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I’ve replaced all my tapes with various Fastcaps. They make great tapes. My #1 preference is their 12ft dual scale tape and my #2 is their True32 tape. Their True32 has so much information, it list typically cabinet heights and even where the bottom of uppers should start.

Thank you for sharing. Have a wonderful Wednesday. From Henrico County Virginia

Thanks for this. I have ruined many a screw. Now I know why.

Hultafors Talmeter class 1 tape measure in 3m and 5m

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If you added a drawer to the cabinet would you add a spreader between the door and drawer, and if you did would you add it on an increment of 32.

Had no idea about Pozi. Why the heck do they exist and so similar to Phillips and why is it not common knowledge???

At work in a machine shop I really like the Stanley 12’ engineering scale. It is imperial but on a .100” scale so I can use the handiness of metric but with common imperial units. At home I really like the true32 and just got the yellow tape

Professor Sedge. I do a lot of hand tool woodworking, my go to for that the the Festool Imperial/metric with the window on top and it is fantastic. My go to for large jobs is the Fastcap 16 foot yellow same as you use. Blake

I’ve owned most over the past 40 years, and current favorite is the Milwaukee press to retract tapes. Guess I will order a FastCap this evening!

I can't figure out how to use the splinter guard. They don't fit without a hammer.

I use the FastCap Yellow Imperial/Metric, both the 16' and the 12' I keep in the car. I also have for quick measuring rooms, a Harbor Freight laser tape measure. I refuse to use my wife's monster DeWalt 25' tape measure. Love the yellow one as it's set up for cabinet making. Beside the built in pencil sharpener is great for sharpening all those color pencil's my wife gets for her Sunday school class. Just lock the tape measure in the vice, chuck the pencil in my drill and Wha La', sharp pencils.

Awesome video! Do you have a link or place I can buy the hinge plates that attach via the drilled holes? I can't find them anywhere. Thank you!!

Thanks for the overview; I have several of the same tape measures. My go to for a while was the 16 foot Fastcap metric/standard measurement. Fits the bill most of the time. A couple of years ago I saw Rob Cosman using a 5.0 meter/16 foot Tajima and that has become my go to tape. It’s a little smaller/lighter than the Fastcap; is both metric and imperial, nice quality tape, easy to read and has a nice locking lever. I have a number of DeWalt 9’ tapes scattered around the shop (at the table saw, at the Kapex miter, etc for quick access. Also the one I carry to the lumber yard; however it is only imperial. Regards, Bill

Always good content. Just an observation. Where’s Big D??

Sedge I’m a Fast cap lefty righty have 4 of those floating around my shop myself and a1 the yellow metric-inches fast cap are my 2 favorite !

I have around tree month using a Reekon T1 Tomahawk , it is the best of the best.

Tajima are the highest quality I’ve found, though the price is also high

Stanley Fatmax 16 foot for the shop and Stanley Fatmax 25 foot for everything else. I also like my Leica Disto, which has Bluetooth. The Stanleys seem to stand up for years until you leave them out in the rain. I still have my grandfather's Stanley Powermax, but I don't think you can get refills for them anymore - you used to be able to. Absolutely hate metric / Imperial tape measures.

My favorite tape measure has always been my trusty 12ft Stanley Power lock.

Fastcap's lefty/right is my #1 go to, but I love having the fastcap 1/2 o standby too. Mainly bc I work in freedom units though. Ou would have 0 use for either of those

my fav is the Tajima Tape Measure: GS-Lock 16ft.

I use a Fastcap lefty. I know you weren’t doing a quality test, but try pulling the different brands to 12 feet or so, and see if they measure the same. When I do trim work with someone else, we check our tapes for the same measurement at near max length before making any cuts. Different brands can vary more than you think.

Should I buy the Lowe’s warranty add-on?

Entertaining video. I also have several. Here are my go to for common tasks I have done. I think this is an important subject. Here are mine: (1) Kitchen drawer for quick around the house small jobs or trips to furniture store: STANLEY PowerLock Tape Measure, 12-Foot (33-212) (2) Fixing my deck or building my small storage shed: Milwaukee Tool 48-22-7125 Magnetic Tape Measure 25 ft x 1.83 Inch (3) Finer woodworking with plywood and cabinets: Fastcap PMS-16 Auto Lock ProCarpenter Tape Measure (4) Drywall work: STANLEY FATMAX Tape Measure, 25-Foot (33-725)

I like the old Stanley Powerlock tapes. 3/4 blade 16 feet long for shop use. I tried the several 1-inch blades, but several of the scales were off in a very random way.

