I have a FastCap 5m tape which is marked in mm only on both edges of the tape measure. There are a few custom marks for the Custom True32 European 32 mm cabinet-making system (http://davelers.com/32mm/Basics/168.html), but no imperial measures on the tape measure at all.
This tape measure is readily available on Amazon.com http://www.amazon.com/Fastcap-PMMR-TRUE32-True32-Reverse-measuring/dp/B000GFHABG for a cost of $8.22. On Jan 01, 2013, at 17:01 , John M. Steele wrote: > No joy. Stanley 33-726 is a dual marked, 8 m/26' tape. Tons of those. > > I looked at the first 50 Google listings trying to find some true > metric-only tapes (most are dual) and found only the following: > *FastCap PMMR-5m (and some other lengths) offered at a number of places > *Lufkin 3, 5, and 8 m tapes at Duckwork Boat Builders and 8m only at Amazon > > *Starret offers a few metric only tapes, look for S6 and S8 graduation > styles, Maryland Metrics carries them. others may too > > I apologize to any manufacturers or distributers missed, but after 50 Google > listings, I was tired of sorting wheat from chaff. > They DO exist, but almost qualify as "scarcer than hen's teeth." > > From: "c...@traditio.com" <c...@traditio.com> > To: U.S. Metric Association <usma@colostate.edu> > Sent: Tue, January 1, 2013 6:55:35 PM > Subject: [USMA:52092] Re: Interview of Paul Trusten in "Failure" Magazine > > Paul-- I'm impressed. The editor didn't even get in the usual gratuitous > anti-metric editorial digs. Even the Wall Street Journal editor had to take > a few whacks! > > The editor makes an error, however, when he added an accompanying > illustration, in which he stated that a certain metric tool is not available > in the U.S., when actually that tool is readily available. > > The 8 m Stanley tape measure is in fact available in the United States, > through the world's largest consumer site, Amazon.com. If you go into the > Tools & Home Improvement department and search on "Stanley tape measure > metric," it will be displayed as the first item (#33-726).
