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Posted: 2/13/2021 2:09:54 PM EDT
i’ve been in the construction field for 30 years, I just found out a couple of days ago that most tape measures are for left-handed people.
if you hold a pencil in your right hand and a tape measure in your left, you will be looking at the numbers upside down  I have also found tape measures that don’t do this, and ordered a couple 
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Posted: 2/13/2021 2:12:11 PM EDT
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I am amazed at the number of people who can't read a tape measure, no matter whether left or right handed.
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Posted: 2/13/2021 2:15:52 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I am amazed at the number of people who can't read a tape measure, no matter whether left or right handed. but if they could I would be out of a job 
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Posted: 2/13/2021 2:57:56 PM EDT
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Below are my ARF answers, Im glad you found a tape measure that suits your style, pics please.
Arf snark: You cant read upside down? Its a left handed tape measure world, deal with it. |
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Posted: 2/13/2021 3:15:10 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Below are my ARF answers, Im glad you found a tape measure that suits your style, pics please. Arf snark: You cant read upside down? Its a left handed tape measure world, deal with it. What about: “After 30 years, you are just figuring that out?” |
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Posted: 2/13/2021 3:23:00 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Below are my ARF answers, Im glad you found a tape measure that suits your style, pics please. Arf snark: You cant read upside down? Its a left handed tape measure world, deal with it. “Start your own tape measure company if you don’t like it” |
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Posted: 2/13/2021 3:28:08 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I am amazed at the number of people who can't read a tape measure, no matter whether left or right handed. Inches are for whores and architects. The good lord gave us engineer tapes for a reason.
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Posted: 2/13/2021 3:53:52 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I am amazed at the number of people who can't read a tape measure, no matter whether left or right handed. Had a female maintenance worker say should couldn't measure something because her tape measure was too short. 
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Posted: 2/13/2021 3:54:40 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Below are my ARF answers, Im glad you found a tape measure that suits your style, pics please. Arf snark: You cant read upside down? Its a left handed tape measure world, deal with it. And it’s not that I can’t read a tapemeasure upside down , I just shouldn’t have to   |
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Posted: 2/13/2021 3:56:35 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: What about: “After 30 years, you are just figuring that out?” right! 
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Posted: 2/13/2021 5:03:32 PM EDT
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Only took me two years of woodworking to figure this out. Of course I discovered it shopping tools on Rocklers website.
. It was a holy shit moment for sure.
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Posted: 2/13/2021 5:10:24 PM EDT
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Posted: 2/13/2021 5:21:51 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I am amazed at the number of people who can't read a tape measure, no matter whether left or right handed. Is it wrong to read a tape measure like "six and a quarter and two notches"? Asking for a friend....... And I framed and built my entire basement. |
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Posted: 2/13/2021 5:26:34 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: And it's not that I can't read a tapemeasure upside down , I just shouldn't have to https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/379420/DFE3C51E-A1C7-4F90-81C5-60518688B2B0-1823365.jpg |
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Posted: 2/13/2021 6:02:45 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: And it’s not that I can’t read a tapemeasure upside down , I just shouldn’t have to https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/379420/DFE3C51E-A1C7-4F90-81C5-60518688B2B0-1823365.jpg How cute, they even tell you what the little lines mean 
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Posted: 2/13/2021 6:17:54 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryI know you're secretly ordering one, but that's okay
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Posted: 2/13/2021 6:24:30 PM EDT
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I worked a short while at THD in hardware. We used to have tape measure standout competitions. Dewalt FatMax usually won.
While there, I was shocked to learned that most construction levels...aren't. |
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Posted: 2/13/2021 6:41:58 PM EDT
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Most people just use them with their right hand, and mark with their left. All you are doing is marking a little tickey mark, your not writing a book.
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Posted: 2/13/2021 7:07:57 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I am amazed at the number of people who can't read a tape measure, no matter whether left or right handed. My wife can do it, but it takes forever and she lacks all confidence when she calls out the measurement, to the degree I just measure everything to avoid getting mad at her when I'm left with scrap after a cut. |
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Posted: 2/13/2021 7:45:56 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: How cute, they even tell you what the little lines mean The single most annoying thing about any tape is clutter. I fucking hate unnecessary clutter. I want to pull a measurement and move to the next task, so I want strong, clear foot and.inch marks, and I want the inch marks to reset at every foot. I don't need to know that 10'2" is 122 inches. I want to see the 10' mark and a 2" mark. |
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Posted: 2/13/2021 7:47:49 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Most people just use them with their right hand, and mark with their left. All you are doing is marking a little tickey mark, your not writing a book. Yep . |
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Posted: 2/13/2021 7:49:15 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Inches are for whores and architects. The good lord gave us engineer tapes for a reason.
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Posted: 2/13/2021 7:51:55 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: How cute, they even tell you what the little lines mean Not the worst thing. Sometimes I'll be upside down in an awkward position measuring and I'll take the time to be sure I'm reading a tape correctly - they are so busy with notches and information. That sounds ridiculous to say, but I'm saying it. |
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Posted: 2/13/2021 8:13:31 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: to give engineers one more thing to fuck up for the people who actually have to do the work? I’m just too stupid to not use tenths. |
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Posted: 2/13/2021 8:49:10 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Most people just use them with their right hand, and mark with their left. All you are doing is marking a little tickey mark, your not writing a book. if you keep the tape measure in your left hand and mark it with your right hand, there’s no doubt it’s easier. and if the numbers are not upside down, there’s no doubt that it is also easier. And there’s no doubt that it’s easier to mark it with your dominant hand since that is the hand that you write with And after a couple hundred “little tickies” In the day, it would make a difference |
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Posted: 2/13/2021 9:30:37 PM EDT
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Fastcap lefty righty on amazon for $9.99
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Posted: 2/13/2021 10:09:13 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Fastcap lefty righty on amazon for $9.99 you can write the measurements on it as well, even has a pencil sharpener on it
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Posted: 2/13/2021 11:57:20 PM EDT
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They also make a flat tape if you're like me and hate dealing with a curved tape when trying to make accurate measurements/markings.
