You just made it WAY more complicated than it has to be man….

@jamesalexander8368

Жыл бұрын

And throw away the idiot tape

@simonsays5979

Жыл бұрын

agreed

@Weldemall2

Жыл бұрын

If you can't get what hes doing you should never try working in the trades.

@disco4535

Жыл бұрын

Lol this is insanely simple

@chaslaspata5385

Жыл бұрын

@@Weldemall2 I was a Union electrician for 20 years and had my own business for 10. Reading a tape isn’t that difficult. That is what I’m trying to say. If it’s 16 and 7/32 it’s 16 and 7/32. No need for any other formulas or adding and subtracting. Just do what it says.

Thank god for the metric system!

@thomasking1149

Жыл бұрын

🤦🏼 yes thank God

@johnny2tone1

Жыл бұрын

Literally came here looking for this comment.

@BillEddie

Жыл бұрын

Honestly.....

@ajcastillo9097

Жыл бұрын

God bless Merica

@spencerkrake11

Жыл бұрын

USA USA USA

I have a specific math disability so this is a cool tip for me to expedite math. I'm 5 years into DIY building, renovating,and plumbing, etc with some beautiful projects. Those of you who don't appreciate the tip for any of your judgemental reasons, save your negativity and criticism to ruin someone else's day. Why stop here to say anything nasty at all .. like making sweeping generalized derogatory statements about the entire population of any given country.

Never thought I'd see someone make math more complicated with a tape.

@2LuvCris

6 ай бұрын

This isn’t complicated at all lol but many should get to a point where they can do it in their head

I broke my tape measure using this tip, then went and got a metric one so now I can just do the math in my head.

@Eric_A_L

7 ай бұрын

Did you think admitting you are stupid online was some sort of brag?😂😂

@bobbyabrahm3506

5 ай бұрын

​@@Eric_A_L yeah fractions can be pretty damn hard!!

@trevorrodrigues41

19 күн бұрын

Nope loo​@@bobbyabrahm3506

As a Canadian carpenter that uses metric for everything, I got to say the imperial tape measure is a lot easier to use in construction and is what most contractors and companies use

If you fold it back on itself even more times, you can damage it enough to throw it in the bin and get a metric tape.

@geoffhaylock6848

Жыл бұрын

LMAO

@andreyangere3076

Жыл бұрын

Lol Milwaukee tapes are lifetime warranty. I get a new one every week.

@stevehamman4465

Жыл бұрын

I'm to fuuuuuu old to learn the metric system! Fuuuuuuu!

@kjellrogerjgensen60

Жыл бұрын

​@@stevehamman4465 If you can count to ten, you are ready to use the metric system. No aproximately thinking.

@kjellrogerjgensen60

Жыл бұрын

You can do the same on metric tape to, no hokus pokus.

As a trim carpenter I deal with an abundant amount of numbers everyday, not afraid to admit math was my favorite subject but I never fully understood fractions. I’m a lot better now but this tip will definitely speed thing up. GREAT TIP 👍🏼

I’ve been a contractor for 10 years, you think you’ve seen it all but you can learn new tips/tricks daily if you are willing to listen. Great tip brother!

Americans will do literally anything to avoid using the metric system

@spencerkrake11

Жыл бұрын

USA USA USA

@randybobandy9828

Жыл бұрын

Lmao.. it's not as simple as "let's just start using the metric system" since things are so ingrained in imperial units. It has its advantages though.

@mattjns

Жыл бұрын

@@randybobandy9828 Did you know that the USA actually is metric? The US took it on board in the 70’s but in a typically ‘Murican way, they said FUCK THAT, WE’RE NOT DOIN IT!! 😂

@randybobandy9828

Жыл бұрын

@mattjns not really, it's not something that can be changed easily. It's far more than just trying to have people use it.

@mattjns

Жыл бұрын

@@randybobandy9828 All countries were imperial, everyone converted, all of us. Although nearly 250 years old, most countries converted over the last 50+ years. So I’m not really sure of your point there. Basically every country except the US did. I’m almost certain (without an ounce of research) 👈🏼(I just used imperial dammit) it was a red & blue state issue. The USA seems to have waaaay too many states to structure or even agree upon this type of rollout. Could you imagine?!? It’d be a different measurement system dependant on what state border you crossed. 😂 I completely understand why you guys (I assume you’re from the US) didn’t adapt it. Makes sense.

