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Old 06-05-2020, 10:06 PM
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I have two of the original Centuri rulers. I use one and the slightly more pristine one is in a scrapbook with other memorabilia.

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Those Centuri rulers both look almost pristine. This thread is the first I heard of them.
Anyone know when they were available until ? I'd guess when Lee still owned the company.
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I've been looking for a metal ruler with 1/10 inch divisions, but I couldn't seem to find any locally. I visited an office supply store today, hoping to find one in the drafting ruler section. Unfortunately, the store recently revised its layout, and now has considerably fewer (maybe a third?) of the products it used to carry.

Then a little voice reminded me that I needed to track down the beauty below.

Turns out I've had a 1/10" ruler for almost 50 years, and I didn't remember that until today.

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Seriously, that is pretty darn cool.
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http://www.ninfinger.org/rockets/no...a/69cenp66.html

ninfinger.org is our friend. I did not look at all of the catalogs, but figured that this was the timeframe.

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Apparently the ruler was only in the 1969-1971 catalogs

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Apparently the ruler was only in the 1969-1971 catalogs

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Those are nice, I have never seen Centuri rulers before.
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