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Posted: 2/14/2021 10:43:01 AM EDT
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Posted: 2/14/2021 10:56:04 AM EDT
[#29]
Quote Historyand both sides readable  but I see they had to put 32 inches on there for cabinet height, lol |
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Posted: 2/14/2021 11:01:40 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I am amazed at the number of people who can't read a tape measure, no matter whether left or right handed. (I get that that's 5/8ths (isn't it?) ) |
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Posted: 2/14/2021 12:20:43 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I suck at fractions. When I use a tape measure it's usually 37 1/2 inches and "2 lines" or something like that. (I get that that's 5/8ths (isn't it?) ) I always get tripped up when trying to do some number of 16ths. If I want 11/16 I know that's 1/16 short of 3/4, but half the time I end up looking on the wrong side of the 3/4 mark, or miss the 3/4 mark completely. That's why I just ordered one of these in the Standard Reverse marking style:  Attached File |
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Posted: 2/14/2021 12:30:41 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: You might want to consider a digital tape measure ;) I always get tripped up when trying to do some number of 16ths. If I want 11/16 I know that's 1/16 short of 3/4, but half the time I end up looking on the wrong side of the 3/4 mark, or miss the 3/4 mark completely. That's why I just ordered one of these in the Standard Reverse marking style: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/77386/s-l400_jpg-1824727.JPG when I was doing a lot of framing, we just called out either short or strong of the standard normal fraction. We would never say sixteenths, Although with the cabinets I build nowadays days It’s a lot more precise I have that tape measure, it even has a pencil sharpener on it
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Posted: 2/14/2021 1:32:59 PM EDT
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It does not matter which way the numbers go.
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Posted: 2/14/2021 1:59:41 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: when I was doing a lot of framing, we just called out either short or strong of the standard normal fraction. We would never say sixteenths, Although with the cabinets I build nowadays days It’s a lot more precise I have that tape measure, it even has a pencil sharpener on it I did siding for a little while (cedar, not vinyl), and that's how everything was called out. Short or strong, and if you were marking it for someone else to cut, you'd place an X on whichever side of the line the blade needed to pass. |
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Posted: 2/14/2021 2:01:32 PM EDT
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Magnetic fat max Master race checking in
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Posted: 2/14/2021 3:28:44 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Magnetic fat max Master race checking in it reads upside down for a right hander  but if we have a contest to see how far it can stretch without bending, you’ll win
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Posted: 2/16/2021 2:19:09 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: and both sides readable but I see they had to put 32 inches on there for cabinet height, lol Quote HistoryQuoted: and both sides readable but I see they had to put 32 inches on there for cabinet height, lol The "true 32" refers to the 32mm system used by European cabinet manufacturers. I hope you were being sarcastic. 
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Posted: 2/16/2021 3:10:43 AM EDT
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But what the heck are this red and black diamonds for....
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Posted: 2/16/2021 10:48:05 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: But what the heck are this red and black diamonds for.... “The diamonds start at the 19.2 inches mark on the tape and can be utilized to help correctly space the floor trusses for a 4×8 T&G sub-floor with a span rating of 20” o.c. The black diamonds provide a visual cue to help you work faster” copied and pasted |
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Posted: 2/16/2021 12:10:34 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: “The diamonds start at the 19.2 inches mark on the tape and can be utilized to help correctly space the floor trusses for a 4×8 T&G sub-floor with a span rating of 20” o.c. The black diamonds provide a visual cue to help you work faster” copied and pasted Why is my triangle called a square. How to I use it to calculate the rafter length for my hip roof... |
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Posted: 2/17/2021 8:29:17 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Inches are for whores and architects. The good lord gave us engineer tapes for a reason. Can you recommend a good decimal inch tape? I can’t stand fractions. |
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Posted: 2/17/2021 11:55:21 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Is it wrong to read a tape measure like "six and a quarter and two notches"? Asking for a friend....... And I framed and built my entire basement. You don't need to worry about the notches between quarters for framing!! You ain't buildin' a peeanah!! |
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Posted: 2/17/2021 11:57:57 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryGross. |
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Posted: 2/17/2021 12:08:34 PM EDT
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In my backup toolbox I had a freebie Hazard Fraught that I finally used enough times to justify purchasing a "good" one. I went into our local ACE wanting a USA made tape, and figuring that I would look at the Milwaukee and Stanley Fatmax's. I think the only 25' USA made tape I could find was a chrome Stanley. I ended up buying it.
Fast forward about a month, my backup "toolbox" is a bucket with a pocket organizer on it. One of the outside pockets has a metal clip that is made for a tape to hang on... So I was working in the shop that the bucket is in, and my 3 year old decides to make a game of puling on the new tapes "hook" while it is still clipped to the bucket, pulling it out, then letting it go and reel up at a gazillion miles an hour. I cringe every time, but I was getting work done and he was having fun, so I kept working... That lasted about 3 minutes until he got to about 25' - 2", or whatever the max is, then kept pulling and yanked the tape right out of the housing. That tape didn't last long. |
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Posted: 2/17/2021 12:09:07 PM EDT
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We have a test for people apply for our factory jobs and part of it is reading a tape measure. 9 out 0f 10 can't read a tape measure , can't tell you how many inches are in a foot , how many feet in a yard , and so on. Pretty sad really.
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