INCRABNDRUL06 Precision Bend Rulers, 6"

This ruler makes accurate measuring and cutting easy. I recommend this ruler.

I love this ruler. I do a little bit of everything when it comes to woodworking and a little bit of everything else also. Jack of trades.. I have been using this ruler much more than I ever thought that I would. The simple design of it being bent allows me to not only make my mark on the top surface but to also make an identically positioned mark on the side. Being able to do this allows me to be more accurate in marking my patterns. When starting out before making my first cuts I have found out on to many of an occasion that the end I started measuring from wasn't entirely square. This rule helps to ensure that I am starting my measurements from a correct location. Once you have placed this ruler on the corner of a piece of wood you easily can detect if the end is square or not. I have used mine for everything from furniture making to turning pens. I am going to invest in 6 inch model soon. I have wished a few times I already had one especially when doing smaller than 12 inch spaces like smaller doors and drawers. There are just so many different things that make this ruler so handy to use it on. I have even used mine to help mark round and square metal bar stock, plastic tubing, PVC, brass and even copper pipes. Having not only your mark on top of the item but to have an identically positioned mark along the side that will come in contact with your blade first is so helpful to ensure that your blade is beginning it's cut in the exact spot that you wanted. While the mark on top will help to ensure that your cut is tracking correctly. The accuracy is so precise. I have found out that you can also use it to determine how accurate your tape measures are. I admit that it was a little saddening to find out how many of the tape measures I have in my garage that were a little off. Some as little as a 1/32 and a few that were as much as a 1/4 inch off. I took the time to correct each one some by simply straightening the hook and a few I could only correct it by writing down the center of the tape how much to add or subtract. Plus writing the corrections as boldly as I could on the casing for the tape measures. So to wrap it up. Even though these aren't cheap they are worth every penny and then some.

I have several Incra rules and love them all. I bought this so I can accurately transfer a line from the face of a board to the edge etc... without fumbling around with a square and missing the mark anyway. It does everything as advertised. The beginning of the rule starts with a half hole and groove. I like this as it keeps my measurements spot on. Since it is a six inch rule and say I want a seven inch measure, I mark the six inch, then align the half hole or groove over the six inch mark, measure an inch and mark. The half hole keeps me from being off mark as I move the rule to continue. I keep mine on a magnet strip where it is easy to grab and keeps it like new. Will not rust as is made from stainless steel. If you just want a ruler for rough marking go with something else, but if you are looking for a precise layout tool, you can't really go wrong with Incra's. One thing I found out is if using generic 0.5 lead you will get alot of breaks, very frustrating. I bought Super Hi-Polymer lead along with a 0.5 Side FX pencil. Made a big difference. Also HB is dark enough without using much pressure. I placed the pencil in the ruler's hole and ran it over oak and the end grain without breakage. You develop a feel as to how much pressure to apply, but no matter how lightly I pressed, the generic lead always broke when hitting grain. The side click pencil allows me to advance lead without moving my hand, so as not to lose my mark and start over again. Combine the rule with hi-polymer lead and you have accuracy at a reasonable price.

I was impressed with the idea of a bend rule and, thus, ordered one. But Ireceived a flat one instead from Amazon. However, the Incra packaging is sayingthat it is a 12" precision bend rule and shows such a photo! (I expected a bendrule to be in 'L' shape with 90 degree angle.)So I thought if I put some pressure then the rule bends easily in the middleat 90 degree. When I did, it got bent but the end result was far fromsatisfactory. I do not think such a bend rule should be bent by customers.Unless I received a wrong bend rule by mistake, I do not recommend this ruleto anyone.PS: I checked the rule once again carefully and found that what I received isnot the 12" bend rule but '12-Inch Incra Marking Rule'. I am not sure how amarking rule is put inside a bend rule packaging. I sent an e-mail to Incra andwill let you know what happended when I hear from Incra.PS #2: When I sent a complaint e-mail to Incra, I got a reply saying that Incrawill send me a bend rule as a replacement for free. I received it today. In addition,Incra also sent me a metric version of Incra T-rule. What I originailly bought togetherwith the bend rule was an inch-based imperil T-rule which is almost useless for thoseusing metric measurement system like me.I appreciate Incra customer support team's efforts and I am sure that I will use bothof them a lot! And that is why I change the star rating from one to five.PS #3: I found that I rarely use this bend rule although I use Incra T-rule almosteveryday. That is the reason why I changed my star rating from five to three.