A blackbelt level tightwad

My DH was a wood patternmaker, and I found some of his rulers. One was a
'shrink rule' and the measurements could really throw off a block if you
were not aware! (A shrink rule measurements are larger to compensate for
metal shrinkage when poured into a sand mould created from the wood
pattern.) Nancycog in MD

Very stealthy, Pat. A good way to start the fabric and quilting
addiction. Heh, Heh! Nancycog in wet, soggy, rainy MD

Architects use them too. Most office supply stores have them The
triangle ones are great. I have a 6" metal ruler about 1/2" wide that
is my very favorite. It is nothing like the little cheapies made for
sewing. I have kept track of it for over 30 years.
Taria


Nann Hilyard wrote:
Patti, my dad was an engineer, too. One of the rulers I "inherited" is
triangular. It is 12" long and three-sided--each side has two edges, with
the result that the ruler has 6 different scales.

I also have the ruler I got when I was in 2nd grade. That was 1959-60!

Nann

"Patti" wrote in message
...

As opposed to ... !
I *love* rulers. Not quilting rulers, but all rulers. I found my
heart's delight not so long ago - a *steel* twelve inch ruler. No
warping, no twisting, the calibrations go down to 64ths!!!! I just love
it! I also have a navigational parallel rule - for drawing parallel
lines (for me that is!) - complete with brass holding knobs and turning
pieces. Mmmm .. just like my Dad's of many years ago. Maybe I should
have been an engineer?
.
In message . net, Polly
Esther writes

There's a ruler here that I love. Love too much. There are others but

this

is the one I always pick up. After many happy years together the lines

wore

off right at the front edge. "Why", I said to myself, "don't you fix

it?"

So I did. I sort of wiped off the ruler and drew new lines with my

friend,

the Sharpie extra fine point marker. How sweet it is. Why didn't I do

that

sooner? Polly



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Best Regards
pat on the hill

I have my dad's ..one is a wooden triangle...I love it !....and the other
triangle has one that
comes apart...forgot what it is called but just neat to have something of
his. Mary



"Nann Hilyard" wrote in message
. ..
Patti, my dad was an engineer, too. One of the rulers I "inherited" is
triangular. It is 12" long and three-sided--each side has two edges,
with
the result that the ruler has 6 different scales.

I also have the ruler I got when I was in 2nd grade. That was 1959-60!

Nann

"Patti" wrote in message
...
As opposed to ... !
I *love* rulers. Not quilting rulers, but all rulers. I found my
heart's delight not so long ago - a *steel* twelve inch ruler. No
warping, no twisting, the calibrations go down to 64ths!!!! I just love
it! I also have a navigational parallel rule - for drawing parallel
lines (for me that is!) - complete with brass holding knobs and turning
pieces. Mmmm .. just like my Dad's of many years ago. Maybe I should
have been an engineer?
.
In message . net, Polly
Esther writes
There's a ruler here that I love. Love too much. There are others but
this
is the one I always pick up. After many happy years together the lines
wore
off right at the front edge. "Why", I said to myself, "don't you fix
it?"
So I did. I sort of wiped off the ruler and drew new lines with my
friend,
the Sharpie extra fine point marker. How sweet it is. Why didn't I do
that
sooner? Polly



--
Best Regards
pat on the hill

Many, many years ago an engineer friend who worked at Honeywell gave me a
thin metal 6-inch ruler marked in 64th, and on the other side is cm and mm.
I love that ruler and still use it all the time! and because the marks are
engraved, all I have to do is rub a graphite pencil over them to renew any
that have worn. I understand the feeling completely!

--
Carolyn in The Old Pueblo

If it ain't broke, you aren't trying. --Red Green
If it ain't broke, it ain't mine. --Carolyn McCarty

If at first you don't succeed, switch to power tools --Red Green
If at first you don't succeed, get a bigger hammer. --Carolyn McCarty

"Patti" wrote in message
...
As opposed to ... !
I *love* rulers. Not quilting rulers, but all rulers. I found my heart's
delight not so long ago - a *steel* twelve inch ruler. No warping, no
twisting, the calibrations go down to 64ths!!!! I just love it! I also
have a navigational parallel rule - for drawing parallel lines (for me
that is!) - complete with brass holding knobs and turning pieces. Mmmm ..
just like my Dad's of many years ago. Maybe I should have been an
engineer?
.
In message . net, Polly
Esther writes
There's a ruler here that I love. Love too much. There are others but
this
is the one I always pick up. After many happy years together the lines
wore
off right at the front edge. "Why", I said to myself, "don't you fix it?"
So I did. I sort of wiped off the ruler and drew new lines with my
friend,
the Sharpie extra fine point marker. How sweet it is. Why didn't I do
that
sooner? Polly



--
Best Regards
pat on the hill

Aw Polly - it's just hard to part with our favorites, no matter how
"worn" they are.... that goes for rulers, coffee cups, slippers,
jammies, and pin cushions. It's not really being a tightwad, it's just
being "comfortable" with what you're used to. I love your tip though!!

Hugz
Patti in Seattle

"forgiveness is the fragrance the violet sheds on the heel that has
crushed it"
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Nann Hilyard wrote:
I also have the ruler I got when I was in 2nd grade. That was 1959-60!

I have the 12" wooden ruler I was given at the local Coca-Cola bottling
plant when our country grade school kids toured the plant when I was in
first grade (1951). It's a bit worse for wear -- I wouldn't want to use
it to draw a sharp straight line -- but it's okay to measure.

Julia in MN

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wrote:
My DH was a wood patternmaker, and I found some of his rulers. One was a
'shrink rule' and the measurements could really throw off a block if you
were not aware! (A shrink rule measurements are larger to compensate for
metal shrinkage when poured into a sand mould created from the wood
pattern.) Nancycog in MD

I have one of those, too, Nann!
(Forgot to mention the Slide Rule!)
Aren't they fun?

In message , Nann Hilyard
writes
Patti, my dad was an engineer, too. One of the rulers I "inherited" is
triangular. It is 12" long and three-sided--each side has two edges, with
the result that the ruler has 6 different scales.

I also have the ruler I got when I was in 2nd grade. That was 1959-60!

Nann
--
Best Regards
pat on the hill

Nann Hilyard wrote:

Patti, my dad was an engineer, too. One of the rulers I "inherited" is
triangular. It is 12" long and three-sided--each side has two edges, with
the result that the ruler has 6 different scales.

I also have the ruler I got when I was in 2nd grade. That was 1959-60!

Nann

Back in the days of slide rules (remember them?), my dad had a circular
one for navigation in military aircraft where the traditional straight
one was too long. Big Sis had hers broken and borowwed the round one
for a week... It puzzled her maths teacher no end!
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