Even if you're not having trouble it's a quick way to double-check

@ODMonkey

Жыл бұрын

It’s not quicker it’s slower

@TheRealChrisHansen

Жыл бұрын

What's a faster way to double check then?

I kinda like this that you have to do some obscure stuff to do even the simplest measurements. Compared to metric system that's so easy you don't have to even think about it.

Or just read your tape measure and do math like we all do

@randybobandy9828

Жыл бұрын

He said if your having trouble doing math.. derp

@jimbutke

Жыл бұрын

@@randybobandy9828if you’re having trouble doing math, you shouldn’t own a tape measure derp

@hubbynugget7897

Жыл бұрын

​@@jimbutke on a 13 hour shift math gets pretty hard derp

@patrickomann3580

Жыл бұрын

​@Randy Bobandy what a qweer pinecone you are they

@pasgas12safe58

Жыл бұрын

He's probably having trouble with his building work too....but that's a different video!😀

This is great! Some people seem to think it’s over complicated, but that just shows how diverse people’s ways of thinking are. Interesting!

Thank God finally someone understands a viewer new to woodworking who is ADHD and dyslexic. Thank you!

Bro reverse engineered a slide rule (without the logarithms) and that's awesome.

@giffy8924

Жыл бұрын

Lol

should’ve started the video with “ever struggle with common core math? yea me too”

Yeah a finisher I worked with years ago showed me this method. Works well. I actually forgot about it. Nice worthwhile vid 💪🏻💪🏻

If only there was an easier system. Maybe one that used simple decimals instead of complicated fractions.

@debtminer4976

Жыл бұрын

Not complicated. It's right there on the tape. No different than regular subtraction. His ''pro tip'' makes it seem more complicated than it really is.

@cm5891

Жыл бұрын

@@debtminer4976correct. Metric system can get fucked. Just learn how to do math in your head. Learned when I was about 10. It’s not that hard. It’s only 16ths. Anything in between is a 32. If you can’t work with 32, I sort of pity you. I know a cabinet guy that works with metric tape, but it’s only helpful for precise doors. It’s not helpful for framing or anything.

@Henry-kv7zl

Жыл бұрын

​@Naenae Boy I mean he's right in this context lol

@mattjns

Жыл бұрын

@@cm5891 “metric can get fucked, it only works for precise doors, not framing”. Wow, dude. Wow. 😂

@cm5891

Жыл бұрын

@@mattjns you like?

Hes gotta use his tape woth the fractions already on it hahaha

@bearpathgatehouse2943

Жыл бұрын

With*

Amazes me how many carpenters can't use a tape.

have you got all your fingers? boom, you just learned the metric system. You’re welcome.

If your having trouble reading your tape, simply fold it in half or wrap it up in a ball and toss it in the trash...

Clever trick Sometimes near the end of a much too long day this comes in handy👍🏻

Americans will literally use anything but the metric system 😂

@mikeg3950

Жыл бұрын

What else is there??

@dickbutt7854

Жыл бұрын

​@@mikeg3950 the metric system, which is way more user friendly

I know we have to be different, but seriously, the metric system is the way to go. No fractions involved

@LowJSamuel

Жыл бұрын

Fractions are more workable than decimal once you learn how to use them.

@Pmarmagne

Жыл бұрын

​@@LowJSamuel how??? Everything is by ten in the metric system. It just doesn't get any easier than that

