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Make a Kinked Tape Measure Last Longer
comments (2) June 10th, 2010 in Blogs
Chuck Miller, editor at large
Produced by: John Ross
Mike Guertin from East Greenwich, Rhode Island has figured out a way to extend the life of his kinked and cracked tape measures. All he does is make a curved cut arround the crack in the tape with pair of tin-snips. Althought the tape is still somewhat vulnerable at this thinner spot, with the kink gone the tape should last for much longer than if you hadn't made the cut.
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