We made it through the longest month ever (January, why do you always feel so long?), and now we have sailed through the shortest month of the year.
Hello to you, March! You are the month that welcomes springtime!
What is your favorite part about spring?
In preparation for tomorrow – it’s National Set A Good Example Day – let’s make a quick list of how you can do exactly that!
A flashlight is just a flashlight, right? Which means it should be a one-and-done tool, no need for more? Wrong! There is always room for multiple Maglite Flashlights, and here is why –
This week is National Random Acts of Kindness Week, and it’s the perfect time of year to cheer someone up!
Here are some great ideas to make someone’s day during this cold, wintery week:
Today is National Inventors’ Day!
While there is no date recorded for the invention of the Diameter Tape Measure, here are some fun facts about the patent process for the basic tape measure –
Four more days until Valentine’s Day – are you prepared with a thoughtful gift for that special someone? If not, don’t worry – here are some last-minute ideas!
Tally Books have been around for a long time. They are pocket-sized blank
notebooks used for recording data in the field. Oilfield workers are frequent users of such books. Every time you add a section of pipe, or make a change in the settings of the drilling rig, you would want to record that right now. Tally books are designed to be pocket size, durable, and water resistant. Even the new “stone pad” looks like paper, but it is resistant to water and physical attempts to tear the pages.
Why not use an electronic method of recording these bits of data? That would require a reliable power source, unbreakable device, and one that is not able to malfunction. Then, it is smart to stay with an old fashioned notebook.
Custom tally books are available, too. Your company logo, phone number, and even tables, can be imprinted on the cover.
The title implies that the tape does the work, so you don’t have to. This is true. All
you have to do is wrap the tape around the pipe circumference. Then the markings on the tape show you the diameter. It does this because the markings are spread out by a factor of pi (3.14159). So you don’t have to measure the circumference and divide by pi.
The accuracy of a pocket size Pipe Diameter Tape Measure is usually 100th of an inch diameter. That’s a pretty good resolution. They also come in metric units. Their accuracy is in millimeters diameter.
Promotional Maglights (Promotional Maglites) may help you out this Black Friday, if you find yourself waiting in line before the sun rises. They are always:
Good luck fighting the crowd for your best deals. Be safe.
I sell Lufkin Tape Measures. I have noticed over the last 20 years, the other
names associated with that brand. It appeared that there were some mergers and acquisitions that I didn’t understand. Are they owned by another company? When did this happen? Where are the tapes made?
So, today I did a Google search to try to make some sense out of the history of Lufkin tapes. The search was not easy, because there seems to be another company by the name Lufkin Industries, and another one called Lufkin Trailers.
So here are the facts, as I know them today, in November 2024…….
In 1967, Cooper bought the Lufkin company.
In 2010, Apex Tool Group, LLC bought Lufkin. Crescent is part of the Apex group.
2017. Crescent Tool acquired Lufkin. Crescent Tool is still part of the Apex Tool Group, LLC.
Now, in 2024, Wiss, Lufkin, Nicholson, H.K. Porter, and JOBOX are all brands of Crescent Tools.
The tapes that we all love, are branded “Crescent Lufkin” at this time.
Lufkin tapes used to be made in the USA. I know, because the gift box used to say that in 1991 when I started selling them. Today, according to my supplier, they are made in Mexico and China.
So, without being too wordy, that is the concise history of the Lufkin Tape Measure.