@LowJSamuel

Жыл бұрын

@@Pmarmagne Fractions are easier to divide by 2 over and over again, as is common in construction and carpentry. You just double the denominator. Moreover, the imperial system is based loosely on 12, instead of 10, which is easier to divide by four and three. Basing on 10 makes it easier to divide by 5, sure, but what is more common in the trades, dividing into quarters and thirds or dividing into fifths? And one of the bigger advantages yet is the ease of reading a tape measure. Once you're used to it, getting a precise measurement on a typical 1/16" or even 1/32" tape measure is extremely quick and easy because everything is actually divided into 2s. Whereas on a metric measure, everything is divided into 5s (10 ticks, with the 5th one longer). An imperial measure varies the lengths of its ticks more regularly because it is so divisible. I've had this discussion a lot with people, and the usual response I get after explaining this is "you're just used to the imperial system and are making up justifications." So let's get this out of the way now: I use both the metric system and the imperial system regularly. I am used to both of them. Obviously, I can do any task using either system, but each system clearly has advantages at different things. I hate drawing in CAD using imperial. But I hate doing woodworking with metric. I hate doing calculations on paper with imperial. I hate doing quick, common, simple mental calculations (division) and applying the result with metric. The problem with the imperial system is that most people aren't actually privy to its advantages, because they don't care to learn. Most Americans even hate it because they don't understand the advantages to fractions, because it's honestly not taught well. Especially since schooling doesn't train for trades, which is where imperial shines if you understand it. But I will say that I know many expert carpenters in Europe who go out of their way to still use imperial because of the advantages I showed.

@Pmarmagne

Жыл бұрын

@@LowJSamuel okay, that's the best explanation I got so far and it makes sense. I'm just use to the ease of adding/substracting and rounding to the nearest decimal. I've been taking measurement for the crown moulding in our kitchen and since I moved to the US I figured I'll do it using the imperial system. It makes me miss the metric system to be honest. Another problem that I have in this country is the bolt and nuts. I was looking for a nut and ended up going back and forth to an Ace Hardware shop because I completely forgot there was 2 units of measurement... Smh

@LowJSamuel

Жыл бұрын

@@Pmarmagne Yea, having two systems is annoying. America uses both, which is annoying. And it's annoying when I'm making a project and have to pick one, even when I'm doing different tasks on the project that would benefit from the other system (for example, drawing on cad, then building it in person. I would prefer metric with cad then imperial with the building, but I have to pick one or the other for the whole thing). I will add that to see the advantages of imperial, you not only need to be used to it, you also have to really understand it, which most Americans honestly don't. Which is why even so many Americans who grew up with imperial think metric is better.

Better option, get a metric tape measure.

@IAMJAKETRIMBLE

Жыл бұрын

Even better, get a dual-scale tape measure. We used them all the time at one of my old jobs where most of our work was US Government work (Inches), and the rest was work for a Belgian company (metric). It really helps you get comfortable with metric if you’ve been stuck on standard your whole life. You can look at your common American measurement, then look directly above that to see what it would be in metric. Sooner than later you will know all of your standard American measurements in metric.

@Shadowrye

Жыл бұрын

​@@IAMJAKETRIMBLE any brands you recommend for the dual scale?

@g.wes.3906

Жыл бұрын

​@@Shadowrye fastcap pms, got mine on Amazon. I got the flat one for woodworking, it doesn't stick out but in don't need to tilt it when marking. Metric is so much better for quick math. Then you realize your sheet goods are metric, 1/4 inch ply is closer to 5mm, 1/2 inch is 12mm.

@Shadowrye

Жыл бұрын

@@g.wes.3906 Metrics are hard for me but only because I haven't gone around to practicing it yet. Thank you for the insight and recommendation friend 👍

@g.wes.3906

Жыл бұрын

@@Shadowrye just get the tape measure and try it, you can still estimate in feet and inches but measure in cm(10),mm(100). So your 2x4(1 1/2 x 3 1/2) is 38mm x 89mm. If you can count to 10 you will be fine.

If you can't read a tape, you're in the wrong profession.

@hannahmay5461

Жыл бұрын

Subtracting fractions has nothing to do with being able to read a tape

@patrickomann3580

Жыл бұрын

@Hannah May as the OP posts a video with the only device used being a tape, that he reads. Ok

@ODMonkey

Жыл бұрын

Lol for Fr

Teacher: “You’ll grow up and be a construction worker.” Construction worker knows better math than the teacher.

So you measure the measuring tape… with the measuring tape?! GENIUS

Good tip ! Easy to subtract and is intuitive.

thanks man you explained it but much harder 😂

Folding back my tape really is one neat trick. It's metric on the backside. Great!

millimetres, centimetres, meters, kilometres, all divisible by 10, could not be any easier. Good luck with your fractions haha

@brasshouse9822

Жыл бұрын

Does y’all tape measure have mm on it?

