Measuring tapes are one of the most frequently used tools in the carpenter’s tool kit – if not the most frequently used tool. The tape measure comes out even prior to the carpenter’s task really gets going – in the planning and drawing phase. Even if you’ll put up a new stud wall, make a brace for the shelf, hang a picture or cut inlays for a table you are making, you’ll probably get the measuring tape in your toolbox prior to anything else. The dedicated do-it-yourself, just like the professional carpenter, will have a number tape measures inside his toolbox. You will find various kinds of tape measures inside a carpenter’s tool kit: a 6′ retracting tape measure; a 16′ retractable tape measure; a 25′ retractable tape measure; a folding carpenter’s ruler. A 100′ tape measure is very helpful when squaring large projects for instance deck and foundations.