RobinBHM
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doorframe":1c7vwwfe said:themackay":1c7vwwfe said:I never rely on measuring from end of tape if I require accuracy
Yep, I generally start from the 100mm mark to avoid the inaccuracy of the slidey bit. If it comes out at 900mm (for example), I know its 800mm. Trouble is, it's in my head that I've got to take 100mm off, so end up cutting a piece at 700mm. Done that so many times. :roll:
It's so much fun discovering one has cut a piece exactly 100mm short. If I ever mark off the hundred mm mark, before cutting I roughly check the size marked using the tape with the end hooked, to try and avoid it happening. Same thing with marking a middle line exactly -roughly measure from each end just in case the maths is wrong!
It's surprising how many people don't realise the end of the tape is not just loose, its a precise measurement. I suppose it's not necessarily obvious.
I always seem doomed with new tape measures -all lovely and accurate for a day, until I knock it off the bench and it always lands on the hook!