Doing a quick Google of Braille tape measure brings up the 25 foot version. I remember when the 6 foot model came out in the 60s and thought I was really lucky. Shortly after they came out with the 20 foot version with the tab on the case. That lasted a couple years and then there was the 25 foot model.
Clearly the thinking is that bigger is better. What you might consider is the fiber glass tape they use for sewing. That is 5 feet long but sewing doesn't require the accuracy of wood working. I don't know how fine that is marked. ----- Original Message ----- From: Howard Traxler To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2007 8:31 AM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Cobolt Talking and other Tape Measures Thank you all very much for all the thoughts about tape measures. My Cobalt still sits here on my desk unusable Many years ago, I had a Lufkin 6 foot tape measure that I bought from American Foundation for the Blind. In fact, I had two of them and they were wonderful. That was back in the sixties and seventies. I don't usually need to measure more than 6 feet. But they got broken and/or lost. Does anyone know about the availability of such a device now-a-days? If there is nothing, I will be forced to buy the 25 footer. But just don't like that extension on the case. My measuring (of less than 6 feet) need not be that accurate. Help? Maybe someone has one of those old Lufkins around that is not in use, huh? Thanks again. Howard K. Traxler, Technology Specialist www.TraxlerEnterprises.com /*-- THINK GOD --*/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Howard Traxler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, November 23, 2007 11:55 AM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Cobolt Talking Tape Measure : Has anyone else bought the talking tape measure; I think it's from Cobolt? : Bought mine through SpeakToMe. : : It has stopped working a few times. I don't know what brought it back each : time, but this time I think it's gone for good. : : When I put the battery in, it starts to say "error, memory clear, 0 : milimeters". Sometimes it gets out the whole announcement and sometimes it : doesn't get out the first sylable. After that, it's totally quiet except : for a slight click when I put the battery in and out. When it was working : last, it would continue to repeat the last measurement and not turn off. : The last measurement, of course, was zero, as I had just retracted the tape. : : So, has anyone else had such a problem and what did you do about it? Was it : a waste of money and can I get a good Braille tape measure somewhere? : : Thank you much, anybody. : : Howard K. Traxler, Technology Specialist : www.TraxlerEnterprises.com : /*-- THINK GOD --*/ : : ---------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.16.4/1147 - Release Date: 11/23/2007 9:19 AM [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
