Left-to-Right
In day-to-day lay out work, this is the most familiar to woodworkers. With zero at the left edge of the rule the scale increases toward the right.
Right-to-Left
Occasionally, a measurement needs to start from the right side instead of the left. A familiar example of this is your table saw, where most often you need to measure from the rip fence on the right to the edge of the blade.
Centering
Whether for hardware mounting or joinery, woodworkers often need the centre of a board. A centering scale takes all the math out of the equation. Just adjust the rule so the same measurement lines up on both edges and the zero will be at the exact center of the material. You can then either mark centre or lay out points the same distance either side of centre.
Inch and Metric
All three options mentioned above are on the HexScale in both inch and metric graduations. If you’re looking at a scale in inches, roll the HexScale one time and the equivalent metric scale will replace it.
Stop
Woodpeckers designed a stop to fit the profile of the HexScale for repetitive marking. Just slide it on, adjust it to the dimension you want and mark as many items as you need.
Wouldn’t it be great to have one rule you could grab knowing you could reference from either end, measure in either inches or millimeters and locate the centre of anything instantly? Well, now you can. Woodpeckers introduces the new HexScale Rule…six different graduations in one handy rule. Those of us old enough to remember when woodworking plans were drawn on a drafting table instead of a computer will also remember a triangular rule that was graduated with several different ratio scales and a normal inch scale. Woodpeckers has borrowed that shape to give you the six most useful graduations for woodworking, all in one tool. Measure from right to left and left to right in inches or millimetres and locate the centre of anything in either system. Not only does HexScale put all the rules you need in one, but the distinctive shape gets the laser-engraved scales right down on your material, virtually eliminating parallax viewing error.
This rule is the 300mm model. A 600mm model is also available.
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