Engineering Tape Measure Tenths

Engineer s tape measures have dual measuring scales in ft 10ths 100ths and english scale along the bottom.

Engineering tape measure tenths.

Official unit of measure in the usa engineers tenths feet 10ths and 100ths. 1 16 of 419 results for tape measure tenths amazon s choice for tape measure tenths. Decimal inch tape measure 25 foot black marks even hundredths of an inch black numbers for tenths of an inch and inches red for feet and inches magnetic three rivet hook tape lock belt clip. Even if you don t have a tenths calibrated measuring tape however you can still indirectly measure length in tenths.

Most often on any kind of grades such as parking lots storm drains building floors everything is done in tenths of an inch which means one foot is divided into 10 equal measurements instead of 12 inches. On an engineering tape measure the foot is not divided into inches but into tenths or larger factors of 10 such as 1 20. Units of measure imperial english feet and inches usually to the 1 8th or 1 16th. Stand out is how far a tape can be extended before it breaks or bends down on its own.

But this is an engineering tape and i bought it to use it that way. A great tape measure. With this type of tape measure values greater than 1 foot can be multiplied without first converting the value to another unit particularly in the case of tenths of a foot. 4 2 out of 5 stars 15.

Get it as soon as thu oct 8. Komelon 425iehv high visibility professional tape measure bother inch and engineer scale printed 25 feet by 1 inch chrome. 4 7 out of 5 stars 454. 1 30 1 50 or 1 60.

Standout is 10 feet. The cases of these measuring tapes are colored. When shopping for tape measures consider type durability length and standout. But instead of the decimal scale on the bottom where it s most useful it s for some reason at the top where i have to then tip the tape and peek over the top to see it accurately.

Although inches and centimeters are common on both it is possible to get measuring tapes in tenths which measure tenths of a foot and are often used in building and construction. You ll find english and metric engineers and architects tape measures here including some. 25 x 1 magnetic maggrip pro tape measure with inch engineer scale yellow black. Grainger carries a huge tape measure and measuring tape selection to help meet construction engineering architectural and other industrial or commercial measuring needs.