How to Read a Tape Measure

[lightningandcloud]

i hate fractions and now i can read

[mallito02]

good

[anitec19]

God this helped alot thank you!

[DarkMoo23]

This is helping me out alot

[jonojms]

Change your phone!

[syndicate2802]

Is there a problem with the new YouTube format as I cant get the video to show on my iPhone

[SuperABS87]

Exelent video,thanks so much, can you show us how to use a wood ruler

[HottesapplepieUSA]

Thank you so much! w/o you video I won't understanding what is Tape Measure look like!

[Vassilika1]

@ 2:23 you say: "most carpenters don't have to worry about 32nd's too much..."

well, where I made my 4 year professional carpenters school we worked in the range of 1/10 mm (around 9 times smaller than 1/32" )

just my two cents

[the1jesster]

Thanks Dave I needed a better understanding got it now thanks again

[DaveOsborneDotCom]

@the1jesster Glad we were able to help.

[DaveOsborneDotCom]

@the1jesster  Glad we were able to help.

[DaveOsborneDotCom]

Just remember that a tape measure is simply a tool, made for the benefit of its user. Like any tool, we need to learn the proper way to use it without getting intimidated by it. Glad the video helped.

Dave

[mholub7825]

Thank you so much! I'd really like to get over looking like a deer in headlights when I want to use a tape measure.

[gallito1010]

thank you very well explained !!

[osityan]

If we all just used metric instead we would could spend more time on the actual work other than trying to figure out all the fractions :(

[silkwood658]

Thank you so much, Dave! I have never understood it beyond the 1 inch 1/2 inch marks and I just landed a really good job where I know I will be using it frequently. You are the best!

[DaveOsborneDotCom]

Thanks for your nice comment. all the best with your new job.

Dave

[buywoodworkingplans]

More please.....

[crucialconflict02]

great help. much appreciated.

[sevwhitefun]

thank for your help Dave

[OnionChang]

Alright buddy! Thanks Dave

[nicejoel4ever]

i work in the company as a parts mechanic if they nid a parts or tool im the one responsible for those things and sometimes they nid some parts that i need to measure it before i order it to the vendors,but then when i was in school i never pay attention to my teacher and i dont really remember if they teach us how to measure accurately,,good thing a lot of good samaritan that keep posting this kind of video that really help us a lot & that bcause with a help of technology ryt now,thanks DAVE

[saab93la]

thanks it helped

[DjLooter]

thanks

[MrFaygoman69]

its amazing im out of school they never taught this to me they always gave me a ruler with the smaller marked how was i supposed to learn dumb kid easy ruler = no pay attention to whats really what

[Sgt671]

thank you sir you just helped me for my autobody class!!!!!! 2:50-3:19

[grig24x]

At least I learned that at an age of 69!

[FreshDaKiidx]

thank you

[all4mac]

Thanks !! Great info

[maraloleka]

I'm confused, Is one inch thru 15/16? My tape only have 16 little lines of one inch

but one of your sample showed 32 lines. But I like your video just confusing little bit.

[1USAPatriot]

@maraloleka He is using a tape that is broken down into 32nd so there will be 32 lines. most tapes are broken down into 16ths so you will have 16 lines to an inch. A 32nd is just half of a 16th. 16X2=32. When i teach kids about reading a tape i kind of use a analogy of a dollar bill. 4 quarters in a dollar (1 inch) if they had 50 cents they would have 2 quarters but you would say a 1/2 inch, 3 quarters, 3/4 inch. and so on.1/8 ths are just quarters cut in half and 1/6ths are 1/8ths cut in half

[ejodie]

great video thanks!

[AnAmazingClydesdale]

Excellent!

You know, I never learned this in school, and here I am in the age of technology and the world of YouTube, and I learned something useful and new to me at the ripe age of 48! So hows that saying go again? "You're never to old to learn!" & also, it's never to late to learn. Thanks Dave Osborne! 

[DaveOsborneDotCom]

@AnAmazingClydesdale Hey, thanks for the nice comments. I appreciate it, Dave.

[mesho456]

nice this actually helped me more than the other videos on youtube.

[IYUB30]

Helped me more then you know. Thank you!

[sabrinak5]

What a great video! I've learned a lot and I plan to have my kids watch it as part of their next math lesson--and memorize the 1/16ths. Also love the "clever end" of the tape now, too. I always wondered why it was kind of wobbly at the end. Great job!

[lalla4114]

Very helpful video. I learned several things I didn't know about tape measures even though I've used them for years!

I never knew about the "dumb end" of the tape and why it's not so dumb.