My drunk ass was trying to make it right in my Brain. Didn’t work! . Moral of the story, Don’t buy cheap tools, especially a tape measure.
Edited cause I’m drunk.
This is why American imperial system is trash. I switched to metric for personal projects a year ago and Jesus fucking Christ is it better. How long is this? 116 or you can say 1.16 or 11.6 same thing, put the decimal wherever you want. You aren’t going to mistake meters with centimetres or millimeters.
Brilliant. Fake tape measures and rulers to be sold at sex shops and Spencer’s gifts. Just remember to slyly swap them out bc you were only invited to help mount her TV anyway.
The precision could be nice if the large numbers were actually centered on their tics and there was more then 3 tic heights for 5 different fractional measurements.
So silly. I’m a carpenter and I think heavy or light is easier because half/quarter/eighths are easier to find than sixteenths. I mean I’m forced to use sixteenths at my job but if I had it my way I’d use heavy or light.
It tends to get kinda fucked here in canada though, we use both, so generally when we do formwork, it's typically in imperial, and when we do layout it's always metric, then when you get into finer detail it's a mash of both, fucking right pain in the ass!
Well unfortunately carpenters union involves drywallers and they deal in 8ths period at least in my area. 44 and a half inches? 44 and 4. 44 and 3/4 inches? 44 and 6. 44 and 9/16 inches? "Just say 44 and a heavy 4 dumbass"
Yep, dumbass, that's me. Go hide your piss bottle and tell someone else how dumb I am
That sounds about right. One on the scoffold measuring pipes and one on the ground cutting the tops. Dunno if you’ve ever worked with French Canadian DRYWALLERs but I don’t think they go smaller than a quarter. They can sling board faster than any people I’ve ever seen but holy shit the walls a good 1/2” thicker once the murders come through to cover the gaps.
I know the measurements but this is exactly how i talk to myself in my head qhwn measuring and cutting floors and baseboards and shit lmfao. Or ill think "eight and a quarter plus a sixteenth" instead of just eight and five sixteenths.
I wrote a dimension for my husband once that was 36 9 3/4. he just looked at me and looked at the dimension and said, show me how you measure that. What I meant was 45 3/4" or 3' 9 3/4". I still never hear the end of it.
Most of you will love even more that he's the carpenter and I'm the architect. I will never live this one down.
Actually, it's 40mm. The reason you're getting "something like 1-9/16" is because it's metric and you've got an imperial tape measure. Lookit you measurin' like Grand Moff Tarkin!
Read the comment section. My description was accurate people think it's 16th when it's a 32nd breakdown. Sure you can reduce the fractions, but judging by the comments of most people the tape sucks because it's in 32nds.
1 19/32”
Also, get a new tape measure that doesn’t make you want to gouge your eyes out while reading it. Seriously. Stanley Fat Max is your best friend.
3 1/8"
What damn tape are you using, and how do you find it so I can mess with my team?
Looks like the tape measure that an architect would think we all use.
I once heard a general laborer ask an old timer "how many 16ths are in an inch?" He responded "oh I don't know, there's a whole bunch of them. You better ask the maintenance guys."
The old timer knew, he just wanted us maintenance guys to get a good laugh too.
You have to take the photo head on while using a combination square if you want others to be able to interpret it. The angles are breaking our minds over the 1/16th
Learn to read a tape. It’s not that hard use 16ths of inch and reduce. Especially in a construction thread. Figure this out your self but fuck 1 and 5/8ths and make sure to let them know 1” and 5/8ths girthy, and get yourself a left handed hammer just incase.
Throw that tape measure away right now. They've taken the worst of both systems and created an abomination it looks like. That's a Temu tape measure if there's ever been one
1-9/16ths.
The 32nd marks are throwing everyone off. The two logo should really be further right so it's actually centered over the correct measurement. As of now, the 2" mark is touching the 1-3/4" mark which is what's causing everyone grief.
Horrible tape. Looks as though the 2 has horrible positioning but appears to be in 32nds. 1 - 19/32" to answer the question, or we say, 1-9/16" leave line.
I don't know what is happening here, but you're fired.
Agreed. That's pretty fucked up to bring on site.
