A tape measure is a pretty basic tool that everyone, not just woodworkers, likely has lying around. Understandably, these devices may not be something most people really put much thought into. Fortunately, the people at FastCap are not most people. Like nearly all of the items made by FastCap, the ProCarpenter Tape Measures seek to fill a gap or solve a problem left unaddressed by other available tools on the market. All of these handy tape measures have standard features that their competitors usually don't, such as a pencil sharpener, dual locking mechanisms on the foot and at the thumb lever, and an erasable notepad on the face of each tool. These features are great, but they are just perks, the real draw is the specialty functions. The respective models have unique scales that set these tools apart—not only from their competitors but even each other. Each of these measuring tapes fills its own little niche, whether it's simply making the measurement easier to read from either side of the tape, or doing the math for you by calculating the hypotenuse between two legs of a right triangle.
Features:
- PMS-16 Metric/Standard 16' Tape Measure(101-115)- The scale on one side of the tape is standard inches, and the opposite side is metric. These are perfect if you normally use imperial scale, but occasionally need to switch to metric, for example, if you are building euro-style 32mm cabinets.
- PSSR-16 "Righty Lefty" Standard/Reverse 16' Tape Measure (101-116)- Imperial scales on either side of the blade make these tapes easy to accurately read no matter where you stand in relation to the workpiece.
- PS-16 "Easy Half" 16' Tape Measure (101-118)- With a standard imperial scale on one side and a half-scale on the other, all you need to do is measure your workpiece using the standard scale, and then mark that position using the half-scale side—voilà dead center!
- PSQ-25 "Square One" 25' Tape Measure (101-119)- This tape has a standard imperial scale on one side of the blade, but the other side has the corresponding hypotenuse for your particular measurement. This is especially useful if you want to check for square on your project. All you need to do is measure and mark two equal distances on two perpendicular sides of your project, then using the hypotenuse of the scale, measure from mark to mark across the angle, and if the hypotenuse matches up to the standard measurement, your angle is square. This tape is also useful to find the exact length to cut a support brace between two equidistant points on a right triangle bracket. No math required!
