Can you REALLY Read a Tape Measure?

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@todddeorio6282 4 жыл бұрын

He is right, I work construction and I would say at least 80% are clueless . I never laugh at new guys, just be honest and I can teach you. This video is priceless .... keep up the good work.

@shermrock345 4 жыл бұрын

I try not to laugh at people either cause we all had to learn at one point. And nothin more frustrating then here go do but you just starting out and might not know exactly how. Or you know how, but you also know there has to be an easier way but you just don't know it yet.

@ninesixteengenetix 4 жыл бұрын

Now that's a winning attitude. Not some b.s. attitude over something small

@DrCranberry 4 жыл бұрын

I've been welding for 3 years, and while I can read down to the 16th's, I had no actual idea that they never used even numbers for the numerator, or that any line besides the half actually denotes the length (such as 1/4 being longer then 3/16ths). I must've looked like an idiot telling people I needed 6/16ths material lmao

@royreynolds108 4 жыл бұрын

Always remember: "I can teach you but I can't learn for you."

@EricRudolph9 4 жыл бұрын

Agreed I teach at a Maker Space, the younger ones just don't know, the older ones stick with 8/16 and so on...

@mgc1970 4 жыл бұрын

WHY...were you not the math teacher teaching me fractions, all those decades ago??!!! That was honestly the clearest, easiest to understand explanation of fractions I have EVER seen in my 50 years on earth...bravo!!! 🥃👍

@Welddotcom 4 жыл бұрын

Glad we could be a help

@albertovasquez9516 Жыл бұрын

You're funny dude, where have you been living all this time? in a cave

@44_83 Жыл бұрын

@@Welddotcom How much $$$ wood your students have to collect passing the hat to have you shave that beard off.

@antoniog9814 7 ай бұрын

@@44_83 it depends on how much wood he could chuck.

@lonewolftech 4 ай бұрын

It still makes no sense 😂 fuck fractions and standard I’ll just stick with metric.

@runemrick 4 жыл бұрын

You're helping a lot of people with this. No one wants to admit they don't know, so no one gets help. It's a secret burden of shame we all carry in the beginning. How long you carry it is up to you. Learn and teach.

@absolutelyfookinnobody2843 Жыл бұрын

No, it's a stupid ego thing. There is no shame in not knowing something you never learned. People live busy lives, why learn something that has little to no use? Unless it's a hobby, job related or a safety thing. Then there isn't an issue in not knowing something

@absolutelyfookinnobody2843 Жыл бұрын

Also there are tons of video on this. He isn't the only person teaching this

@runemrick Жыл бұрын

@@absolutelyfookinnobody2843, that's true until a man works in the industry and hides it. A man might work construction and feel he'd be fired for not knowing. Then he won't ask. I remember a young man helping me in my shop, and I asked him a simple question while we were working, and discovered he didn't know. He was mortified. I told him nothing else matters today. Today, he will leave an expert, and I worked with him until he was.

@PaulTripleHLavesque 9 ай бұрын

I'm 21 and still ain't the best at it I know how to read one kind of lol but haven't really needed to use one except for now cause the job I'm at requires measuring

@shrl241 8 ай бұрын

There's a lot of people teaching this but the way you broke it down,it made me not only understand it but I can actually explain it.

@Zachary_Setzer 7 ай бұрын

Been reading a tape measure my whole life and never knew the movement of the hook was an intentional design feature. Never stop learning!

@youtubedeletestheoppositio8188 12 күн бұрын

How did you not know that?

@Zachary_Setzer 12 күн бұрын

@@youtubedeletestheoppositio8188 Because I'm not a bot. Hello bot.

@youtubedeletestheoppositio8188 10 күн бұрын

@@Zachary_Setzer that’s a weird response lol? I’m no bot but I feel that should have been known to some1 using a tape for “their whole life”. Apparently not tho bud

@Zachary_Setzer 10 күн бұрын

@youtubedeletestheoppositio8188 That is always my response when I get a nonsense reply. Asking "how did you not know X' is a ridiculous question. There are an infinite number of things I don't know. The surprise is that I know the few things I do. Didn't you look at the title and thumbnail of the video?

@youtubedeletestheoppositio8188 10 күн бұрын

@@Zachary_Setzer normally I’d agree but as the video mentions, your measurements would be off if you didn’t use the hook right. Nvm, I’m a bot and can’t figure it out.

@wearemilesfromnowhere4630 4 жыл бұрын

My mother in law taught me how to read a tape measure. She was always showing me how I come up short.

@ashleymills8164 4 жыл бұрын

Lolol

@nickvanwhatt 4 жыл бұрын

Small pp?

@ashleymills8164 4 жыл бұрын

Lolololooololok small pp lol

@nickvanwhatt 4 жыл бұрын

Sorry for the pun I'm a lil d**k

@tacomas9602 4 жыл бұрын

Kinky

@kieren7763 4 жыл бұрын

The metric version of this video is learn how to count and your done lol

@GodslilRedneck23 4 жыл бұрын

kieren meier 😂 that’s why we chose imperial. Way harder. Makes for a longer video.

@1pcfred 4 жыл бұрын

No then you have to improve on your possessive pronouns and contractions or you're an idiot.

@adammeyer8204 4 жыл бұрын

But there's so many damn lines on those things.

