Most homeowners don't know this, how to use a tape measure like a pro

[@FernandoClaussen]

I knew it wasn't a dumb idea to search for how to properly use this thing. Thank you for this video!

[@trashes_to_treasures]

Nice video! Straight ahead, no senseless talking, just plain info. Thanks from Germany ☺️

[@henryhuang3454]

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[@donnie017]

I had 22 1/2. Not horrible, but ultimately, not correct. Thanks for the tips, these are great!

[@johndeere2799]

Great video. I'm old enough to remember when Canada changed from imperial to metric. While most Canadians use both equally, metric is easier to use and understand.

[@jenniferwhite6089]

harder to find a metric tape that just has metrics on it there are out there who need to know where to look for them too

[@northeastcorals]

I was at school when the UK changed from imperial to metric so also learned both, after leaving school & renovating a few houses I quickly dropped imperial & only use metric nowadays. I also regularly work with water & volume/weights etc so metric is an absolute god send, for eg 1000 litres = 1000kg = 1 cubic metres. The thought of using imperial for that gives me a headache 😅

[@grondebarbe3997]

In Europe we call imperial unit a retard unit 😅

[@milanthemilan5015]

You can also make nice antenna out of it...

[@othernamesweretaken1871]

I have a couple UV5r whip antennas made out of them lol

[@Vicstruction]

I was about 1/8 too big on that guess, useful tip!

[@gunterbecker8528]

Great content, thanks for sharing it with us and the integrity you have shown us!

[@WilliamWard-bq1rp]

Great video as per usual, keep it up! Growing up with tools since I was 7 makes me happy people share these tips and knowledge. I guessed 22 9/16"

[@ArcEyeJames]

Now videos like this i don't regret watching. Educational.😊❤

[@Mikepet]

Very good video again, even if its on something people might see as "simple" as tape measures!

[@muntee33]

6:05 Yes, if measuring an internal dimension, first measure in a predetermined value from the end the tape measure will be held at, say 100mm for simplicity sake and mark, (that's 11teen feather quips for all u muricans) then measure from the far end to the mark and add the measurement marked to the measurement shown at the mark. This gives you an overall measurement thats accurate to +/- 1/10th of a mm, instead of the 2mm-3mm with the other method.

[@ACitizenOfOurWorld]

100mm It's actually 11teen -2/32" feather quips, which any Yankee carpenter will boast is waaay more precise than a mm.😀

[@rollthers3157]

I appreciate the quality of this video.

[@iliasvelaoras3038]

The CE marks on the milwaukee and the stanley powerlock are Conformité Européenne marks, wheras the one you showed close up is the China Exports mark, which means nothing The way to tell them apart is that in China Exports, if you complete the circle of the C it will overlap the E in its middle line, wheras the European mark, which has a bigger gap, hits it on the curve You can look it up for example images

[@lohikarhu734]

@40°, 100 m tape is 1.2 mm longer, if it's perfect at 20°

[@marinesnip]

This might be a dumb question, but is 15.55 the same as 15 1/2 inches? I don't think that 15.55 is in centimeters since it is a TV stand. It reads 15.55" wide and 29.96" tall. Any help would be appreciative. Thanks

[@brandonk1502]

Mathematically speaking 15 1/2 is 15.5, so 15.55 would be verry slightly more than that. I'm not a mathematician but I think that's basically somewhere just over a millimeter past 15.5 inches.

[@livingaboard]

After being in manufacturing I don’t know why we aren’t using decimal tape measure. 1.1 or 1.5 or 1.7 inches for example. Instead we have fractions.

[@Jakes2hot]

You wants decimals, use a metric tape. 5.2= 5cm 2mm. Decimals in feet and inches would be way more difficult for the average person in comparison to inches with fractions.

[@jamesHadden-l6l]

great vid For inside measurments I use pinch sticks or the extention that some folding rules have

[@breannestahlman5953]

As a foreigner used to meter I always wanted to know more about this "imperial" measurement nightmare headeache. Now, I know ! ! ! 😁 How come, Americans (and more broadly Anglo-Saxon, Germanics and scandinavians, infact all occidentals excepts latins) that are all category champions about simplifying things and make them more efficient are still using such a complicated way of measuring, weighting, evaluating, etc . . ., things ? ? ? It is beyond me. Industry costs of changing all this, maybe?

[@American-Plague]

What's really weird to me is that Myanmar, of all places, also uses imperial.

[@OktoPutsch]

just as a reminder, the metric system is French. After enduring the nightmare of local scales and measures, they cleaned up that mess and unified it, once and for all. USA is rather isolated and people live on habits, like everywhere else, so they don't see the need to change, despite the metric system is official there and already in use, it's just disguised.

[@OktoPutsch]

@@American-Plague yes, only 3 places use imperial yet, USA, Myanmar and another country I forgot.