Great vid sedge. One thing though, instead of all the faf with the 1 or 2 mm spacers and all that jigery pockery with the rail, why not just make your doors 4mm bigger and cut down just before painting or finishing. I do this and it feels so much quicker. Cheers from the UK.

Festool had a great tape but they quit making it. It was the Festool that had the window on top that you could see measurement when doing an inside cabinet measurements. I never mix tapes when doing a project, they are all a little off by different amount.

Tajima 16"

Thanks so much for your videos, I always learn something, saw the button on the bottom of my favorite Fastcap tape but did not know what it was for.........

I love the tajima line of tape measures. I have the gold 7.5m one. I am a carpenter, and they are great on the belt as they come with a clip that attaches to your toolbelt. It lets you clip it in and out kinda like a seatbelt and never falls out. I got sick of dropping tapes and damaging them. My second favourite was the stanley fatmax which I found was very durable here in New Zealand where it can be quite wet and can be sandy I could get 6 months out of it.

Great build video!

My go to is Hultifors.

I have the Fastcap 12 footer. For many years. For all the reasons you stated. As an aside a few years ago I went to Fastcap (I live about a 40 minutes drive away) to see if they could tell me how to replace the end hook that I had accidentally ripped off (don't ask). They simply handed me a brand new one. I told them it was my fault, not the tape. They insisted. Good company to do business with.

Hultafors Talmeter 3m. One of the best out there. Also the Vice Versa 5m tape by Advent. Very similar to the FastCap.

Lufkin 25 ft Hi-Vis orange self-centering tape. Goto tape measure. The center-finding is spot on. The measurement marks are consistently spaced the entire length, and the increments match my most accurate Starrett steel measures. I like your FastCap dual measure tape and the story tape. Have also been looking at a replacement laser measurer. Stabila's are awesome.

My favorite tape measure is the FasCap Flat Back in the shop

Hey Sedge, Happy Fathers Day Brother! My go to for the last few years is the Fastcap ProCarpenter. I have also been using the BMI 429 BMImeter. It is small and lays flat, easy to read an accurate. Johnny O...

I got the FastCap True32 recently. Love it. I also have a tape stuck onto my workbench. Nice for quick rough measurements.

I have a bunch of the Fastcap tapes, but the one on my apron is the Flatback. It lays flat and makes marking flat boards a breeze.

I primarily use two tapes. Your favorite Fastcap, but I often use the ViceVersa 5 meter all metric. On non cabinet jobs I like the metric only ViseVersa with the scale on both sides including the bottom of the tape. Of course a laser and folding metic rule are in the mix too. I do keep a 16 foot imperial in the van to use when buying wood at the big box.

Do those tapes do UK inches or Merican inches. Apparently they are different. Confusing right?

Hi Sedge, I have all the Fastcaps and think they are great. I use the Fastcap combination,yellow one, the most as well. Chris from Nanaimo, BC

For outdoor construction jobs I like the 8 meter, wide bladed, rubber armoured Stanleys with a dual metric/imperial scale. Many of my friends use the 8m Fisco tape because it has class 1 accuracy rather than the Stanley's class 2. For precise indoor work and cabinetry I really like the 5 meter Bahco tapes...they have black on silver scales, which I find easier to read than black on yellow (important as you get older and your eyesight deteriorates!). Also they have a vertical metric scale on the back of the blade which comes in very handy. Another favourite is the Festool/BMI 3 meter tape with internal measuring and circle drawing functions...that really is a handy pocket sized tool.

My shop is metric only and I use a Hultafors 8-meter Class I steel tape measure. After an expensive mistake using two tape measures in different locations, I only use one now. I also keep a generic 8-meter steel tape measure in the truck for rough measurements.

Currently on the job I have a husky 25 footer. Nothing special but, it works. Currently my pouch is clip oriented that is why I can not use any fastcap I own. Their clip design is by far the most god awful thing I have ever used. It does nothing but detach. I have a couple and want to use them but, can't. Not even to go to the lumberyard because they detach from a pocket easily too. I have the Hultafors Talmeter for metric ( recommended by Extreme woodworker) use for when I make myself the new version of the Paulk Total station. The fact that its in metric has been the reason I have not touched the project yet. In short I check my tapes on a woodpeckers ruler and use what is available at the time. If I'm working with someone I check tapes to be sure we are in sync . If the measurements are off there's usually only one place to place blame. The mirror.

Where did you get your belt pouch?

I have the fastcap true 32 and the 16 ft imperial /metric. Someone gave me a starrett 5 meter which is growing on me. I love my laser tape for any running moulding, it makes measuring for crown so much easier

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Obrigado professor por mais conhecimento, sempre muito bom sua aula , muito obrigado mesmo, saúde ❤