@1pcfred 4 жыл бұрын

@Danny Timms down with imperialism! Hooray for US Customary Units! Which Thomas Jefferson who famously penned the Declaration of Independence developed in 1789 to much less fanfare. Let freedom ring. Even the crown adopted the US inch standard. So long ago that nobody even realizes it today. 185 years ago as of now. Poor Tom unfortunately wasn't alive himself to see it though. Metric is base 10 which a lot of people are familiar with so they like it for that reason. The inch is whatever base you want it to be. Divide it up however you see fit. Quarters, eighths, halves, sixteenths, anything goes. Oh and you can even have your inch in base 10 if you insist. A centimeter is a lot shorter than an inch is. So that may be a large part of it's appeal? You know, for those guys who don't quite measure up. Not being ah, large. Purely conjecture on my part. The last I checked I was of above average stature myself. I've been called Tall Paul. heh

@jwiereng 4 жыл бұрын

metric people cannot spell. *you're*

@tsmart3029 3 жыл бұрын

From the bottom of my heart, thank you bro! The clearest and easiest to understand explanation on this topic. I am not in any trade that requires using tapes, but I do DIY in my free times. I was forced to learn this today after an embarrassing experience. A guy working on my project gave me a tape to measure a wall length in a property of mine undergoing remodeling, I looked like an idiot after spitting out wrong incoherent inches and eyes were rolling as I confidently said rubbish. 😂 Now u save me from future embarrassments! You’ve got a sub from me.

@saileencruileen2163 5 ай бұрын

Hey, you've got humor on your side!! That "counts" for a lot!

@mariusvanniekerk7707 4 жыл бұрын

Reminds me of the first time I had to write a check. Almost 30 years old, and never had a check book. Felt silly not knowing how to write a check, but if you haven't done it before, nothing to be ashamed about.

@k_vandals5119 4 жыл бұрын

2 years taking drafting in high school was honestly the best thing for measurements IMO. After drawing exact lines time after time, I could look at almost any nut/bolt and tell you the exact size standard or metric. Great video

@Stang413 2 жыл бұрын

I took a similar class in high school and we would do worksheets reading tape measures and micrometers.

@t.s.racing 4 жыл бұрын

You know what they say, 5 out of 4 people can't do fractions.

@SandBoxJohn 4 жыл бұрын

Only thing one has to remember is each progressively smaller unit is one half of the larger.

@joandar1 4 жыл бұрын

So that is about 125% of people, lol. John, Australia.

@michaelslee4336 4 жыл бұрын

Sand Box John Oh, so you say that’s the ONLY thing to remember. How does that help exactly?

@nuttinbedder2do70 4 жыл бұрын

I say that alot and always enjoy the people who say, "that sounds about right". Happy to hear my 8yr old's response of " That's not right the first number is bigger than the second".

@ryanb1874 4 жыл бұрын

Nice.

@giovannimalgioglio7427 2 жыл бұрын

I was one of those people who pretended how to read a tape measure. This guy is great teacher, surely educated me on how to properly read a tape measure. AWESOME job in online instruction

@lifeinthearclane6240 3 жыл бұрын

This is by far the most educational channel for welding and fabrication hands down! Thanks guys!

@mas7475 4 жыл бұрын

Great video! If there's anyone out there who feels dumb because they dont know how to read a tape, you shouldn't. We all had to learn. Once ya got it you'll have it forever.

@1pcfred 4 жыл бұрын

I took a lot of drafting in school so I don't even remember when I learned. Not that I didn't know even before then. But I got a real workout with the scales drafting. Mechanical and architectural drawing.

@offtheheezy2770 Жыл бұрын

Not necessarily true I used to be a welder was in school for it and everything but when COVID hit I lost track of all that and hadn't even picked up a tape in years and wouldn't you know it I forgot how to read a tape

@mwpaus 4 жыл бұрын

Metric tape measure = 1 min video Imperial tape measure = 14 min video lol

@boots7859 3 жыл бұрын

USA-ians with out barbaric measurement system, traveled to the Moon 50 years ago. Enlightened snobs with the Metricly superior attitudes, haven't gotten to the Moon but massage their ego's in YT comments. LOL.

@toey8925 3 жыл бұрын

@@boots7859 german guy did it in metric. you don't know it

@user-yi3tj6dw9i 3 жыл бұрын

@@boots7859 NASA used metric. Sorry.

@cooly32 3 жыл бұрын

@@user-yi3tj6dw9i i was gonna say the same thing. If you want a good read, look up how/why Nasa ended up using metric. It is kind of a funny story.

@marsbase3729 3 жыл бұрын

As a American, I grew up with Imperial so I'm more familiar with guessing estimations in Imperial, but there is no denying that metric is definitely the better system. So much simpler to convert and less chance for error while fumbling with fractions. I try to use metric more now, especially when accuracy is really important.

@Oonagh72 3 жыл бұрын

This is the best fractions less I have ever seen. Growing up my sisters and I played with tape measures. Measuring stuff and playing carpenter. I can read a tape measure very well. I measure 3 times and cut once. The issue you describe here isn’t the inability to read a tape measure. It is the inability to do basic fractions.

@jdavisfabrication2401 2 жыл бұрын

I have been welding for over 30 years . This is is the only video that actually shows and explains how to read a tape measure correctly. From now on I can just replay the video over and over instead of repeating myself

@ericbogar9665 8 ай бұрын

But you really don't have to reduce like he claims. It's still the same measurement without reducing anything.

