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Took me 10 years to figure out I was reading my tape measure wrong
I've been framing houses since 2008 and always hooked the tape over the edge of a board for inside measurements... turns out the little metal tab on the end moves exactly 1/16 inch to account for its own thickness. Now I gotta re-check every cut I made on a 32-foot wall last Wednesday. Anyone else ever had that sinking feeling when you realize basic tape measure math?
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spencer_moore3916d ago
Nah the tab bending is just loose tolerances from cheap manufacturing, it's not actually designed that way at all.
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alice24216d ago
Totally agree with you on that, @spencer_moore39. I remember taking apart an old one from the 80s and the tabs were actually stamped neatly, with small stops built in to keep them from bending too far. That's the difference between intentional engineering and just cutting corners in a factory. The loose tolerances on modern ones are frustrating because they make the whole assembly feel cheap and unstable.
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