@ericjennings2508

Жыл бұрын

Fractions are easy if you pay attention in school and have more than 7 viable brain cells...Metric is easier and would prefer it myself, but where I live, you have to actually have to know math, not just how to move a decimal point.

@samuelsj99

Жыл бұрын

​@@brasshouse9822 yes

@hape3862

Жыл бұрын

@@ericjennings2508 So, you are saying that the guy in the video and the people who find his tip useful (all of them being Americans, mind you!) all do have less than 7 viable brain cells? - I have no objection.

@davidthomas9165

Жыл бұрын

​@@brasshouse9822 umm. Yeah. Yeah they do. Our tape measures normally have metric and imperial on them as well, just to be sure 😂

Dope. That's real dope.

Wow. I did all of that math in my head listening to you speak. Once I looked at the video, I got all messed up. Unreal.

I'm glad Iearned this trick that Tells me 22 1/4 - 2 1/4 is 20! Here I was counting the big and little ticks 🤣

I quiz my helpers with fractions on the way to and from the jobsite. Sometimes i throw in improper fractions. I am the worst.

@NQTOD

Жыл бұрын

Any helper that has worked with in 22 years has been quizzed…!!! I teach them the fuck the half method (I posted it in the comments) After about a week or two of practice I start quizzing the shit out of them at random times I’ll catch em 10 minutes before break and ask them what half of 97-5/8 is and if they answer quickly and right I send em to break early

Jesus christ you guys make it hard 😂

@Spodokamono

Жыл бұрын

I guess thats why they charge so much, 10 minutes cutting the wood but 3 hours to figure it out what length to cut. 😊

Metric is your solution

Good job man, it’s simple and fast

Wow I actually learned something amazing!!

The easy read tape measure says enough about this video

Wow! That was harder than just doing math.

With a Milwaukee tape you can only do that a few times before it snaps on ya lmao

People being negative in comments. This works and nobody will do this forever. We all get better at math with practice. Cheers!

If you can't add and subtract fractions. Take your tape measure a your tool belt in your left hand. Then with a fast strong swinging motion. Rotate the tape tools and bags over your right shoulder letting go when your arm crosses your chest. Then walk to your car and drive off the job site and never ever return.

I have a tape measure I've had for 2-3 decades very light duty, I only use it in special occasions and it has on the bottom the half marks of everything on top so you go to the number on top 12 foot 7 inch 3/32nds you go to the bottom number where that lines up and that's exactly halfway down the point where you want to be. I have not seen one since or before the one I got it came from rockweiler in San Diego. That place is great

Got that beginner tape measure.

Ahhh that’s what the kids are doing. 🤣😂 common core construction

Have a easier for you 50cm dividend by 2, thats 25 dang, weird how simple some stuff can be….

@Johnsmith-nr5qz

Жыл бұрын

50 inches divided by two, thats 25 damn so hard

@unnecessarywisdoms

Жыл бұрын

@@Johnsmith-nr5qz now now how much is 3/4 + 1/8 + 5/6th of an inch

@mattjns

Жыл бұрын

@@Johnsmith-nr5qz😂Christ you missed the point.

@crazymuffinstv9024

Жыл бұрын

@@unnecessarywisdoms you wouldn’t use a 6th in a measurement 99% of the time. Tape measures read 1, 1/2, 1/4, 1/8, 1/16. So if we did 3/4 + 1/8 + 5/16 you would just make them all in 16ths and add together. Which is 1 3/16”, pretty easy.

@nathanbowersox1234

Жыл бұрын

Fraction’s are pretty simple also, unless you’re the guy throwing out a sixth of an inch. He must be an engineer.

It's a pretty damn good way of doing that 👍

@davidm5804

Жыл бұрын

Sorry about that! I didn't mean nothing by it but I wil try to follow the rules and guidelines 😕

This is brilliant!!💕💕

Hey that is a cool tape measure just like the one I got for my Wife because she couldn't or wouldn't learn how to read my Tape Measure

It amazes me that American houses are built straight when everything is measured in football fields and gallons of freedom

I saw a foreman snatch a tape like this from an apprentice and throw it away... proceeds to tell him to get a real tape measure

@anond2015

Жыл бұрын

That's just dumb gatekeeping. Should take the AC out of his truck and the nail gun out of his box. Give him a hammer and a palm leaf. Do it like a real man! 🙄

This is brilliant! 👍

Good going now I’m more confused now 😂😂

When u smoke too much b4 work... if u can't do math they always need someone to sweep up after the electricians

@NQTOD

Жыл бұрын

Not because anyone sucks at math but because electricians LEAVE THEIR GOD DAMN SHIT EVERYWHERE…. Whew I feel better now

Thank you very helpful.

