TLE MEASURING TOOLS

• Pull-push rule - This flexible rule when extended will support itself, but may also be used to measure curved, irregular surfaces. Steel tape rule blade is usually inch wide and 72 inches long. The graduation is sixteenths, except for the first 6 inches which are graduated in thirty- seconds of an inch.
• Steel tape - is similar to a steel tape rule except for its flexible number of feet that are marked on the tape. The tape is 3/8- inch-wide and available in lengths from 25 to 100 feet.
• Steel rule - This is the most common tool used in tool room. It is made of tampered steel about 1/8-inch-thick and ½ inch wide and 6 to 12 inches long. The same style maybe obtained in length from 1 to 48 inches.
• Try square - is an instrument used to measure the square of an object.
• Combination square - It is an instrument combined with 45°, 90° and a protractor.
• Micrometer caliper - Is a precision measuring instrument used to measure dimensions in thousandths of an inch.
• Dividers - These are used for measuring or setting of distances, and to lay out areas and circles.
• Vernier caliper - is a precision measuring instrument used to measure the inside, outside diameter, as well as depth of hole and slot.