, I'd love to see a pic of it! The slab in question is under the car port...

 

like on your sewing machine , haha

 

What are you generally doing with it work-wise ?

 

That's the first tape measure I've ever seen that is marked close to the way I work. I don't bother with eights, quarters and halfs, everything is in 16ths. So, 7" 3/8's is 7 and 6, 5" 3/4 is 5 and 12, and so on. It's much easier to add numbers than fractions.

 

Hhaahaha true. I already ordered two!

 

Drywall repair, building shelves, measuring for screens. Nothing picture worthy.

 

Fsstcap makes nice small tape measures . I have a metric / imperial and a Tru32 Fastcap tape in my shop . For work my daily carry is a 35' Fat Max