Tape measure reading
No response from UK.d-i-y, so I'll try my luck here. :c)
I bought a cheap open reel surveyors type tape measure, but I'm not sure how to use it. Top part has a handle grip section, and at the opposite end is a kind of pointer. Like this: http://bigslickdeals.com/images/cham...apemeasure.jpg One side of the tape measures in feet and inches and zero is at the tape end. Other side measures in metres and cm but zero is about 32cm from the end of the tape. How am I supposed to use this tape meaure. In particular, I cannot fathom how to use the metric side of the tape measure. . Either there is a reason that metres scale starts 32cm from the tape end or it's a production fault. I just don't know.Thanks |
Tape measure reading
"Rich" wrote in message ... No response from UK.d-i-y, so I'll try my luck here. :c) I bought a cheap open reel surveyors type tape measure, but I'm not sure how to use it. Top part has a handle grip section, and at the opposite end is a kind of pointer. Like this: http://bigslickdeals.com/images/cham...apemeasure.jpg One side of the tape measures in feet and inches and zero is at the tape end. Other side measures in metres and cm but zero is about 32cm from the end of the tape. How am I supposed to use this tape meaure. In particular, I cannot fathom how to use the metric side of the tape measure. . Either there is a reason that metres scale starts 32cm from the tape end or it's a production fault. I just don't know.Thanks Mine is the same. I suppose you can always add 32cm to the metric reading. |
Tape measure reading
"OG" wrote in message ... "Rich" wrote in message ... No response from UK.d-i-y, so I'll try my luck here. :c) I bought a cheap open reel surveyors type tape measure, but I'm not sure how to use it. Top part has a handle grip section, and at the opposite end is a kind of pointer. Like this: http://bigslickdeals.com/images/cham...apemeasure.jpg One side of the tape measures in feet and inches and zero is at the tape end. Other side measures in metres and cm but zero is about 32cm from the end of the tape. How am I supposed to use this tape meaure. In particular, I cannot fathom how to use the metric side of the tape measure. . Either there is a reason that metres scale starts 32cm from the tape end or it's a production fault. I just don't know.Thanks Mine is the same. I suppose you can always add 32cm to the metric reading. Hi. Got mine from a Pound shop or something. This is weird. Cannot understand why metric starts 32cm in from the end. I suppose normal usage is tape runs out 90 degrees to the point feature and that you can use the point feature to mark the ground. I assume that is what point feature is for. In order to see the metric markings right way up, you have to have the tape coming out the other side, which you could arrange - but tape reads 32cm short. I'm baffled. :c) |
Tape measure reading
"Rich" wrote in message ... "OG" wrote in message ... "Rich" wrote in message ... No response from UK.d-i-y, so I'll try my luck here. :c) I bought a cheap open reel surveyors type tape measure, but I'm not sure how to use it. Top part has a handle grip section, and at the opposite end is a kind of pointer. Like this: http://bigslickdeals.com/images/cham...apemeasure.jpg One side of the tape measures in feet and inches and zero is at the tape end. Other side measures in metres and cm but zero is about 32cm from the end of the tape. How am I supposed to use this tape meaure. In particular, I cannot fathom how to use the metric side of the tape measure. . Either there is a reason that metres scale starts 32cm from the tape end or it's a production fault. I just don't know.Thanks Mine is the same. I suppose you can always add 32cm to the metric reading. Hi. Got mine from a Pound shop or something. This is weird. Cannot understand why metric starts 32cm in from the end. I suppose normal usage is tape runs out 90 degrees to the point feature and that you can use the point feature to mark the ground. I assume that is what point feature is for. In order to see the metric markings right way up, you have to have the tape coming out the other side, which you could arrange - but tape reads 32cm short. I'm baffled. :c) Perhaps metric side is taking into effects of relativity when traveling at warp speeds. |
Tape measure reading
"OG" wrote in message ... "Rich" wrote in message ... No response from UK.d-i-y, so I'll try my luck here. :c) I bought a cheap open reel surveyors type tape measure, but I'm not sure how to use it. Top part has a handle grip section, and at the opposite end is a kind of pointer. Like this: http://bigslickdeals.com/images/cham...apemeasure.jpg One side of the tape measures in feet and inches and zero is at the tape end. Other side measures in metres and cm but zero is about 32cm from the end of the tape. How am I supposed to use this tape meaure. In particular, I cannot fathom how to use the metric side of the tape measure. . Either there is a reason that metres scale starts 32cm from the tape end or it's a production fault. I just don't know.Thanks Mine is the same. I suppose you can always add 32cm to the metric reading. http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/i...79903031&s=diy Here you see that the 10cm mark is 10cm from the end. I think that all tapes like ours whose metric measures are not marked zero at the end are in error. So, you just have to add 32 cm like you say. |
Tape measure reading
"Rich" wrote in message ... No response from UK.d-i-y, so I'll try my luck here. :c) I bought a cheap This I think is the most important bit of information :-) Mike |
Tape measure reading
"Rich" wrote in message ... | No response from UK.d-i-y, so I'll try my luck here. :c) | | I bought a cheap open reel surveyors type tape measure, but I'm not sure | how to use it. | | Top part has a handle grip section, and at the opposite end is a kind of | pointer. | | Like this: | | http://bigslickdeals.com/images/cham...apemeasure.jpg | | One side of the tape measures in feet and inches and zero is at the tape | end. Other side measures in metres and cm but zero is about 32cm from | the end of the tape. | | How am I supposed to use this tape meaure. In particular, I cannot | fathom how to use the metric side of the tape measure. . | | Either there is a reason that metres scale starts 32cm from the tape end | or it's a production fault. I just don't know.Thanks | Gawd. That takes me back! Haven't seen one of them like that for years. The reason that the metric side doesn't start at the beginning of the tape is so it can be used for all lengths from zero onwards, and used more accurately. Anyone who has used