@SlimeOhIm 7 ай бұрын

@@ericbogar9665 question, how the hell is he getting 3/8ths. The first one made sense 1/8th because 2 goes into itself and then goes into 16 8 times. 3/8ths makes no sense because nothing goes into 16 3 times. So where’s the 3 coming from?

@SlimeOhIm 7 ай бұрын

Let’s go I figured it out 🤟^^

@ericbogar9665 7 ай бұрын

6/16 of an inch is equal to 3/8. Use 2 to get in simplest form. 2 times 3 is 6, and 2 times 8 is 16. @@SlimeOhIm

@MWash-yr1xe 4 жыл бұрын

This channel is insanely underrated. Thanks for another great video.

@martinkuliza 7 ай бұрын

The Metric system is insanely underrated

@jofasable 4 жыл бұрын

You done it again, first was your fantastic safety video, now I understand tape measurements and I have been on building sites since 1975/76 Very professional Tutor, thank you.

@therealchayd 2 жыл бұрын

I've never got on with imperial measurements (other than just using feet and inches for rough measurements - a foot being about the length of an average foot, and an inch being about the length from your thumb knuckle to the thumb tip), this helped understand the system a lot, even though being a Brit I use metric for anything precise. Thanks for the video!

@michaelewert9038 4 жыл бұрын

We use metric ones and everything in fabrication is measured in millimetres. I think its far easier to use.

@allanbarber4038 4 жыл бұрын

I agree that the metric system is easier; however, it get pretty darn complicated for metric users when the measurements are given in Imperial measurements (which is still mostly the standard in the USA).

@2kor517 4 жыл бұрын

@@allanbarber4038 As a swede brought up on metric, yes it's really really confusing trying to understand imperial. But If you know how many mm are in an inch it's easy just to convert the measurement

@David-yy7lb 4 жыл бұрын

However the imperial system is easier to visualize for example a standard sheet of plywood 4'x8' or standard ceiling height 8' or 1/4 mile or 12" well the average human feet is 1' the list goes on

@2kor517 4 жыл бұрын

@@David-yy7lb I have to disagree, after spending a few years in construction you can guess pretty accurately in mm as wel

@michaelewert9038 4 жыл бұрын

David I understand. But here a small sheet of metal is 1000x2000 = 1m x 2m. In the metric system the conversation is easier. You don’t have to deal with 12, 16 and so on.

@Bluelightbandit 4 жыл бұрын

Watching this pretty much confirms that I have no life...

@robertbradley6946 4 жыл бұрын

HAHA, I've been in construction for 25 years, could read a tape at age 10. I watched the whole video myself and find it to be extremely useful and bookmarked for future use. Not for me though! Heh!

@handmade3681 4 жыл бұрын

Guns, Gadgets & Guitars at least now you can have no life down to 1/16th

@handmade3681 4 жыл бұрын

jrg10332 that was a joke

@pepegonzalez9979 3 жыл бұрын

So? Walk on the train 🚆 tracks and sit right on the tracks!

@standardeight 4 жыл бұрын

Beautifully done, thank you. I’m from the UK and at an age where I had to work with both systems but never had the formal education in the Imperial one only the metric system. It should all be obvious but having you explain in clearly and succinctly just helps clarify it for a numpty like me, very grateful to you for taking the time.

@seanfilkins9266 3 жыл бұрын

This was great. I am 47 years old and build things all the time and have always counted the lines because I have never learned the proper way. This made it very easy to learn and understand the right way to read a tape measure. I also have been welding on and off over the years and want to get into it more to become more efficient and maybe take it into a career. But always put it to the side because of being self taught. Now my son has attended a local program in school and helps me with projects sometimes which makes the work more fun because he is 19 and gives me a hard time if it’s not right. Lol. Just want to say also thank you for your videos because for the guy like me that likes to work with his hands it helps with technique and the tools I should have for the trade.

@YungSteambuns 7 ай бұрын

Don't use a standard tape measure, get one that is metric, it's 100x easier and more precise because it's based on sets of 10 instead of a fraction

@forkliftwizard 4 жыл бұрын

It's funny how something that seems so basic isn't for many people. Like telling time on an analog clock. Damn maybe I'm just old.

@parkeranderson5074 4 жыл бұрын

forkliftwizard I use a sun dial

@JungleMeta 4 жыл бұрын

Reasons why metric is better lol

@MisterCheemf 4 жыл бұрын

@@JungleMeta we get it you guys didn't land on the moon.

@shermrock345 4 жыл бұрын

@@JungleMeta i agree metric is easier. And for some faster when they have to add or subtract two numbers that aren't whole numbers. I dont like doin stuff like 7/8 - 3/16. I can do it but id rather lay it out and do it than just figure it out in my head.

@JungleMeta 4 жыл бұрын

@@MisterCheemf neither did you lol

@justinrowe3100 4 жыл бұрын

At my old job we hired a boy fresh out of high school that couldn't read a tape measure, so I spent a week giving him a crash course that almost matches the video.but to throw a wrench in the gears we had the added confusion of working in standard and engineers scale ( tenths). Not to mention that I was the company mechanic which would bring out the micrometers and calipers which would then add the other wrench of thousandths. It's all good now though..... I mechanic for the local CAT dealer..... now it's just a mix of thousandths, metric, and standard 😅😅 it's like being a ford mechanic in the 90s

@wes11bravo 3 жыл бұрын

I got really good at reading a tape measure and adding fractions in my head when I worked for a company that made custom crates for bulk freight. It took a few days of gears grinding in my head but once it clicked, I "got it". It's a skill I've retained after all these years and, coincidentally, was the only way I could truly understand how fractions worked. Theory in books makes my eyes glaze over - give me something practical any day!

