Iām Positive You Will Not Know What This ls. If you really know this then you must be old!!
Thursday, 13 Mar 2025
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Know what it is?! I still have two of them. Lol
My 6 year old daughter knows what that is. She walks around my shop with her favorite one (with the brass extender) telling me how long things are š
For all you ācarpentersā itās a Masonās Ruler or folding Brick Ruler.
Carpenters rule
Tape measure really?!!! Give that donkey a Gibbs slap to the back of the head
Recognized it immediately. Nine months till retirement
Where is the fancy one with the 6ā extender
When I was growing up. It was a walkie-talkie or a sword. Once a robot. Probably the idea for the robots in Interstellar. Oh and sometimes we would measure stuff with it.
Still issued today for many industries
You do know that they still make these right?
As I remember it was a six foot ruler. Common plumbing measuring device. The ones that I used if you put the edge of the first leg on 23.5 in. then straightened it out (had to move two legs to get to 23.5) the first leg laid out a 45 with the rest of the stick. This was very handy.
āIām positive you will not know what this is.ā
You are incorrect.
Still use one. Fuckimold!!
My Dad had one. For me it was a sword, a walkie-talkie, a gun, a fishing pole, or just something to annoy my sister by poking her from across the room. Imagination was our favorite toy in the 60s and 70s.
Bricklayers ruler, my grandfather had one
My Dad had several. ( mostly because I broke a lot of them as a kid). Trying to fold/unfold with care was tough as a kid.
Aww memories!! My hubby was a carpenter.
Of course I recognize this. It’s my sword of omens from when I was a kid. “Thunder, thunder, thundercats hooo”
Step father was a work man. Always had a bunch of those in the house and car
I have one in my toolbox
Luftkin 6 footer?
I had a smaller version of one of these. I worked for years as an archaeologist and needed to constantly measure stuff out in the field. Standard spring tape measures will get completely messed up if sand gets in them. That was not an issue with the folding rulers.
I was a young kid on a construction site for a private school ( new building ) late 70ās
Old duffer came in with a folding rule and step ladder. He spent the day measuring around this giant 8 sided room and taking notes on paper.
A few weeks later he came back with his installers and proceeded to install custom fit book cases and mouldings .
I still think about that.
Still have my dads
You’d be smart to hire a man that arrives to bid a job with one of these in his back pocket although most of their quality have sadly retired.
Carpenters rule
Tape measure really?!!! Give that donkey a Gibbs slap to the back of the head
It’s not that strange, it’s a folding measuring stick.
Or, fuck I’m old!
They still sell these.
Called it a stick rule in the NY/NJ bldg trades