[Shop-talk] Autowrench Adjustable Wrench

[Arvid Jedlicka]

> Have you seen the electric tape measure?  That might
> actually be worth having...

Yes, I have a very old version of this one:

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00002254Y?smid=A3ONVYY4BUAORQ&tag=dealtime-tools-mp-20&linkCode=asn

Judging from the reviews, you either get a good one or a bad one. I happen 
to have gotten a good one. The things I really like about it are:

(a) The memory feature where I measure something in a rather awkward place, 
push the red button, and then no worry if the tape retracts or not because 
the value is in the LCD.

(b) and this is a big one - I can call my wife on the phone, have her take 
the tape and measure something, and simply read me the answer from the LCD. 
Note that reading the tape - ignoring the fact that we might have to add in 
the size of the case for an inside measurement - is not something that is 
going to happen if she has to do it any othe way.

It is not the only tape I have in the shop but if two of them happen to be 
sitting side by side when I need a tape it is the one that I pick up.

I've had it for many years and have only had to put one battery in it, which 
is a good thing because it doesn't seem to be the "hanging on the grocery 
checkout" type of battery.

Arvid