@saileencruileen2163 5 ай бұрын

It's pretty awesome of you to make this video. I would never have imagined that 95% of students did not know how to read a tape measure. I better remember that next time I have someone help me with a project. Having been a welder for over 30 years, I guess I see it as common knowledge. Mighty nice of you to do this for folks!

@jimmyj2563 4 жыл бұрын

As an Australian metalworker I work in both imperial and metric.. I gotta say metric is by far the easiest. Great video by the way

@jeremycook5836 4 жыл бұрын

As an American who only works in Freedom Units.....I agree with you

@funkymunky7935 4 жыл бұрын

Aussie here too. The imperial system is ridiculous

@chrisharden3934 4 жыл бұрын

I regularly try to combine both with phases such as 'I need some 3mm rod, about a foot long'! (In the UK, was brought up using both systems and flip between them continually, often on the same job). Generally if it needs to be exact I use metric, if it's an approximation I use imperial!

@LoneWolf051 4 жыл бұрын

@@funkymunky7935 I dont know why we yanks still use it, honestly

@jimmyj2563 4 жыл бұрын

Funky Munky Even worse is the habit of saying aluminum.. in place of aluminium Does my bloody head in. It’s never sodum Or titanum Or ceasum Potasum Get my drift?? Never understood dropping the I Ah well.

@CactusPete69 3 жыл бұрын

This video hits the mark right on the spot. My Dad started teaching me how to read a tape when I was around ten years old. He used to get my bicycle and teach me how to grease it and the importance of the grease. How to center up the front and rear axles and adjust the tension on the chain. He would tell me, you learn how to read this tape and math will be easy for you. He was correct. After school, I became a welder, and boy did all the stuff he taught me early in life pay off. One of the best videos I've seen on here. Thanks...

@TheoRhoades 2 ай бұрын

I've watched several videos on this...and how they explain it makes no sense. Hands down the BEST video on this

@grassfedcontent 7 ай бұрын

This is great for kids and teens and anyone whos just now trying to get into DIY. Very well broken down and i hope everyone learned something. Thanks for being so thorough

@josephvella3688 4 жыл бұрын

In reduced form. My teacher always said you ain't going to the cold cut guy and saying let me get 8/16 of a pound of ham.

@em21701 4 жыл бұрын

You will get some uneducated recipe readers that will ask for "point five pounds". You could ask for 8 oz though... Source: Was a cold-cut guy

@jessewilson4954 4 жыл бұрын

Now that I'm over 60, all those marks blur together, especially if the light is dim>>

@jacklandismcgowan1413 4 жыл бұрын

Lmao....that’s the truth

@fixitallpaul4847 4 жыл бұрын

At 59 the light is always dim

@thorlo1278 4 жыл бұрын

Over 60? heck I passed that 9 years ago. This coming November I turn 70!

@shermrock345 4 жыл бұрын

I prefer bigger print tapes. Not the huge ones they are bulky but something in between. Im not old i just dont gave 20/20 lol

@kevinarmstrong864 4 жыл бұрын

Hay I can read a tape can you teach me to spell try to see 32 and 64ths after 50 ! ,

@shaggysidbacon6144 4 жыл бұрын

Dude as a Welder I truly appreciate what you r doing ..keep up the good work

@whitneyyoung3061 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this video!!! I never grew up building things so I’ve had a hard time learning how to really read a tape measure. This video is a life saver! Thanks for helping me increase my trade knowledge.

@timturner7609 4 жыл бұрын

Rofl I thought he was going to show some neat tricks. Instead it's literally 1/16 1/8 3/16 1/4...

@strangeblacksmith 4 жыл бұрын

Same. LOL

@thechronicgeneralist 4 жыл бұрын

Clearly some people need it...

@shallowpocketracing7525 4 жыл бұрын

I thought that as well. I thought that there were something I didn't know like tricks with a speed square. Then he is like..this is a sixteenth...this is an eighth...I'm thinking ...fine...keep your secrets.

@strangeblacksmith 4 жыл бұрын

@@shallowpocketracing7525 Essential Craftsman has a video on tape measures that does explain a lot of tricks and little known features. (Mostly construction related though.)

@GigsVT 4 жыл бұрын

i think ill show this to my 6 year old son. Should be interesting to him.

@tina8796 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent job of explaining. You and Dr. Dixon explain the tape measure better than anyone else on KZfaq. Some of the other videos leave me completely lost. I think a lot of math would be simple if taught be the right person. Honestly, some people should never be teachers; they may be smart but don't understand how to teach others. Thanks again ! Great, great video.

@joyanderson382 4 жыл бұрын

I have been trying to learn this for the longest time. You have clearly explained it and my brain finally connects the dots. Mind blown

@marshhawk1718 3 жыл бұрын

Great video! Thanks for sharing! We need more teachers like you that can teach with patience.

