Overheard a guy at the lumber yard say something about my measuring tape that stung

I was grabbing some 1x4 poplar for a face frame and this older cabinetmaker looked at my tape and said "you trust that thing?" I checked it against a ruler and my hook was 1/16 off from getting bent. Never even crossed my mind to check it after all these years. Any of you guys ever find a tape that's out of whack from a drop?

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kimreed15d ago

Yeah but a 64th either way is usually within my margin of error anyway.

verar2115d ago

1/16? Man that would drive me nuts on a face frame. I'd be second guessing every cut until I figured out why things weren't lining up.