‘Gauge’ Tool Usage

Lo1sJess

Just wondering if people use this tool and if so why not offered more - by Lego and BL?  BL has one seller with 2 and asking $64.  I use it a good bit when working with technic pieces.  Wish now I had bought a few.

Fizyx

That's actually a legit neat tool.  I don't even really MOC, but there have been sets that it would have been nice to have just to I could more easily distinguish between a 2x12 and a 2x14.  I would definitely get at least 2 (one for me, one for my mother/nephew [who is 5] that enjoy building together) if they were available for a reasonable price.

Lo1sJess

@Fizyx will keep an eye out.  Just google and saw rebrickable has a tool kit and holder moc plan that looks to do similar things just not in one compact piece.
also looks like a couple sold for under $20 on BL back in the fall.

mak0137

I didn't know it was an official tool since I have seen 3D printed version of the red one listed around $12-$15 on various web sites.

CCC

I don't have one of those, but I do have a couple of useful measuring tools. One is a stack of numbered bricks from the calendar set for measuring heights. The other is a pair of 2x16 plates covered in smaller plates (four 1x4 lengthwise and 16 1x1, alternating black and white). With those you can quickly measure any distance. You put the first one down, then the second ene to end, then move the first to the end, repeating as many times as needed. Finally it is quick to read off the last bit of the distance as it might be something like 4+4+1+1+1 (slightly quicker than counting 11 individual studs). I used to use the number 1x1 tiles, but number 1 is so expensive these days that I sold my spares.

Switchfoot55

^Thankfully, it's usually pretty quick to count "1" stud. Better off selling spares than worrying you know how far 1 stud is!

CCC

It wasn't just a 1, it was 1234567890 tiles in a line used as a ruler rather than as a counting stick. But it is the 1 that has the value, and someone I know had a figure to trade so they went. 

Astrobricks

If you are really committed, just follow Adam Savage’s example, except customized for Lego :)

560Heliport

That's actually a really good idea!

Cymbeline

Almost tempted to get my first tattoo mainly to post it and receive all your adulation - no, just kidding.  

CCC

If you are into microscale you could have that done on a smaller part of the body, making it easy to hide away. Probably best not to whip it out at the PAB wall though.