@mickehusse6278 4 жыл бұрын

For me being a metric guy (Swedish) who likes American bikes this was very useful. Up until now I always converted imperial to metric, that’s not always fully accurate. Thanks a lot, for this. Love your content 👍👍👍👍👍

@thefriendlypsychopath3894 4 күн бұрын

I learned that at 16 years old in prison, when i got out at 19 my first job was in a machine shop where eventually i learned how to Weld. After moving on in life i eventually became an Aerodynamics Analyst CFD level 2.

@matthewluttrell9413 4 жыл бұрын

Thought this was going to be more tips and tricks but I'm glad it was this basic lesson. I've been having to teach people these basics lately and this is helpful. I'll be using that worksheet

@thareal9479 3 жыл бұрын

This is the best explanation for reading a tape measure i've ever seen. Made so simple and easy in quite a nice detail necessary for understanding. Love this video.❤👍🏼

@shrl241 8 ай бұрын

I really appreciate your time explaining this. You made it so clear, easy to learn. I never understood the measuring tape and it has been very difficult for me to understand it up to now. Thank you so much.

@legitguy4544 4 жыл бұрын

That’s weird cuz I used a Milwaukee tape measure that shows the fractions for two years at my job and now I can use a regular Stanley tape measure cuz now I know where the fractions are

@300sixslut 4 жыл бұрын

No wonder I havent gotten any customers after that first project, dang.

@michaelsa892 8 ай бұрын

I had a guy on the first day of being a apprentice, electrician teach me how to read a tape measure I will always be grateful to him for taking the time to teach me

@Thomas-jl3gn 7 ай бұрын

I originally clicked this video because I had to see why it took 15 minutes to explain how to use a tape measure. Now I know. Good teachers take their time & explain thoroughly. Great video & great teacher. 👍👏👏

@willykanos1044 4 жыл бұрын

One more thing about tape measures: As a retired carpenter I have use tape measures all my life. Few people realize that they are all, by standard, designed for left-handed people. Think about it. A right-handed person holds his marker in his right hand so he holds the tape measure in his left. Hook the hook over the end of the material, stretch the tape out so you can mark it, and all the numbers are upside down. Had you been left-handed the numbers would be upright and proper.

@thorlo1278 4 жыл бұрын

Good thing I've been left handed since I was born. I love being left handed! Throws everybody else off while I stand there and giggle!

@thomasutley 4 жыл бұрын

willy kanos FastCap sells a lefty tape measure just for this reason!

@maggitmaster 4 жыл бұрын

Pull from left to right not from right to left, I'm right handed and the numbers are never upside down

@allanbarber4038 4 жыл бұрын

@@maggitmaster Ya, BUT now you either have to try to cross you hands to mark the place to cut; or you have to mark with your left hand (very awkward for a 'righty' and not very accurate for most). You are 100 % right if you measure from left to right (most) tapes are right side up; another but, sometimes it is more convenient to measure from right to left and they are upside down.

@maggitmaster 4 жыл бұрын

@@allanbarber4038 I hold the tape with my left hand or lock it and mark with my right, accuracy is with in a 64th

@brooksravenscroft8304 4 жыл бұрын

Great video, I actually have to teach guys how to sweep on my jobs. The unfortunate part is that there are few of us passing skills down to the next generation.

@keithjohnson281 4 жыл бұрын

That's because jobs are few and far between.A young guy could take your job and not know the worth of the experience needed and accept a lower pay rate, and be happy.

@sunburstmike8745 2 жыл бұрын

You're comment actually proves you are a good mentor. My wife always said that the failure of a new employee depends on the lack of COMPLETE initial training with newbie worker; such as "this is where to park your car, this is where you put your coat, where you dock-in, where you take lunch, when it's a good time (and NOT) to ask your boss or co-workers a question, how you sweep, how to empty the garbage etc. Instead you see many initiations go something like this: Okay make sure to park your car away from the port-a-johns and now let's go cut some joists and stringers with that speed square you just bought at HD last night. I exaggerate ... but not that much!

@Trembz 8 ай бұрын

My dad was a carpenter his whole life so he taught me how to read one but this video is such a great resource for those who have never learned, great video homie!

@danielestrada3624 Жыл бұрын

Great video. I retired from a different line of work and really did not have the need to use a tape measure or have the luck of someone teach me. Several people in the trade would get rude or sarcastic or did not have the time to show me how to measure correctly. Thanks so much for the information.

@toolbox-gua 4 жыл бұрын

Very useful video. Thanks. I live in a country that uses ALL units posible, but fractions of an inch has always been slow for me. We measure lumber by foot/inch, “standard” steel imperial, road distance by meter/kilometer, buy gasoline by galon, cars make km/gal, milk at the store by litter, cooking oil by quarts, land is bought by “vara cuadrada” an old spanish measure 84 cm square, textiles are sold by yard, human height by meters, human weight by pounds, if technical cars have power in hp and torque in N-m. Climate temp in Celcius (never in Fahrenheit) but stove or oven most certainly never in Celsius. It is indeed kind of fun.

@causewaykayak Жыл бұрын

Care to say where? Sounds interesting.

@toolbox-gua Жыл бұрын

@@causewaykayak it's Guatemala.