surveyors tapes a lot soon find that the first 30cm or so always become scuffed and obliterated due to ground drag and accidental damage. To use it, you have to anchor the end of the tape so that the zero mark coincides from where you are measuring from, sometimes a lot easier said than done. But at least you can always read the millimetre markings free of scuff and dirt. On the imperial side, the zero mark should be the inside of the end hoop. What we never ever did work out was why they didn't do the same on the imperial side. The idea came about shortly after the construction industry converted from imperial to decimal in the early seventies, and measurement tolerances dropped to +/-1mm on some jobs, instead of 1/8" or 1/4" in the old system. There were so many complaints about not being able to hold a tape in the correct zero position with such tight tolerances that the manufacturers came up with this idea. The pointer on the casing is so you can stick the tape measure in the ground, instead of laying it flat and getting it covered and clogged in mud. When not in use it should be hung up by the handle. This prevents the tape itself "dropping" to one side of the case, and subsequently rubbing and chafing as it is unwound. If it does get dirty, unwind it into a large bowl of water, and then get someone to pull it through a towel to dry it as you wind it back in. jim, Northampton |
Tape measure reading
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Having just read Rich's first post again, if you want to have the metric markings on the top, unwind the tape completely, and you should be able to unhook the tape from the spindle, turn it over, replace it, and wind it back in. You can also reverse the direction of wind if you are left handed. jim, Northampton |
Tape measure reading
"jbm" wrote in message ... "Rich" wrote in message ... | No response from UK.d-i-y, so I'll try my luck here. :c) | | I bought a cheap open reel surveyors type tape measure, but I'm not sure | how to use it. | | Top part has a handle grip section, and at the opposite end is a kind of | pointer. | | Like this: | | http://bigslickdeals.com/images/cham...apemeasure.jpg | | One side of the tape measures in feet and inches and zero is at the tape | end. Other side measures in metres and cm but zero is about 32cm from | the end of the tape. | | How am I supposed to use this tape meaure. In particular, I cannot | fathom how to use the metric side of the tape measure. . | | Either there is a reason that metres scale starts 32cm from the tape end | or it's a production fault. I just don't know.Thanks | Gawd. That takes me back! Haven't seen one of them like that for years. The reason that the metric side doesn't start at the beginning of the tape is so it can be used for all lengths from zero onwards, and used more accurately. Anyone who has used surveyors tapes a lot soon find that the first 30cm or so always become scuffed and obliterated due to ground drag and accidental damage. To use it, you have to anchor the end of the tape so that the zero mark coincides from where you are measuring from, sometimes a lot easier said than done. But at least you can always read the millimetre markings free of scuff and dirt. On the imperial side, the zero mark should be the inside of the end hoop. What we never ever did work out was why they didn't do the same on the imperial side. The idea came about shortly after the construction industry converted from imperial to decimal in the early seventies, and measurement tolerances dropped to +/-1mm on some jobs, instead of 1/8" or 1/4" in the old system. There were so many complaints about not being able to hold a tape in the correct zero position with such tight tolerances that the manufacturers came up with this idea. The pointer on the casing is so you can stick the tape measure in the ground, instead of laying it flat and getting it covered and clogged in mud. When not in use it should be hung up by the handle. This prevents the tape itself "dropping" to one side of the case, and subsequently rubbing and chafing as it is unwound. If it does get dirty, unwind it into a large bowl of water, and then get someone to pull it through a towel to dry it as you wind it back in. jim, Northampton Hi. I was becoming more and more convinced that there was a production error, but you obviously have considered the issue before and figured the answer. I don't think many folks know the answer. :c) What one can do is fold the tape at the zero mark and use a strong paper clip. Like you say, could be tricky to arrange start of measure at the zero point. Of course, as was pointed our elsewhere, perfect if you loop the end of the tape around a pipe approx 10cm diameter. :c) Thanks. |
Tape measure reading
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"jbm" wrote in message ... "Rich" wrote in message ... | No response from UK.d-i-y, so I'll try my luck here. :c) | | I bought a cheap open reel surveyors type tape measure, but I'm not sure | how to use it. | | Top part has a handle grip section, and at the opposite end is a kind of | pointer. | | Like this: | | http://bigslickdeals.com/images/cham...apemeasure.jpg | | One side of the tape measures in feet and inches and zero is at the tape | end. Other side measures in metres and cm but zero is about 32cm from | the end of the tape. | | How am I supposed to use this tape meaure. In particular, I cannot | fathom how to use the metric side of the tape measure. . | | Either there is a reason that metres scale starts 32cm from the tape end | or it's a production fault. I just don't know.Thanks | Gawd. That takes me back! Haven't seen one of them like that for years. The reason that the metric side doesn't start at the beginning of the tape is so it can be used for all lengths from zero onwards, and used more accurately. Anyone who has used surveyors tapes a lot soon find that the first 30cm or so always become scuffed and obliterated due to ground drag and accidental damage. To use it, you have to anchor the end of the tape so that the zero mark coincides from where you are measuring from, sometimes a lot easier said than done. But at least you can always read the millimetre As I said in my other post I automatically assumed an error because all the tapes in the oil industry (which I was used to) both sides start at zero having read the above I am clearly wrong!! its sounds a perfectly good reason for doing what at first glance seems daft -- Charlie Pridham, Gardening in Cornwall www.roselandhouse.co.uk Holders of national collections of Clematis viticella cultivars and Lapageria rosea |
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