newatlas.com: MakerPi's Tiruler 2.0 is an improved version of the first-generation ruler introduced by the MakerPi Tools team from Hong Kong last year. The basic idea stays the same: rather than carrying multiple tools for measuring and marking, the Tiruler combines them in one. The 2.0 keeps most of the functions of the original tool while adding several new ones, including a small knife, a quick compass, and a few changes to the measurement mechanism itself.
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This multitool is so cool!! For a person who is looking for a multitool, this is incredibly tempting to get. However, I do think this is not going to be very useful for a carpenter. For a product designer I think it would make a great gift, since it includes things like the caliper, external measurements, and the angle-measuring tool. If I still hand drafted I would definitely get one, but since I am mostly drafting in AutoCAD, I think I will skip it. Looking more into the Kickstarter, the company that invented it is located in Hong Kong, so the whole thing is designed in metric. They did say they have a full imperial version, but I think it will still feel a little different, because if a product is designed in metric, the whole system is oriented for that. For example, the ruler arm is 10 cm, which converts to 3.94 inches. 10 feels like a good number, but 3.94 just feels awkward. If this were designed in imperial, they would have made the arm 4 inches.
This seems like such a good tool for hand drafting. It's got everything, a ruler, a compass, even a pencil! I feel like this could also be useful in a machine shop, if you don't want to have to keep track of a bunch of different measuring tools. It also seems like a good thing for model making. Having a wheel that can measure any distance is such an interesting and innovative idea. I also really like that the pencil doubles as a container to hold a different tool. I do think that the blade hidden within seems a little small, and maybe not super useful for a lot of things, but it's held in by magnets, and magnets are super cool. It's also fun that it has little circle templates. Though, even with all of that this layout tool is perhaps a little outdated, and probably not all that useful unless you are a drafts person in the 1960s. Still cool though.
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