How to Reload a Stanley Tape Measure
Stanley is one of the leading manufacturers and producers of tape measures. Next to your hammer and screw driver set, the tape measure is one of the most important items you can have while undertaking any kind of construction or home repair project. One of the great features of the Stanley tape measure is that you can extend the tape, lock it down so it stays in place, then release the lock and watch the tape automatically reload back into the tape measure's case. Does this Spark an idea?
Instructions
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Push up on the lock button. This lock button pinches down on the tape, keeping it in place. Again pushing up on the lock button releases the pinch on the tape measure and should pull the tape measure back in. However, if a large amount has been pulled out, you may have problems.
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Remove all objects off of the tape measure. Objects resting on the tape may weight it down, preventing it from being extracted back in.
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Pull the tape up if there are any bends in it. If the tape is bending or drooping in any way, it may prevent the tape from reloading into the Stanley tape measure.
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Manually feed the tape back into the Stanley tape measure if it still is not automatically reloading back in. The rollers inside of the tape measure my not be catching on the tape, preventing it from being pulled back in. Do this until the entire tape is back in or until the Stanley tape measure catches and reloads automatically.
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maxmcg
Jul 03, 2010
i'm sorry....but,i had to come back to this... a quote from this article.. "Remove all objects off of the tape measure. Objects resting on the tape may weight it down, preventing it from being extracted back in." if it's not bad enough the sentance ends with a preposition.... this douchebag has the audacity to suggest that the reason my tape may not retract is that i am too stupid to notice something may be weighting it down!!! while i applaud greyson for at least doing SOMETHING with his liberal arts degree from "i will never amount to anything community college"... i hold out hope that he will NOT join others of his ilk on the 6 and 11 o'clock news.... as for me...i will remain bitter and angry as long as pinheads such as greyson continue to breed and use up my oxygen..... if you libs REALLY beleive in abortion... let's see if we can backdate this...
