The story pole is a time tested, age old tool used by master carpenters to consistently duplicate measurements. Rather than having to measure and remeasure repetitive cuts or bore holes, "old timers" would mark those locations onto a single board - the story pole - and transfer the marks to successive boards. With procarpenter professional tape measures you can do the same thing, only you write your marks directly onto the tape with a pencil and erase them, later, ensuring the same precise measurements, time after time:

136-517, 136-520 - Metric/Standard tapes give you the best of both worlds - no more guessing or converting. Top scale is in inches (1/16" increments); bottom in millimeters and centimeters. Mark/write directly onto scales.

136-526, 136-529 - Story Pole tapes (1/16" increments) have blank, 1/4" bottom borders for marking/writing.

136-532 - Story Pole Flatback Tape (1/16" increments) acts like a fabric measuring tape, letting it conform to irregular shapes to get exact measurements. Blank, 3/16" bottom border.

High contrast tapes have 1" wide metal blades, dual thumb and finger blade locks, erasable front notepads, built in carbon steel pencil sharpeners, lever action belt clips and shock resistant bodies with rubber cases.

136-535, 136-538 - Story Pole Peel & Stick tapes (1/16" increments) are extremely handy and work great on bandsaws, tablesaws, chop saws, edgebanders and workbenches - right or left reading. Blank, 3/16" bottom border.

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