Re: [Texascavers] repair for fiberglass tape

2022-03-29 Thread Mark Minton 
If you make the repair using duct tape or something similar, consider
putting in a couple of stitches with a sewing awl. That will go a long way
toward preventing the repair from pulling apart. Alternatively, I've just
used the tape starting at the 2-meter mark, or whatever, and subtracting 2
m from every shot. Many modern data reduction programs even have a built-in
provision for such corrections, just as they do for compass corrections.
Although of course this is a possible source of error if someone does it
wrong.

Better yet, get a DistoX and forget about tapes, compasses and clinometers
once and for all. Even a simple unmodified Disto would be a cheap and
better alternative to a tape under most circumstances.

Mark Minton

On Tue, Mar 29, 2022 at 6:14 PM Fofo  wrote:

> If you already have some Tear-Aid tape at home, I would give it a try (and
> if you haven't tried it, it's a good one to keep around for patching tents,
> down sleeping bags or jackets, etc).
>
> Type A is general purpose and type B is for vinyl.
>
> - Fofo
>
> El mar. 29, 2022, a la(s) 15:07, Jim Kennedy 
> escribió:
>
> Or buy a brand new tape from Harbor Freight Tools for $13.
>
>
> https://www.harborfreight.com/100-ft-x-12-in-open-reel-measuring-tape-62411.html
>
> Crash
>
> Mobile email from my iPhone
>
> On Mar 29, 2022, at 4:51 PM, Diana Tomchick <
> diana.tomch...@utsouthwestern.edu> wrote:
>
>  Or you can buy a replacement tape for your reel from Forestry Supplies
> for less than $20.
>
> https://www.forestry-suppliers.com/product_pages/ViewItem.php?itemnum=39977
>
> Diana
>
> On Mar 29, 2022, at 4:03 PM, Jon  wrote:
>
> I'm in need of some technical help from the most experienced group I know
> in the use and maintenance of fiberglass tape measures.
> I have a 100' open reel that got broken at about the one-meter mark.   Its
> a ragged break but no missing pieces, it fits back together like a puzzle
> piece.
> Question:
> How best to reattach the two pieces?  Some type of glue with a strip
> acting as a splint?
> Who knows what's been tried?
> I have tried to contact several tape measure companies but I have had no
> luck with them giving me any help.
>
> Jon
>
>
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Re: [Texascavers] repair for fiberglass tape

2022-03-29 Thread Fofo 
If you already have some Tear-Aid tape at home, I would give it a try (and if 
you haven't tried it, it's a good one to keep around for patching tents, down 
sleeping bags or jackets, etc). 

Type A is general purpose and type B is for vinyl.

- Fofo 


> El mar. 29, 2022, a la(s) 15:07, Jim Kennedy  escribió:
> 
> Or buy a brand new tape from Harbor Freight Tools for $13. 
> 
> https://www.harborfreight.com/100-ft-x-12-in-open-reel-measuring-tape-62411.html
> 
> Crash
> 
> Mobile email from my iPhone
> 
>>> On Mar 29, 2022, at 4:51 PM, Diana Tomchick 
>>>  wrote:
>>> 
>>  Or you can buy a replacement tape for your reel from Forestry Supplies for 
>> less than $20.
>> 
>> https://www.forestry-suppliers.com/product_pages/ViewItem.php?itemnum=39977
>> 
>> Diana
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Mar 29, 2022, at 4:03 PM, Jon  wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> EXTERNAL MAIL
>> 
>> 
>> I'm in need of some technical help from the most experienced group I know in 
>> the use and maintenance of fiberglass tape measures.
>> I have a 100' open reel that got broken at about the one-meter mark.   Its a 
>> ragged break but no missing pieces, it fits back together like a puzzle 
>> piece.
>> Question:
>> How best to reattach the two pieces?  Some type of glue with a strip acting 
>> as a splint? 
>> Who knows what's been tried?
>> I have tried to contact several tape measure companies but I have had no 
>> luck with them giving me any help.
>> 
>> Jon
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Re: [Texascavers] repair for fiberglass tape

2022-03-29 Thread Jim Kennedy 
Or buy a brand new tape from Harbor Freight Tools for $13. 

https://www.harborfreight.com/100-ft-x-12-in-open-reel-measuring-tape-62411.html

Crash

Mobile email from my iPhone

> On Mar 29, 2022, at 4:51 PM, Diana Tomchick 
>  wrote:
> 
>  Or you can buy a replacement tape for your reel from Forestry Supplies for 
> less than $20.
> 
> https://www.forestry-suppliers.com/product_pages/ViewItem.php?itemnum=39977
> 
> Diana
> 
> 
> 
> On Mar 29, 2022, at 4:03 PM, Jon  wrote:
> 
> 
> EXTERNAL MAIL
> 
> 
> I'm in need of some technical help from the most experienced group I know in 
> the use and maintenance of fiberglass tape measures.
> I have a 100' open reel that got broken at about the one-meter mark.   Its a 
> ragged break but no missing pieces, it fits back together like a puzzle piece.
> Question:
> How best to reattach the two pieces?  Some type of glue with a strip acting 
> as a splint? 
> Who knows what's been tried?
> I have tried to contact several tape measure companies but I have had no luck 
> with them giving me any help.
> 
> Jon
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Re: [Texascavers] Repair for fiberglass tape

2022-03-29 Thread Diana Tomchick 
Or you can buy a replacement tape for your reel from Forestry Supplies for less 
than $20.

https://www.forestry-suppliers.com/product_pages/ViewItem.php?itemnum=39977

Diana

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On Mar 29, 2022, at 4:03 PM, Jon 
mailto:cavefa...@yahoo.com>> wrote:


EXTERNAL MAIL

I'm in need of some technical help from the most experienced group I know in 
the use and maintenance of fiberglass tape measures.
I have a 100' open reel that got broken at about the one-meter mark.   Its a 
ragged break but no missing pieces, it fits back together like a puzzle piece.
Question:
How best to reattach the two pieces?  Some type of glue with a strip acting as 
a splint?
Who knows what's been tried?
I have tried to contact several tape measure companies but I have had no luck 
with them giving me any help.

Jon


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