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pic: 3280 Tape Measure Hanging Mechanism
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30-03-2010, 16:57
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Cool idea. What kind of hook are you using, and how far must the tape advance before it goes over the bar? My experience has been that tape measures collapse pretty easily.
Good Luck!
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30-03-2010, 17:02
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Re: pic: 3280 Tape Measure Hanging Mechanism
The hookis made of bent aluminum and weighs ~2 oz, the tape measure we used advertises as being able to extend 13 ft horizontally before it collapses. It can easily make it up to the bar.
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30-03-2010, 17:18
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Your mechanism is extremely clever. I'm jealous. Congrats on having lots of rookie ingenuity!
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30-03-2010, 18:42
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Re: pic: 3280 Tape Measure Hanging Mechanism
1712 prototyped a few different versions of tape measure-based hanging devices, but weren't able to produce one that could meet our desired results. What brand and model tape measure did you use? Can you post some pictures of your hook? Were you able to avoid any issues with the cantilevered load on the tape measure?
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30-03-2010, 19:16
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Re: pic: 3280 Tape Measure Hanging Mechanism
My experience with prototyping such devices leads me to believe that this is a FatMax Extreme tape measure from Stanley.
Great work!
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30-03-2010, 19:33
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30-03-2010, 23:10
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I will see if I can find some pictures of the hook tomorrow.
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05-02-2015, 18:12
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Re: pic: 3280 Tape Measure Hanging Mechanism
The black box/housing everything is assembled in is easy to understand. My questions are:
1:Is the tape spool a custom part? If so how did you attach the tape? 2:How does the spool fit in the assembly?
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11-01-2016, 19:16
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Re: pic: 3280 Tape Measure Hanging Mechanism
Can someone please give me some more information on this concept. I would like to build a prototype.
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13-01-2016, 20:23
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15-01-2016, 13:29
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Any other details can you give us? Thanks.
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15-01-2016, 13:31
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Hey guys. This team is no longer in existence. Miki Oliver was the lead mentor/coach for 3280. He is on a rookie team now in RI...but he doesn't come on CD. James Brown is probably the only person I know that I believe saw the device in action back 2010...he might still have pictures.
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30-03-2010, 19:57
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