@causewaykayak Жыл бұрын

Definitely interesting. Exotic even. I used to work on very old buildings. We used measuring sticks for joinery in difficult cases. Medieval methods. Predates rulers. The craftsman would measure the place for replacement windows or doors and return to his work area with a bundle of sticks - His measuring rods. The dimensions would be marked off with a knife cut. Very precise . Small sub divisions can be done with Dividers/Compasses and block gauges You can use all this for stone too. It dates from a time when no ruler was accurate. It could not subdivide accurately into fixed proportions until the invention of engraving devices like Ramsdens Dividing Engine and the Enlightenment (mostly France i think) created a 'logical /rational' system based on Tens and the metre. Prior to that versions of Imperial were the best as they depend on folding and refolding. Once a standard length is set ?? a Foot for instance you can cut that length and refold it repeatedly for in Half , in Quarter, in Eighth and Sixteenth. Triple fold a yard for one foot. Measuring rods avoid chance of mishap in a world where everyone's ruler is engraved differently . They survive today in rare specialist work and more generally in the jigs and gauges (Go-No Go type) that allow mass production in industry. Thanks for your own very interesting account 👍

@jonathanblacksher9719 3 жыл бұрын

I thought I knew how to read a tape. Watched the whole video just to find out I do indeed know how to read a tape.

@Tightwad64 8 ай бұрын

As a mechanic knowing the wrench sizes really helped me read a type measure great video Tks for your time

@johnbrown7911 Жыл бұрын

The things you take for granted. I don't remember when my dad taught me how to read a tape measure. He did framing and drywall and while he taught me a lot he nudged me away from that work and more towards electrical.

@hahaLOLhaha72 4 жыл бұрын

3/7 it's right before 3/8

@jaxturner7288 4 жыл бұрын

No such thing as 3/7.

@sween187 4 жыл бұрын

Well it would come after 3/8 🤓

@idave4900 4 жыл бұрын

@@jaxturner7288 *Woosh!*

@hahaLOLhaha72 4 жыл бұрын

@@sween187 🤯

@1pcfred 4 жыл бұрын

@@jaxturner7288 of course there is. Just not in the sixteenths scale.

@Elk4758 4 жыл бұрын

Well there a leaned something. I didn't know the slop in the end of the tape measure was intentional.

@johnsylvester6734 4 жыл бұрын

THANK YOU!!! I am a high school shop teacher and I teach this to my students EVERY year and I get so frustrated at the fact that they don’t already know it and some don’t care that they can’t measure! I do the same song and dance then I have them measure real pieces of steel so they get use to it! So I will be adding “you” and the handouts to my class to underscore the importance of measuring correctly!! I will be taking the test and posting it so I can get some of that SWEET Weld.com SWAG!!! Thanks again!!

@clarkkent459 7 ай бұрын

As a machinist I wish I only had to worry about 1/16" instead of .001 or .0001. I feel bad that people really don't understand a standard tape measure. Your right as it also belongs to upbringing.

@mystiquesquared 7 ай бұрын

Right. 😂 not to mention the machinist jargon itself. 283 thou. 2 or 3 tenths. A tape measure is the least of our worries usually.

@fabe202 Жыл бұрын

Great presentation!!! Your an excellent instructor. Keep up the great work!!!

@ToddLarsen 4 жыл бұрын

I'm not ashamed to say that after watching this video I now know that 1/2 inch and 3 lines is really 11/16. Honestly I'll never look at a tape the same again, thank you! Thanks for sharing and as always keep building 👍

@1pcfred 4 жыл бұрын

Well one half is 8/16 and 8 + 3 = 11

@shawnbalser7481 6 күн бұрын

My father drew a pie and put 4 pieces into that pie.Learned instantly how a fraction works.Great video.

@Leonarco333 Жыл бұрын

Amazing video. It’s hard to stress to kids how important fractions and math are so they never internalize the lessons and are lost when it comes time as an adult that they need to know these things. Thanks for sharing some knowledge.

@erisi6204 4 жыл бұрын

Glad my Grandparents learned the metric system.

@CRebeliron 4 жыл бұрын

That's the weirdest metric tape I have ever seen 🤣

@taylorwilson3768 9 ай бұрын

im currently in school for welding and I have to say im nervous as hell going back but this video really helped. totally recommend.

@dvant420 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the seriously. I'm 44 yo and never understood fractions. Great with numbers but fractions got me. The way you explained it and broke it down clicked with me

@melgross 4 жыл бұрын

I felt like I was back in the second grade. I remember learning this from there. How do people not know this?

@1pcfred 4 жыл бұрын

They're stupid and ignorant. How do you not know that?

@rhinelanderpcoffical2446 2 жыл бұрын

Because parents don’t teach this to their kids.. maybe some people didn’t have a reason to learn how to use one.

@TWX1138 4 жыл бұрын

"Download a Blank Tape Measure to Follow Along: @t" link did not work.

@MsRotorwings 28 күн бұрын

Straightforward. Teaching how the fractions were derived and the theory behind it is very helpful. Thanks.

@Go-mf1fz 2 жыл бұрын

My man! Great job explaining simple but very important matter in anything that we try to build.

@x9x9x9x9x9 4 жыл бұрын

I thought there was going to be some mistake I was doing my whole life but no. People are just slow.

@619kane 4 жыл бұрын

IM SOOO GLAD YOUR MOM WAS SO FAST DAMN CAN SHE GO.

