Chances are you already need a steel ruler for your fixing and making tasks, so why not use one that can do much more than ...

It’s an old standard carpentry measuring trick, but the difference is that his block is laminated for easy sliding. More important, it’s exactly one inch thick. He clamps the block on the fence and ...

An archaeologist uses a ruler to measure a piece of leather. He measures using centimetres and tenths of centimetres. The leather measures 3.3cm. A thermometer is set out in intervals of tenths of ...

Changing the ruler’s 0 origin means changing the position where the starting point (0) for measurement on the ruler is. The default zero position of the ruler is usually at the left edge of the ...

To position a ruler accurately, place the point that says 0 at the start of the line you are measuring. With the ruler placed carefully on the line, measure the centimetres first, then the ...