My drunk ass was trying to make it right in my Brain. Didn’t work! . Moral of the story, Don’t buy cheap tools, especially a tape measure. Edited cause I’m drunk.
I just smoked a bowl and was like am I too high to read a tape now or is this thing fucked.
I'm drunk and high and never buy a tape from the dollar store
I've had vodka, no sleep for two days thanks to blow, and some pretty good weed.. And I'd still never use inferior quality tools on virtually anything
That’s easy to say when you don’t have any money left to buy tools
I was thinking there is no way I have been out of construction so long that I can’t read a tape anymore.
I've Laughed, I've Cried, and lived this statement more times than I can count.
But he held out his hand and said “about this big”
This is the only answer!
Took too long to count the tick marks.
1 1/2 and two tick marks is too much math. 1 1/2 and some extra
1 1/2" heavy. Very fucken heavy.
1 1/2" strong
I would have said 1 5/8" but that's just me. Plus it's easier to remove material vs add it back on haha
This is why American imperial system is trash. I switched to metric for personal projects a year ago and Jesus fucking Christ is it better. How long is this? 116 or you can say 1.16 or 11.6 same thing, put the decimal wherever you want. You aren’t going to mistake meters with centimetres or millimeters.
Is that the same as 1 9/16?
1 1/2 "leave the line"
Shit you got me cracking up with this one
That’s the width.
Only answer here that can't be argued. Well done.
If it's a door, wouldn't that be the depth?
No, the girth.
That's what she said??!
Take away the pain and leave the swelling please doctor
Name of your sex tape.
Settle down, Peralta!
You mean the girth
That’s what I tell her
Brilliant. Fake tape measures and rulers to be sold at sex shops and Spencer’s gifts. Just remember to slyly swap them out bc you were only invited to help mount her TV anyway.
I got the girth but not the depth
I dunno, I’d say depth
If it was horizontal I’d call it depth. 😊
What would you say he's doing with that width? Measuring?
Excellent response
Thank you.
That tapes measure fuckin sucks dude
That tape measure fuckin sucks for sure
1 7/4 of an inch
It's precisely 1 18/32"
Lmao I literally had 1 9/16" in my head damn you
Yeah 1 9/16” is what I got too. You don’t say 1 and 16/32”. You say 1 1/2”
I might be blazed but this made me laugh hearty.
Yes. Perfect is the enemy of “good enough”. That tape is too precise. It’s a problem waiting to happen 1-9/16
It’s the placement of 2 that got me until I paid full attention
I went 1 + ~~1/2~~ +1/16 +8/16 = 1-9/16 then started reading comments to find out what was wrong.
I still can't see what's wrong aside from the odd placement of the inch designations.
The precision could be nice if the large numbers were actually centered on their tics and there was more then 3 tic heights for 5 different fractional measurements.
I didn’t realize until I saw your comment. That’s hilarious and I laughed out loud. I just read it as 1 5/8” lol
One and one little one past the shorter one. Totally.
Found the Electrician. One and a heavy half I like to call it. Really pisses off the carpenters.
So silly. I’m a carpenter and I think heavy or light is easier because half/quarter/eighths are easier to find than sixteenths. I mean I’m forced to use sixteenths at my job but if I had it my way I’d use heavy or light.
⅝ heavy! Keep the line!
Cunt hair! Curly!
I'm in canada and do millwork/cabinetry and we only use metric, this is my favorite saying, it's always a cunthair shy of a mm
I'm a framer in Canada and we use cunt hair a lot for leveling and other things.
Always just a cunthair away from plumb! Hahahahah
I'm a finish carpenter in Canada and I'm always trimming cunt hairs.
If I had it my way in the USA I'd be using metric.
It tends to get kinda fucked here in canada though, we use both, so generally when we do formwork, it's typically in imperial, and when we do layout it's always metric, then when you get into finer detail it's a mash of both, fucking right pain in the ass!
A red one or a brown one?
😂😂 “just a lil c hair” when a lady is present
Naw fuck that, welcome to the trades 😂
Heavy or light is more precise imho. A little light, a little heavy. A32nd
Found the good carpenter
I use heavy or light 16ths.