@adammeyer8204 4 жыл бұрын

Me too .

@x9x9x9x9x9 4 жыл бұрын

@@619kane You must have been one of those people in the 95% who didn't know how to read a tape measure before watching this.

@619kane 4 жыл бұрын

YOU ARE SOOO SMART ITS AMAZING YOUR FATHER EINSTEIN WOULD BE SO PROUD OF YOU .SADLY YOU MUST BE THE 1% OF PEOPLE WHO ARE GAY.SO YOU WONT BE ABLE TO CARRY ON THE FAMILY NAME.

@jackofalltrades4904 4 жыл бұрын

@@619kane Wow! Are you 12 years old or what?

@johnwurst6691 4 жыл бұрын

Great video! Can I suggest you ask throw your inch tapes away and work in SI units? So much simpler! The world is metric for a reason 😜

@1pcfred 4 жыл бұрын

The United States is the preeminent superpower on the planet for reasons too.

@hityoutwo 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this video. I was definitely one of the ppl raising my hand , thinking I knew how to use one, but didn’t!

@elmeromero1794 12 күн бұрын

We had a 4th year ironworker apprentice that still doesn’t know how to read a tape measure. I tried teaching him for 6 months. Some people just don’t want to learn and he was one of them.

@didierdelay6623 4 жыл бұрын

No offences, but I can't understand how the metric system never got in US. Even the Brits however conservative they are known to be got it.

@LTVoyager 4 жыл бұрын

I think JFK summed it up best. “We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard.” The rest of the world chooses to do things that are easy. Americans choose to do things that are hard.

@benc8386 4 жыл бұрын

There was a Veritassium video about it. Quite interesting. Officially the US _is_ supposed to be on the metric system but they never enforced it so it just never happened. Here in the UK I remember when they banned pints of milk and gallons of petrol and stuff and thinking it was a bit heavy-handed at the time but they had to do it.

@1pcfred 4 жыл бұрын

@@benc8386 what you don't remember is when they banned the Imperial inch in favor of the US Customary standard. You don't remember it because it happened 185 years ago now. And yeah they were heavy handed with the subjects back then too. Freedom!

@jameswalker8338 4 жыл бұрын

Great vid in explaining the old ways. Now I know what dad is blathering on about. Thank god for metric. ;-)

@dominiqueuniquenique9752 7 ай бұрын

This video explanation is excellent! I wish it would have come up first when I googled how to read a tape measure. Not ashamed to say that I never learned how to correctly read one. I have a school-aged child who I had to help with a homework assignment on this very thing. You are an excellent teacher with clear explanations.

@firetom911 3 жыл бұрын

As an European I'm only familiar with the metric system but since I'm a part time Floridian and having a friend who is a Carpenter (he helped me with the renovation of my Condo) it was a big mystery for me and I couldn't help him with that lack of knowledge. But that's the best explanation I've ever heard. Thanks for that and next time I come over to FL I can impress him with my new abilities to read the tape measure. Thanks for the video and sorry for the bad English (but it's my second language) Stay safe and healthy guys. Best regards from Vienna /Austria 🇦🇹👍😊 P. S. I'm a hobby welder in my basement, doing all my outside stuff (fence, gate, furniture) with flux core and stick welding

@maxcactus7 4 жыл бұрын

Next video, Jason will be teaching us all how to use & read a slide ruler! I'm looking forward to it!

@1pcfred 4 жыл бұрын

I used to know how to do that. It's been too long now though.

@causewaykayak Жыл бұрын

US has an excellent Slide Rule museum which provides instruction and even loans class sets to schools wishing to add a little "history of maths" to the syllabus. Easy to Google them.

@zednott 4 жыл бұрын

had a CO worker who always said " a welders tap measure should only show down to 1/8th inch, weld fills the gap." ... kind right really.

@atowns3364 4 жыл бұрын

No not Right. Some times things have to be dead nuts and it's easier to keep something from warping on you when you have a good fit.

@zednott 4 жыл бұрын

@@atowns3364 key point is " some times"

@nickvanwhatt 4 жыл бұрын

What are you building a toilet paper holder

@bjosh2029 4 жыл бұрын

I get .010 tolerance in my industry weld shrinkage is a huge deal inconel shrinks close to .015 so we have to be perfect

@griffinpierce7691 4 жыл бұрын

@@bjosh2029 what do you do for work? I know inconel is pretty special stuff

@charlienewman9824 Жыл бұрын

So glad for this ! I have young welding students coming out in the work force that can’t do this important skill ! Also videos in shop math would be important as well ! Keep up the great instruction

@teabelly1565 7 ай бұрын

I started out my working life here in the UK in 1960 as a engineering apprentice using the imperial measuring system. in the early 1970's the UK went over to the metric system, it was so much easier to use as all the breakdown units were in tens, 10 millimetres = 1 centimetre, 100 centimetres = 1 metre and so on. I can happily work in imperial or metric but find the metric system much easier. BTW I am now long retired and enjoy classic car restoration as a hobby so visit your channel for the excellent welding content - thank you very much.

@andrewmcgillivray1881 2 жыл бұрын

i trained some american industrial designers on the metric system, especially as it was used in european furniture systems based on a 32mm module. the idea was to get them to design american built appliances that would fit into european cabinetry. the course took about 3 hours. at some point, one gentleman held up his hand and said: wait a minute! you mean to tell me that an inch is not the same length as a centimeter? what the hell is is good for then?? it was a long afternoon…i grew up with inches, but took about 2 seconds to realize the huge advantages of a decimal metric system. your video prooves my point. thanks for taking me back in time! great video!

