Metric and Imperial Ruler (30 CM/300 MM/12" Inch ruler)

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Big question for me in making rulers is deciding which way to run the markings. It’s good to have them both go left to right, to get a sense of scale for metric and imperial. But then you have to measure from above for the bottom scale. So I print several rulers, one like yours and then one with left to right for both and the other right to left. that way I can change my zero. Way overthought, but when you can make your own rulers, you can customize as needed. Which gives me a thought. I’m working on a big project for cigar shapes and sizes. Would be cool to have a cigar ruler with ring sizes. I go into a big walk in humidor and most of the time I am going for a cigar that will give me a certain time of smoke. So I have a sense of how ring gauge and length go together for duration. But I am have to read these small tags on a cigar for the dimensions and that’s hard.

Still getting used to understanding standard sizes and shapes, such as a Churchill, lonsdale or panatella. Stay tuned for the ruler post!

Thanks for the inspiration. Here was one of mine.

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