How to find half of 11/16 the easy way.

The way you are holding the tape measure in the picture will not give you the half way poin./ The tab on the end of the tape measure is not as wide as the tape. Which side of the tape are you going to read the 1 1/2 inches on?

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Just double the denominator.

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picked up this trick in college, from an elderly fellow that grew up in England, earned his apprenticeship building boats. so many tricks to learn.

oluf, I was not in my shop when I did this. I rarely use tape measures, I prefer a ruler, so yes, it won’t be exactly half with this tape unless you hold the tape on the left side of the line. But you get the point. I would hold the tape at the one inch mark if I didn’t have a camera in one hand, lol.

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Very slick, I will have to remember this. Thanks

Thanks. Very good trick. Ijust learned that the other day. You can use it to find mult. Spacings also like 3 or four equal spaces..good for dovetail layout. Pretty cool trick.

When getting down in fractions i don’t like below 16th. I bought a digital thickness gage and it reads 11/64..?? Whats that?..is that alittle more than 2/16ths….to much info….we are dealing with wood here.

Roy and Norm had to demonstrate that about 15 times before I finally remembered it ;-))

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Yea,thats a good tip,use it alot with steel rule@tape.

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Nice tip, thanks for the reminder I used that tip years ago and somehow forgot all about it.

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I just keep a 12” metal center riule in my apron. Use it all the time

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I just keep a 12” metal center ruler in my apron. Use it all the time

-- Mike.... West Virginia. "Man is a tool using animal. Without tools he is nothing, with tools he is all.". T Carlyle

ducky911 , 11/64s is time to run it thru the planer one more time for just a skosh bit. and a skosh is a real Tech term. :) I would have to get out my calculator and mess with it for a while to come up with the right answer for that.

The tab on the end of the tape is not necessarily accurate anyways. Just use the 1 inch mark and the 4 inch mark and use the middle mark (2-1/2 in.). Better yet use a good 6 inch machinist ruler instead.

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