[@American-Plague]

@@OktoPutsch Liberia.... which makes sense as it was founded by America.

[@brandonk1502]

This is what we are taught from a young age, so it makes sense to most of us. It's not an industry thing, it's an educational system thing. Americans are also taught how to use the metric system, whether we use it or not is a different story.

[@jefff6167]

Well done. You made the complex understandable. 👍🇺🇸

[@dystopianape]

Look at those beautiful, clean and clear cm and mm. A shame nobody was ever able to decode what those are or what they mean

[@ml.2770]

Step one. Order a tape from Australia. mm only. Never look back.

[@ALLSTARDECOURO2]

as a foreigner measuring things in inches/feet seems a pain in the ass 😂😂, why do more math

[@penguinbrand]

I still dont remember what that 19.2" is used for. Nice video

[@tomkelly8827]

With 2' centers, there are 4 studs for 8'. with 16" centers there are 6 studs over 8'. With 19'2" there are 5 studs over 8'

[@job38four10]

I just dont get that 19.2 inch diamond mark @4:05......

[@Ferdinand-yx5wh]

Is there any way to contact you directly

[@james_gatlin]

On my website there is a contact tab which goes directly to me

[@Ferdinand-yx5wh]

@@james_gatlin Can you please share your web link

[@lucasastaburuaga9315]

First of all, thank you, you made me laugh. (I clarify that I don't want to make fun of you in particular) This video is the perfect demonstration of why the imperial system is inefficient and terrible. You briefly mention that cm is simpler, and I think that's fantastic, but I think you should show your countrymen that it's a much better system... (take for example all the special markings and points they have to add to their meters for it to work) the metric system is much simpler and easier to learn if you try it

[@BlurryZurry]

22 and 5/8 was my guess. Was thinking a bit more than half. Guess it was a 16th less 😊

[@ceto9125]

Pro´s use the metric System and the good old "Zollstock" :>

[@MohammedAbubakar-ik3xo]

Great 👍

[@grahamcifuentes4451]

Groan! you have reminded me why we don't use sixteenths and thirty secondths, or any of those old measurements here any more!

[@kirov777]

Oh Boy - I never realized how extremely complicated is actually measuring in the imperial system. Poor US...

[@ALLSTARDECOURO2]

they just like to do more math while working 😂😂

[@cluna5231]

Great information, thanks.

[@trevorunknown9228]

Why does the tape go the wrong way in the thumbnail?

[@james_gatlin]

Thought it looked better

[@RaymondCarney-qv8mn]

@@james_gatlin😢 so l

[@free2trudge]

22 5/16 Update.. Ahh! Missed it

[@james_gatlin]

Close

[@carlossalazar7764]

Why do they call those black diamon truss markings called, 'Lizard Piss Markings."?

[@michaelseger903]

I had 22 3/8"

[@ThomasWalker-m2y]

Ŵhy is it made in China ?

[@SlyerFox666]

Because even your pants come from china, everything's made in china so why they feel the need to copy C E markings is anyone's guess 😂

[@h._assan]

❤❤

[@zaraizabella]

I am struggling with this video lol But only because you are using inches instead of metric

[@lamasterbatonlll1383]

I'm currently working in a metal fabrication department, I'm about to be 46 yrs old and I have no idea how to read a gddmn tape measure. It's a pathetic feeling SMH

[@yaboyadamo707]

I was 1/16 off it would have been a snug fit

[@russellball1984]

I work in mm

[@MrAlliecaulfield]

Man did not know half of this

[@mrpopenfresh]

Damn you metric system, making things too using by using base ten for everything.

[@beefman8322]

I guessed 1/2

[@1skinnypuppy]

I guessed 3/4s

[@lytken]

instead of saying outside the usa you should say in the whole world but the usa

[@krissk77]

As longs as I have cm and ft and full inches am OK.. those fractions mean little to me, a diy guy. 🎉

[@cinemaipswich4636]

One profound FAULT in design is; most of us hold tape with left hand, and mark with right hand. Why is the printed index upside down? I have only seen one tape and ruler that hold to this maxim.

[@UltraGamma25]

Good point

[@American-Plague]

Never thought about this. Interesting.

[@scantron1835]

You need to run a company

[@ryanhanson2081]

Technically tape measure are to measure and not to mark. I learned to just read it upside down if I was marking but if I need to check the measurements of multiple things I can do it quickly since the numbers are right side up. my two cents.

[@UltraGamma25]

@@ryanhanson2081 Invalid argument

[@hellosheila]

Kinda funny to me how it landed directly on 57 mm, yet all the Americans are messing around with 16ths of an inch. USE METRIC, IT'S SO MUCH EASIER!!!!

[@yeenar]

No

[@GunGuy258]

¹/¹⁶ is not hard at all. No on metric.

[@dpmaspam]

Imperial is british imperial standards. Even we moved onto metric. So kich better and more accurate.