Weird tape measure

[Wingboy]

No idea what this. Anyone?

 

[Scuba Steve]

https://www.amazon.ca/Lufkin-W606P-4-Inch-Executive-Diameter/dp/B000ZUBO5U

Sent from the future

 

[Wingboy]

https://www.amazon.ca/Lufkin-W606P-4-Inch-Executive-Diameter/dp/B000ZUBO5U

Sent from the future

Thanks bud.

 

[oioioi]

 

[nobbie48]

Tape measure accuracy: Consider that a common stud is 96" long and trimmed to 93". If two carpenters were cutting the studs using different tapes, accurate to +/- 1%, one could be cutting 92" and the other 94".

 

[Mad Mike]

Tape measure accuracy: Consider that a common stud is 96" long and trimmed to 93". If two carpenters were cutting the studs using different tapes, accurate to +/- 1%, one could be cutting 92" and the other 94".

Tapes are accurate to a standard of 0 to +1/32 over 6'. 1% error on a measuring device is a very big deal, so lucky for us the most they'd be out is 1/24 of an inch.

 

[GreyGhost]

Tapes are accurate to a standard of 0 to +1/32 over 6'. 1% error on a measuring device is a very big deal, so lucky for us the most they'd be out is 1/24 of an inch.

My dad had an old cloth 100' tape measure. I was confused by some numbers I was getting with it. 100' on the tape was about 115' in reality. Dumpster.

 

[oioioi]

My dad had an old cloth 100' tape measure. I was confused by some numbers I was getting with it. 100' on the tape was about 115' in reality. Dumpster.

I understand different materials were used in the old days bs today.
But a cloth measuring tape would be as good as one made out of rubber

 

[Wingboy]

My dad had an old cloth 100' tape measure. I was confused by some numbers I was getting with it. 100' on the tape was about 115' in reality. Dumpster.

Things were bigger back in his day. You know..... Uphill, both ways.