13 AliExpress Measurement & Marking Tools You May Not Know About
Purchases / / January 05, 2021
Rain gauge, self-adhesive ruler, needle gauge, curvimeter and other useful tools.
1. Needle pattern
It turns out that ugly gaps when trimming tiles and laminates near pipes, door frames and other complex obstacles are easy to avoid. All that is needed to create a flawless connection is to attach the template by copying the path, and then attach it to the material, circle and cut.
Price: from 363 rubles.
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2. Digital Vernier Caliper
If you find it difficult to read the size of parts and workpieces from an analog caliper, get yourself an electronic one. Unlike normal, it instantly displays measurements in millimeters or inches on the screen. Its graduation is 0.01 mm, and the error over the entire range is no more than 0.05 mm. Available with or without a case.
Price: from 726 rubles.
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3. Articulated ruler
Accurately trimming materials like tiles or laminate flooring can be a chore. However, with such a line, this activity will only bring pleasure. The device consists of four segments that move relative to each other. This allows you to align them along the contours of the abutments and, after transferring to the material, make an accurate cut.
Price: 182 rubles.
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4. Protractor
Another difficulty during work is marking and copying corners. By eye, and even with the help of a simple protractor, this is not so easy. A metal goniometer, combined with a ruler with a length of 140 mm, allows you to mark workpieces accurately and quickly. The digital scale on the protractor and the ruler is applied to both sides, so you can count from either side.
Price: 237 rubles.
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5. Hole template
It is simply unrealistic to guess with cutouts for sockets or pipes when laying tiles; it is quite difficult to mark with a tape measure. But with this special template, markup becomes fun. All you need is to attach one of the rulers to the adjacent tile, and then set the guide exactly along the hole and transfer the measurements to the element being trimmed.
Price: 665 rubles.
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6. Self-adhesive ruler
If you have ever had to draw a scale in millimeters yourself for some DIY projects, then you will appreciate these self-adhesive rulers. They are from 1 to 6 meters long and are easy to attach thanks to the adhesive backing. Useful for various homemade products and in situations where you need to accurately measure something.
Price: from 322 rubles.
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7. Combined elbow
The accuracy of the angles of 90 ° and 45 ° when cutting materials determines the quality of the junction of the elements. To avoid gaps between the plinths and platbands or to tightly fit the parts to be joined when making furniture, it is convenient to use such a square. It has double markings and a movable stop with a bubble level for precise orientation in space.
Price: 240 rubles.
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8. Double thickness gauge
Marking out parallel lines, measuring the size with a tape measure and putting risks on both edges of the workpiece, is long and tedious. The planer copes with this task much faster. All you need to do for this is to set the desired size on the scale, insert a needle or a pen rod into the stem and draw along the workpiece, pressing the parallel stop to the edge. And thanks to a pair of rods, you can mark two lines at once.
Price: 1 621 rubles.
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9. Long shaft marker
If, when marking, you tried to trace the holes with an ordinary pencil or pen, then you probably know that it is inconvenient to do this, and the accuracy leaves much to be desired. The long, thin colored permanent markers solve the problem: they fit even in miniature holes and templates, allowing you to trace them perfectly.
Price: 136 rubles.
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10. Tread depth gauge
It is possible to determine the wear of tires by eye only when there is almost nothing left of the tread. In order not to bring to this and not to risk your life on the road, it is convenient to use a compact tread depth gauge. With its help, it is easy to monitor tire wear by periodically inserting a dipstick into the gap between the tread elements and comparing the readings with the recommended ones.
Price: 54 rubles.
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11. Rain gauge
Do you want to build a home weather station or need to measure rainfall? This is a simple, durable plastic conical beaker with a peg attachment. The water collected in it after the rain will show how many millimeters of precipitation have fallen. For greater accuracy, it is advisable to place the rain gauge in an open area and at a height of about 1 meter.
Price: 327 rubles.
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12. Odometer
Unlike straight lines, curves cannot be measured with a ruler. If you go hiking and tracing routes using paper maps, this unusual device with a dial will definitely come in handy. It is enough to press the roller at its end to the starting point, draw along the measured line, and the curvimeter will show its length. The main thing is not to confuse the scale and look at the scale that corresponds to the map.
Price: 197 rubles.
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13. Suspended level
Marking long horizontal lines with a laser level is easy. In its absence, such a primitive device as a suspended level will help out. Having attached it to a fishing line or cord, you need to fix one end, and align the other, focusing on the device bubble. A thread with a spool is not included, but finding them is unlikely to be a problem.
Price: 57 rubles.
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