Imagine there was another way, kind of like smaller 16th inches, then goes up by 10's. That would be the dream

@autumn5592

Жыл бұрын

The little 10s or the big ones?

the metric system is awesome

I got that same information from the essential Carpenter five years ago!

That's a cute tape those are really good for people that don't know what the fuck they're doing

I have been teaching this trick to ever apprentice of mine for they last 30 years

Don’t listen to that guy at the top of the comments, whatever works works man 👍🏼

If you have them issues I think you need a new trade👍

@josephdestaubin7426

Жыл бұрын

So true!

So that's why my door doesn't close right...

if you can't subtract fraction, then you need a new job. I think in the field of, "Would like fries with that"

Same trick works trying to divide a random number in half. Put the end of the tape on the number and the tape will be bent on the center!

Most tape measure 3" for inside measurement if it has rubber you can use it as a eraser if some thing like a rope far out extend your tape use the hook to catch it bring it towards you. When you trying to mark a scribe run your finger on the tape should stay in place to get a accurate scribe

For carpenters that didn't make it past the 4th grade

Just get a metric tape no more fractions 😂

Also take the last 2 digests of your birth year, then line up the year. So say you were born 1990 just find (19)90in and across from it will be the year (20)23in and then look at the fold back, the bend in the tape gives you your age fun trick when rocking beers on break

Just mark it on a piece of lumber if it’s that hard for you or to double check yourself

The Milwaukee tape measures have a lot of play on the tips.

Nice, never heard of this trick but will definitely use it next time.

fRacTiOns tOo hArd😔

Great pointer man gonna use this next chance I get

bruh this is gold

I am 2 washing machines tall and 257 New York rats heavy 🙋🏻😎

Yes but not all tape measures have all the extra fractional part on them

You exercise your brain just a little with fractions. After a while, it is second nature and takes very little thought. I have worked with metric some. Mostly tool sizes. Pretty simple. I have done very little measuring since most all of my measuring tools are standard.

Christ, If only there was, I dunno, let’s call it a “system” that worked better than this. Now THAT’D be neat. 🤔

If only there was a system that didn't rely on the measurement of Henry the first foot. A system that can make subtraction of fractions easier. A system that is so universal it can be used anywhere and even children understand. Wait.... Metric system walks in. Mic drops.

@brasshouse9822

Жыл бұрын

Yeah that’s all good and all but we still don’t like it

@ale-dk8lf

Жыл бұрын

​@@brasshouse9822 why don't you?

@brasshouse9822

Жыл бұрын

@@ale-dk8lf base 12 system is easier than a base 10 system in actual use

@anonymousviewer6721

Жыл бұрын

its okay bro if you cant do fractions😂

@mattjns

Жыл бұрын

@@brasshouse9822No bro. No.

Or switch to metric. BTW, I'm American, but if a decimalized monetary system makes sense then so does a measurement system.

Another tip is throwing that Milwaukee tape in the trash! Those things are junk

@Thebonesoftrees

Жыл бұрын

Yup

Do it for a living and it just comes natural

I like it.

Congrats you made a flexible vernier scale 👌

that would be what we call a dummy tapes on the jobsite

Thnx 👍👍👍

Metric: Hi ~ Metric has left the chat room ~ Metric has entered the chat room Metric: Hi

I was fine before, now I don't want to touch a tape measure again.

Honestly if you can’t do this 99% of the time it’s probably time to switch trades lol

This the same guy who was saying "1 and 5 little lines" a week ago.

Learned this math in second grade!!Simple math , dude!!

Or you know... don't skip math class in elementary school.

@maintwelderbarton9015

Жыл бұрын

The answer I was looking for. Good job.

*pulls out tenths tape measure*

this is why i prefer metric with certain things