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Easy read Tape measures #7692645 10/14/22 11:19 PM 10/14/22 11:19 PM
Joined: Jul 2013 Amite county Mississippi Wolfdog91 OP trapper
Wolfdog91 OP trapper Joined: Jul 2013 Amite county Mississippi	So anyone happen to know if a company that makes easy reads that are marked down to 16ths or better yet 32nds ? Can't seem to find one YouTube expert "The bird of Hermes is my name , eating my wings to keep me tame"

Re: Easy read Tape measures [Re: Wolfdog91] #7692648 10/14/22 11:24 PM 10/14/22 11:24 PM
Joined: Jun 2022 South Dakota T TheYouthTrapper trapper
TheYouthTrapper trapper T Joined: Jun 2022 South Dakota	I don't but I know that I love having them around since I'm not very good with the fractions of them. Good luck with the search!

Re: Easy read Tape measures [Re: Wolfdog91] #7692654 10/15/22 12:03 AM 10/15/22 12:03 AM
Joined: Jan 2007 Georgia warrior trapper
warrior trapper Joined: Jan 2007 Georgia	What's hard about reading tapes? Or the fraction to decimal conversion? 0.5, 0.25, 0.125, 0.0625, 0.03125

Re: Easy read Tape measures [Re: Wolfdog91] #7692655 10/15/22 12:08 AM 10/15/22 12:08 AM
Joined: Sep 2020 Missouri O Osagan trapper
Osagan trapper O Joined: Sep 2020 Missouri	What you need is a 6" or 12" machinists stainless steel ruler. Graduated in 1/64th" of an inch. All over Amazon or maybe Lowe's or Home Depot. Looks like you're trying to break fractions down into decimals. That breakdown will be on the back of a 6"machinist ruler. Handy gadgets. Yes I have seen recoil tapes graduated in 1/64th. They're out there. Usually 1/16" is the smallest fraction that is needed for any kind of building construction so most tapes are graduated in 1/16ths. Last edited by Osagian; 10/15/22 12:30 AM.

Re: Easy read Tape measures [Re: Osagan] #7692657 10/15/22 12:20 AM 10/15/22 12:20 AM
Joined: Jan 2007 Georgia warrior trapper
warrior trapper Joined: Jan 2007 Georgia	Originally Posted by Osagian What you need is a 6" or 12" machinists stainless steel ruler. Graduated in 1/64th" of an inch. All over Amazon or maybe Lowe's or Home Depot. Looks like you're trying to break fractions down into decimals. That breakdown will be on the back of a 6"machinist ruler. Handy gadgets. Yes I have seen recoil tapes like what is on your note pad. They are made. Usually 1/8 is the smallest fraction that is needed for any kind of building construction so most tapes are graduated in 1/16ths. ^This^ Carpenters don't need that fine a measure but cabinet makers do to keep the tools square.

Re: Easy read Tape measures [Re: Wolfdog91] #7692818 10/15/22 09:36 AM 10/15/22 09:36 AM
Joined: Dec 2006 WI T-Rex trapper
T-Rex trapper Joined: Dec 2006 WI	Mixing fractions and decimals means extra steps and chances of error. Think of it like this: 3 5/16 is the same as 2 21/16 .5 of course is 1/2, or 8/16 so. 2 21/16 minus 8/16 is 2 13/16 You should be able to easily interpolate 16th's on a 1/8 scale. If you have ever seen a steel machinist's scale, you'll notice it can get pretty cluttered, and difficult to read. That kind of clutter just doesn't belong on a tool that is intended for longer, less precise work. To specifically answer your original question. I do know where you can get one marked in 16's, though. Right on your own workbench. See those little tick marks between the 1/8th's on the lower scale? Those can actually be thought of as 16th's. Originally Posted by Wolfdog91 So anyone happen to know if a company that makes easy reads that are marked down to 16ths or better yet 32nds ? Can't seem to find one Man who mistake shillelagh for fairy wand; see pixie dust, also.

Re: Easy read Tape measures [Re: Wolfdog91] #7692882 10/15/22 01:19 PM 10/15/22 01:19 PM
Joined: Dec 2013 Greene County,Virginia R run trapper
run trapper R Joined: Dec 2013 Greene County,Virginia	Fastcap is one brand to look @, wolfdog91. wanna be goat farmer.

Re: Easy read Tape measures [Re: Wolfdog91] #7692893 10/15/22 01:57 PM 10/15/22 01:57 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Sugar Grove, WV J JTfromWV trapper
JTfromWV trapper J Joined: Dec 2006 Sugar Grove, WV	I hate tape measures with the fractions printed on them. I find it distracting.

Re: Easy read Tape measures [Re: JTfromWV] #7692895 10/15/22 02:04 PM 10/15/22 02:04 PM
Joined: Jan 2007 Georgia warrior trapper
warrior trapper Joined: Jan 2007 Georgia	Same

Re: Easy read Tape measures [Re: Wolfdog91] #7692945 10/15/22 03:35 PM 10/15/22 03:35 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 South shore L.I. N.Y. G gcs trapper
gcs trapper G Joined: Dec 2006 South shore L.I. N.Y.	Not only can they be thought of 16 ths, they ARE 16ths,

Re: Easy read Tape measures [Re: JTfromWV] #7692948 10/15/22 03:40 PM 10/15/22 03:40 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Piney va. soon be 19 cotton trapper
cotton trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Piney va. soon be 19	Originally Posted by JTfromWV I hate tape measures with the fractions printed on them. I find it distracting. Yeppers John 3/16 ifin your gonna be dumb ya gotta be tough VTA life member

Re: Easy read Tape measures [Re: run] #7692954 10/15/22 03:49 PM 10/15/22 03:49 PM
Joined: Jul 2013 Amite county Mississippi Wolfdog91 OP trapper
Wolfdog91 OP trapper Joined: Jul 2013 Amite county Mississippi	Originally Posted by run Fastcap is one brand to look @, wolfdog91. Perfect! Definitely going to be ordering a few of these ! YouTube expert "The bird of Hermes is my name , eating my wings to keep me tame"

Re: Easy read Tape measures [Re: JTfromWV] #7692959 10/15/22 04:00 PM 10/15/22 04:00 PM
Joined: Oct 2012 Wisconsin E Eagleye trapper
Eagleye trapper E Joined: Oct 2012 Wisconsin	Originally Posted by JTfromWV I hate tape measures with the fractions printed on them. I find it distracting. Thats me... my wife will say it's the little mark past the 1/4" - I say, do you mean .3125? and she usually responds with a mumbled expletive

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