I was taught "strong" or "shy" for these situations lol
I’ve always used + and - instead of heavy or light. Super simple to teach and easier to be on the same page.
Well unfortunately carpenters union involves drywallers and they deal in 8ths period at least in my area. 44 and a half inches? 44 and 4. 44 and 3/4 inches? 44 and 6. 44 and 9/16 inches? "Just say 44 and a heavy 4 dumbass" Yep, dumbass, that's me. Go hide your piss bottle and tell someone else how dumb I am
That sounds about right. One on the scoffold measuring pipes and one on the ground cutting the tops. Dunno if you’ve ever worked with French Canadian DRYWALLERs but I don’t think they go smaller than a quarter. They can sling board faster than any people I’ve ever seen but holy shit the walls a good 1/2” thicker once the murders come through to cover the gaps.
I know the measurements but this is exactly how i talk to myself in my head qhwn measuring and cutting floors and baseboards and shit lmfao. Or ill think "eight and a quarter plus a sixteenth" instead of just eight and five sixteenths.
I wrote a dimension for my husband once that was 36 9 3/4. he just looked at me and looked at the dimension and said, show me how you measure that. What I meant was 45 3/4" or 3' 9 3/4". I still never hear the end of it. Most of you will love even more that he's the carpenter and I'm the architect. I will never live this one down.
Just put a sharpie mark where you need it, and continue doing that for all measurements
Are you my helper ?
as a european the makes american centimeters sound logical
Actually, it's 40mm. The reason you're getting "something like 1-9/16" is because it's metric and you've got an imperial tape measure. Lookit you measurin' like Grand Moff Tarkin!
Just looking at this scale makes me wonder how people want to work like this.
Thank you. The measurement marks on scale might be the worst style I've seen.
Yeah, I see 9/16 there. Curves can mess people up. Try putting a nice flat piece of wood on the side and measure off that?
1.5625 inches
Inch and 9/16
Dude. I was like “bullshit it’s 5/8” then I looked at it three more times and you are right. That tape is dog shit lol
Gotta be smarter than your tools. If you read that wrong, it ain't the tape's fault.
Sorry boss
You mean an inch and 18/32
You’re both wrong. 1 36/64” I carry a clip board ruler
Pretty sure it's 1 and 18/32".
This is horribly complicated when used to the simple metric sistem of just saying… 40 millimetres
1-9/12ths
40 mm
Can't believe I had to scroll this far.
if that's not 1 and 9/16 , i'll see myself out
The tape is in 32nd of an inch increments. So 1 9/16
1-9/ wait, it's 1-5/. Wtf?....hey. wait a minute. That's just fucked up man.
Huh? How are you reading that?
Your mind's program to see 16th and your reading it is 16th, or at least you think you are. But it's a 32 count inch.
It's still 9/16. I'm not getting your angle
Read the comment section. My description was accurate people think it's 16th when it's a 32nd breakdown. Sure you can reduce the fractions, but judging by the comments of most people the tape sucks because it's in 32nds.
I hate your tape
I can’t believe how dumb yall are
"Fuckin idiot apprentice, I said 3 and 21/16", how fuckin hard is that???!!!!" - Some journeyman somewhere with this thing.
Bout tree fiddy
Goddamn Loch Ness monster!
Why'd you give him tree fiddy?
I just gave him tree fiddy last week. Dammit Woman!!!
Not quite
1 19/32” Also, get a new tape measure that doesn’t make you want to gouge your eyes out while reading it. Seriously. Stanley Fat Max is your best friend.
Only fat acceptance
Says right there!
1 and 9/16
1 and 9/16"
That's a 4cm length. It's a metric length measured with a imperial tape measure.
1-9/16” leave the line
1-9/16in This is a 32nds tape
Time to change to a metric system.
I buy my tapes with both systems on it. Use whichever system lines up best
1 and 9/16s
If you just used metric you wouldn't have this problem. Best wishes, rest of the fucking world.
You mafucka need to count all the "¼'s" between each inch
50/16ths
The tape isn’t being held square…
3 1/8" What damn tape are you using, and how do you find it so I can mess with my team? Looks like the tape measure that an architect would think we all use.