@wrenchoperator6435 4 жыл бұрын

I'm an instructor as well, and it's actually really sad how many people graduate high school and can't read this. It's not just a tape measure, but any standard ruler. When I was in school this was 3rd, maybe 4th grade stuff in school and every kid knew how to read a measure before they ever got to high school. This superbly demonstrates the failure of the modern public school system.

@TheWolfIsHere 7 ай бұрын

Just got hired in the cabinetry field, and the way you broke this down was better than my orientation. Thank you!!

@joshuawiedenbeck6944 7 ай бұрын

You'll probably get to deal with tolerances down to 32nds. I loved my time working at a cabinet shop. I went to school for woodworking, and one of my teachers liked to give me shit about measurements (I don't know, man, this is off by 1/128)

@dave300tdi6 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, missed learning this stuff at primary school ,felt stuped /ignorant ever since, kept thinking “I should know this “we use metric here in the uk now,but imperial keeps coming up ,especially on old/classic vehicles,and in engineering circles etc .Thanks once again for a straightforward easily understood lesson! Btw grinder vid also top notch imo .I am pointing people to it , am sure it’ll save a lot of pain!

@BillTheTractorMan 4 жыл бұрын

The crazy thing is, since I was diagnosed with brain cancer I have relearned how to read a tape measure several times. Essential knowledge for life here! I miss working in fabrication and do what I can from home now.

@sadakotube 4 жыл бұрын

Mfw I was born using the metric system and actually know how to do this in inches before watching this video

@furburger9782 4 жыл бұрын

I ran into this just the other day..I was blown away. I was horrible at fractions but I knew how to read a tape measure.

@phxamigo Жыл бұрын

I do understand how a tape measure works, but it's not surprising many don't know how to read one. I am so glad I learned the metric system in grade school, soooo much easier to learn and understand. Don't know why the United States has fought the metric system.

@asuspiciousguy8707 Жыл бұрын

I think I know why. Most Americans are obviously too proud and conservative to accept changes, at least if they didn't made them by themselves :)

@mrtinperico 4 жыл бұрын

How to read a Standard Tape Measure: Step 1: Throw it in the trash. Step 2: Use a Metric Tape Measure

@adammeyer8204 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, because it's so hard to know how to use a standard one.

@IceBergGeo 4 жыл бұрын

Or get one with both... Either way, there are also different sized markings on a metric one too... Just at 5mm though...

@mrtinperico 4 жыл бұрын

@@IceBergGeo there's no such thing as half, quarter or sixteenth in metric. It's just millimetres. And tenths or hundreds of a millimeter.

@IceBergGeo 4 жыл бұрын

@@mrtinperico yes there is, nobody uses that nomenclature though, as it's a very archaic method of measurement.

@davey2k12 4 жыл бұрын

Both is better ....Martin you beat me to it 😂👍

@JoshuaZiesmer 4 жыл бұрын

When I saw the title I actually thought he was gonna get technical with all the carpentry marks for stud and rafter placement and what not, but no, he went straight up Kindergarten. School is basically glorified baby sitting now. I learned welding, machining, and mechanics in public school, and went straight to work. Everyone thinks that technology and ease of use will create a civilization where everyone is a philosopher, but no, what will actually happen is the movie wall-e.

@k11keeper 4 жыл бұрын

That’s what I was thinking. I don’t know anyone on my job that can’t do everything in this video.

@Doomzday831 7 ай бұрын

Just wanted to say thank you! Never really understood the tape. I’ve muscled my way with it for a long time. This really broke it down Barny style!

@MichaelJones-tk4xt 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the video. I never really understood how to use it properly. But now I have some confidence and a reference.

@DustinCoffel 4 жыл бұрын

I bought a metric tape measure for just this reason. What comes after 4mm..... Oh yeah 5mm.

@skoue4165 4 жыл бұрын

But how does that help you cut me a 3 inch length of X?

@Droningonuk 4 жыл бұрын

@@skoue4165 nobody would ever need a 3 inch length of x they would need a 75mm length

@skoue4165 4 жыл бұрын

Well in this backward country you often need 3" and almost never need 75mm. And also 3" isn't 75mm it's 76.2mm. Don't get me wrong I like metric, but I work in an imperial country. Country goes metric no problem, till then using metric with imperial specifications is a formula for disaster. A certain martian probe comes to mind. One or the other is fine for fab and construction. Science is much smoother in metric.

@Droningonuk 4 жыл бұрын

@@skoue4165 I'm in England so generally use metric as I find it far superior but often get asked by an older gentleman to make something to imperial dimensions lol but if it fits at the end of the day it's all good

@adam-k 4 жыл бұрын

So I was thinking surely everybody can read a tape measure. Then I realized this video is for insane people who measure things with their feet.

@calebkendall1362 4 жыл бұрын

Excellent video, very informative, thank you. It also reminded us of the complete and total superiority of the metric system.

@gregcampbell3064 3 ай бұрын

Going to show this video to my Advanced Welding and Fabrication course; already have my measurement quiz. A skill useful in almost everything trade related and life skills! Thanks for the video.