CORRECTION I said in the video that on the back of the tape measure it was marked in inches. This is not correct. It is in fact a scale that takes in Pi to calculate diameter. I’ve not used this function. I apologise to anyone hoping to have this measure inches.
Nick you are spot on with your acessment of imperial verses millemeters. I was born in the US and the school system never mentioned metric measurements ( I was born in 1954). With all that being said my father was a watchmake and jewler, and later a gemlogist.... he was a fluent metric system user in his trade and I learned it from him. As you say it is a no brainer, much simpler! My work was in the space of Ophthalmology, Optometrist-Oculist and metric is all we used.
That’s strange, because very few people can say their father was a watchmaker. You and I can. My father’s main business was as a watchmaker. He was also a fine woodworker. I started watchmaking but my heart was with wood.
NIck, @berrysmith1954 and @MokuzaDesigh are both spot-on! I heard about the metric system in Jr. High school the schools in the 1950s didn't teach it. My father was mechanical engineer, I grew up with the Imperial measuring system. Never thought I would need metrics until I became a Porches mechanic in the mid-80s. It's so much simpler so it required very little time to become "bi-lingual". Thanks for the video!
I’m also old enough to have been brought up on imperial measurements and even remember when money wasn’t decimal! 😂 I’m a fan of those Talmeter tape measures too although my everyday go to is the Fastcap one which has a pencil sharpener built in. Good work on the video. Lots of good information 👍
Ahhh decimal money. I made a fortune for a while. My gran used to give me a shilling pocket money. When we swapped to decimal that would have technically been 5p. But she continued giving me 12p. This was ruined when my father explained the new system.
Hi Nick, I enjoyed the video and it's good to hear someone talk about measurement the same way as I think: drive in miles measure in inches. Though I remember my dad combining the two "2 foot 5mm" was a measurement he gave me once. Just a suggestion, it would be good if you had a second camera/phone for close ups to give us a better view of what you are doing sometimes. I like your style so have subscribed.. Keep up the good work
It made me laugh about your dad combining the two form of measurement. You are right about the cameras and that is happening soon. I have been restricted by space a bit but that is changing next week so will have more room to play with. Thanks for the subscription. The filming will get better.
I like the Hultafors tape measure (I have one), but the bottom of the tape is not inches. I don't know what it is, but it's most definitely not in inches.
I hadn’t noticed before but you are right. I’ll pin a comment to correct this. Thanks ever so much for pointing this out, I appreciate you taking the time to let me know.
