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 <f...@gzluna.com> 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 <cavercr...@gmail.com> > 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 <cavefa...@yahoo.com> 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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