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Very cool product, I can't wait to see some moron on a job site using it to tape something like a cardboard box closed or to repair a cut on an extension cord.

TDD

"Invented" stretching the truth a bit arent you.

Actually, taping a box might be perfect application since many shippers charge by the dimensions or limit the dimensions!

I think I'll invent a dip stick that has quart marks on it.

To whom were you addressing your comment? I'm not the inventor, I was complementing him.

TDD

Kind of like those guys who use screwdrivers to hammer tacks. Hehehehe. "If you build it they'll misuse it..."

I think it depends on how you define "invent". For common usage I don't think it's a stretch. Before I made a product I did research tape, measuring devices and all similar inventions. I didn't want to infringe on any existing patents or submit a patent when a similar claim had been made. The patent is pending and my research suggests that most inventions are variations on a theme. I wouldn't go so far as to claim I invented a measuring device where none existed before. In fact, rulers date back prior to 1500 BC (Indus Valley). More accurate forms of measurement exists and people have gotten by without my product without loosing a limb. But there are instances where this simply works better than existing tools. I could not buy this product before I produced it, thus invent really isn't too wild a claim.

If there's a market and you believe in the idea, go for it. :-) If you were taking a jibe I think a better one might have been "I think I'll invent a milk jug with quart marks on it." Or, perhaps, "I think I'll invent a shoe with self guiding laces." hehehehehe.

I use my big Kline screwdriver as a chisel and to punch out electrical box knock outs and of course my Kline lineman's pliers as a hammer and a reamer.

TDD

I've used my tablesaw to do nearly everything except slice bread. Sometimes the best tool is the one in your hand at that moment.

OH MY GOD! What a chance for a naughty comment.

TDD

LOL. Is this a joke? If not, it's pretty darn funny.

Labelling each and every quarter inch increment with it's fractional description looks a bit clumsy to me. I'm guessing that you put some thought into this, maybe along the premise that it is easier for complete neophyhtes to use, but I think it's a bit overkill for anyone who has ever used a linear distance measuring device.

Jon

alt.home.repair is not an ads newsgroup.

The Daring Dufas wrote in news:h0h8k6$ckr$1 @news.eternal-september.org:

Get out of the gutter! You're blocking my periscope.

I could use something like this for layout work but its a little wide for my uses.

JImmie

The Red Tape site is fully functional and ready to take orders. Rolls sell for $6,50.

With me its the first tool I see that will do the job.

Jimmie

But it's tough to set a Phillips-head screw with a fern.