how to use a tape measure
That's my problem as a German in the US: How to use this crazy tape measures. As Germans we are used to accurate craftsmanship. How can you do things right with this tools? What does a marker on the tape measure mean? A tenth of an inch? No, I figured that. My last guess was: One marker is closely to a twentieth of an inch. Now what an eye opener is this video, what I found accidentially: click here
A German Cowboy never gives up in figuring out what's important in life, in the meantime he works with what he got.
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Hello German Cowboy, let me apologize for the slowness/stubbornness of the "American" people in the United States. We should have gone to the metric system in the early Eighties. But our president at the time wasn't into learning the way simpler, way more accurate system. Therefor he didn't think the people of his country should have to, either. There are metric tools available here in the U.S. Feel free to use them. The metric system has been legal to use in this country since 1866 or so. And the inch, pound and quart are all referenced to the meter, gram and liter. Don't feel bad for not getting the english system of measurements, most Americans don't get it either. It's just whats been forced on us all these years. Be well. -Todd
Whether the unit of measure is subdivided into 10ths and 100ths, or 8ths and 32nds, has nothing to do with how accurate the measuring instrument is.
Also, there are plenty of visual clues on the tape measure itself which, I think, most analytical minds should be able to decipher.
If there are 32 subdividing marks within each unit on the tape, then they can't possibly be deciphered as 1/20 increments.
The metric system is only better from the viewpoint that more countries use it, and it would be nice to have global cross-compatibility. Other than that, I don't see how one system is superior to the other.
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