Wednesday, January 4, 2012

What You Should Learn About Measuring Tape

By Lily Rogers


Measuring tape has come a very long way since its invention from being utilized primarily at tailor stores or clothing outlets. Gone are the days when you would only see these things strapped around the necks of tailors as they scattered about trying to measure and alter the clothes that men and women sent in. At least one tape measure should be found in the toolbox of every homeowner or tenant. It is an affordable and handy device that has many uses when maintaining, building, as well as repairing a house or car.

Hold the front side of the tape at the point you want to start the measurement from, and extend it to the point where you want to stop. Read the 1st large number before your stop point, this will tell you the number of inches. After that, read the smaller lines of different sizes up until your stop point. This is basically how you would go about using a measuring tape. You would probably have been a bit confused by these instructions, but once you get used to it, it basically becomes a simple and easy thing to do.

A tape measure is a flexible type of ruler. It basically consists of a ribbon of cloth, plastic, metal strip or even fiber glass that has linear-measurement markings. It's one of the most common measuring devices. Its flexibility permits a measure of great length to become easily carried in pocket or toolkit and makes it possible for an individual to measure around corners and curves. Today it is common, even appearing in tiny form as a keychain or novelty item. Surveyor utilizes this with lengths of over 100 m. A measuring tape that was meant for use in tailoring or dressmaking was made from flexible cloth or plastic and fiberglass, which does not tear or stretch just as easily.

It's created for carpentry or construction often use a stiff, curved metallic ribbon that can remain stiff and straight when extended, but retracts into a coil for easy storage. This kind of tape measure will have a floating tang on the end to help measuring. The tang will float a distance equal to its thickness, to offer both in and out measurements that are precise. A tape measure of 25 or even 100 feet can wind into a small container. The self-marking of this enables the user an accurate 1 hand measure and mark without an outside device.

A measuring tape is actually a portable measurement device used to measure the size of an object or the distance between objects. The tape is marked on the tape edge in inches and fractional inches, typically in quarter-, eight-, and sixteenth-inch increments. The most typical tape measures are 12 feet, 25 feet, or 100 feet in length. A 12-foot tape measure is handiest for shoppers. The 25-foot length is called a builder's tape and is also marked in feet and at 16-inch increments to make measuring the standard distance between wall studs much easier. The 100-foot tape, normally of reinforced cloth, is great for determining property boundaries as well as other exterior measurements.




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