How to read a tape measure without looking like an idiot

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[Bigdawgmilo]

23 and still trying to learn 6 months into my job and nobody has explained it like this 😭 this is going to help me out so much thank you! 🙏

[moesanrath]

i suck horribly at math could never get above fractions in school, its not something im proud of but after being a home owner for a number of years now im starting to understand the importance of being able to read a tape measure. I've always been able to do the quarters an full inch readings but never the smaller stuff. I suspect i'll have to rewatch this video numerous times before it all finally sinks in. Just wanted to say ty for making it in what appears to be plain an simple way to understand

[meencantalapequesicaria]

Who else lied at a job interview and now they are here ?

[ThePrinceofDisney]

I’m 30 and I’ve never heard it explained this way before... they stopped teaching it to our generation

[youngczar]

Who else is a poor, ignorant, child trying to learn? (I’m 19 btw lol.)

[bloodscul]

I am starting a job next week that involves a lot of tape measure reading. Up until this point of my life I had no cause to know these things and I was really nervous about starting my new job without the required knowledge. I've been watching this video for exactly three minutes now and my confidence level has skyrocketed. This ignorant young person is extremely grateful to you sir.

[VirgilAllenMoore]

As an adult that is learning woodworking by myself and from YouTube, this method of using the measuring tape has never come up. You have taught me a very valuable skill today. Thank you for that and keep making this great content. Again, well done, sir!

[jaycurtis]

Poor ignorant child: me 25 tryna figure out how to use a tape measure. I was just trying to learn damn🤣🤣

[Dobbin]

My wife says I might be able to read a tape but I’m still an idiot.

[johnconklin]

I was in engineering for nearly 40 years. More than once during a trip to the field I had to pull a young engineer with a 4 year degree aside and give them that lesson to prevent the whole company from looking silly. I blame the lack of shop class in schools.

[brandonrapitta]

You cant blame the youth for this. Blame the education system. We never learned it. We learned metric and THAT WAS IT.

[AtlantaTerry]

Thanks. My late father, his brothers and his dad were all carpenters so my sister and I learned to read a tape measure properly when we were little kids. I'm surprised you didn't say to measure twice, cut once.

[madisonmoore]

It’s not necessarily that younger people don’t know how to use a measuring tape. The concept is well understood, the issue is schools only teaching metric since “that’s what science uses”. I’m 23 and teaching myself everything from woodworking, framing, fabricating, and mechanics but I struggle with reading standard measurements because I was never taught. Thank you for this video! Very helpful

[Shadeygrrl]

Thank YOU! I was surprised to find a video on EXACTLY what I needed. You explained the basic information so well, no one should have any excuse as to how to read a tape measure ever again!

[aiyanachung]

My job makes us measure to the smallest fraction for accuracy it’s a pain in the bit but honestly I was not ashamed as to how much this video helped thank you!!

[dougveganparadisebuilder]

Watching a lot of U.S. made videos your tutorial is very handy for bridging the linguistic gap for metric thinkers, like me. Before this I was ignorant, I admit it, to the imperial lingo. Now I understand the logic!

[ringo]

THANK YOU 🙏
finally someone who could simplify reading a measuring tape. I sure wish I had you in high school back when we still had shop class in school. I wouldn’t of minded having you as one of my teachers when I was an apprentice either. Thanks!

[JV-uyex]

Growing up a had no one around me with tools but I’m glad YouTube is here to teach me everything I need.

[badaphooko]

I'm 43 years old and just starting in woodworking. Thank you for this! Currently my biggest weakness is measuring and this video helped me tons.

[waynesalekin]

This is amazing for the beginner. Super helpful and saved me a lot of time. Thanks.