steel tape

This is the first steel tape I ever made.

It was shaped like the round box for holding steel tape.

Jim Boomer measured the building with an old steel tape.

It was being shot from a small, circular affair; such as would hold a steel tape line.

Measure every window with a steel tape (fabric ones stretch).

He carries a little steel tape in his pocket.

Steel tapes and folding rules do not make good straightedges.

The two Stanley factories still here make door hinges and steel tape measures.

"Was that a trailer-load of steel tapes you shipped out this morning?"

For steel tapes, the value for is given by .

A kit should include a 10-or 12-foot flexible steel tape measure (No. 1 in the illustrations).

These used hardened steel tape as the recording medium.

A hand, holding a tiny steel tape measure, spread above the spot, and made careful measurements.

A steel tape rule belongs in every tool kit.

He introduced the standard steel tape for ground measurement to Queensland, replacing the chain.

A little shuddery sigh came from her, and she began to feed the thin steel tape into the drain.

The spring-tape balance has a flexible steel tape encased in metal box.

It can be adjusted to the height of a small tree, and the pole measured with a steel tape hooked to one end.

It combines a traditional steel tape measure with optical sensors and a liquid crystal display.

The commonest application is the retracting steel tape rule.

The steel tape is then cold-crimped tightly to the wire everywhere except for the barbs.

It is likely that the measuring rod was used before the line, chain or steel tapes used in modern measurement.

Steel tapes are easily bent and damaged, so are not used to measure everyday competitions.

He had a pocket steel tape, and carefully measured the marks on the lining where the label had been.

One end of a rapier, a rod or steel tape, carries the weft yarn.