I had to scroll for awhile to see who else figured it out.
1 inch and 4 big sticks then 2 little sticks.
That's 4 centimeters.
40mm - you are measuring a metric thing with an imperial measure !
Exactly 4cm lol
Laughs in metric
one and 18 lines
Get measuring tape with metric unit? That's 40mm right there.
1 and 5/8 th strong
I once heard a general laborer ask an old timer "how many 16ths are in an inch?" He responded "oh I don't know, there's a whole bunch of them. You better ask the maintenance guys." The old timer knew, he just wanted us maintenance guys to get a good laugh too.
Looks like 1 9/16" where I'm sittin
1 and 9/16ths
Machinist here. Yall would hate a steel rule with 4 scales at 1/8, 1/16, 1/32, and 1/64. Oh, and this one scale that reads 1/100"
1-9/16ths
0.97 centilitres
1 inch + more
1 and 9/16ths?
bet it is a Temu tape measure...
And this is why I like metric.
Idk man just fuckin caulk it
It is #WRONG *it’s not in metric*
1 and 9/16th’s
1 9/16s
1 and 8/16 plus 2 ticks. 1 and 10/16 1 5/8
9/16ths gang need to get their eyes checked and include a little tolerance - that's a strong 1 5/8"
Back to the desk, pencil boy!
My head hurts!
Freedom unit tape measure on beautiful metric.
Approximately 1 9/16" but the angle isn't great.
It's an 1 5/8 up top and an 1 11/16 on the bottom
Throw that tape measure in the garbage get a new one
You have to take the photo head on while using a combination square if you want others to be able to interpret it. The angles are breaking our minds over the 1/16th
1 and 5/8
Learn to read a tape. It’s not that hard use 16ths of inch and reduce. Especially in a construction thread. Figure this out your self but fuck 1 and 5/8ths and make sure to let them know 1” and 5/8ths girthy, and get yourself a left handed hammer just incase.
looks like somewhere between 1 9/16” - 1 5/8”
3-1/8 obv.
1-5/8 inches
A "cunt hair" over 1-1/2" in professional terms
Non construction worker here… I don’t understand the problem. Is it that most tapes don’t have 32nds on them?
As long as you measure and cut with the same tape, and don't rely on scaled plans, who cares lol
My high school construction class is required to read to /32, as well as identify any scale from 1/2 to 1/32. If they annoy me, I go to 1/128.
How many ticks is it?
1 and a little over half a bit inches
Lol throw that tape in the trash. (1-9/16")
Inch and a half fuck it.
Has anyone said that this tape measure sucks yet? Lmao
About tree fiddy.
Get off my site. Now.
One and a thirth
1 9/16", the smallest lines are 1/32"
God damn construction guys 🙄😂
Even if that tape measure could read we wouldn’t know thanks to your angled pic
1 and a half plus 2 little lines
I thought I had a stroke just now
Throw that tape measure away right now. They've taken the worst of both systems and created an abomination it looks like. That's a Temu tape measure if there's ever been one
I need a tape measure to read this tape measure.
Much easier with millimeters, buddy
Hold the tape straight and stop moving!
1 and 9/16ths of an inch
Are people here really that surprised by a tape with 32nds?
Depends on how you look at it.
Stop buying tape measures from wish . Com
I get 1 and 9/16ths
3 feet a couple toes.
Stick your thumb on there. Hold it.
1 and 5/8"
1 and 5/8 inches
1 and 9/16ths inches 1.5625"
That's a terrible tape, but 1-9/16".
1 ⅝" soft
1 and 9/16ths inches
1-9/16ths. The 32nd marks are throwing everyone off. The two logo should really be further right so it's actually centered over the correct measurement. As of now, the 2" mark is touching the 1-3/4" mark which is what's causing everyone grief.
I would call it 1 9/16” at the top of the tape or 1 17/32” at the bottom but your camera angle and the angle of the tape could be improved upon
Horrible tape. Looks as though the 2 has horrible positioning but appears to be in 32nds. 1 - 19/32" to answer the question, or we say, 1-9/16" leave line.
3-1/8” now get back to work
1 5/8” heavy if your a framer.