A micrometer is one of the linear measuring instruments, provides accuracy down to 1/100 of a millimeter. Even, some of them can reach 1µm accuracy. It’s truly a hand-held tool that you can rely on to measure something very thin or to get more detail about the thickness, length, diameter, and depth of an object. … Read more
In terms of measuring the distance of the internal-external dimension and diameter of an object, it is a lot harder to do with a conventional measure like a ruler. However, it’s a lot easier with a caliper. There’s a lot to be said for a caliper, but how it actually works? How does it serve … Read more
A caliper is a precision measuring instrument that has the good flexibility to measure various dimensions such as thickness, outside diameter, inside diameter, length, width, and depth of an object in a single tool. It’s a very complete tool to support your multiple dimension measurement. A caliper is made of steel. However, sometimes carbon material … Read more
A tape measure is a tool to measure length. Depending on the type of tape measure, it can serve the measurement length differently. It can serve up to 300 feet. Generally, a tape measure is similar to a ruler, in which the way we use it is by laying it on object being measure such … Read more
When it comes to linear measurements, it means length, width, height, thickness, depth, diagonal, diameter, etc. It is about the straight or shortest distance between two points. Length is one of the most measured linear distances. Tools to measure length have been existing from the beginning of humanity. People utilized fingers to measure short length … Read more
You may experience a bad day with your tape measure. Unluckily, it’s suddenly broken while you are using it. Instead of buying a new one, you decide to fix it. That’s a good idea. You can save time and some money. How to fix a broken tape measure is basically easy. You can do it … Read more
Before you go measuring, it’s better off calibrating your tape measure to ensure its accuracy. How to calibrate a tape measure is easy. It just needs a tool which is commonly called calibration tool. Once you diagnose your tape measure using the calibrator, then you can decide whether to continue using it or fix it … Read more
One of the reasons why you should choose tape measures as your length measuring tool is their easy-to-maintain advantage while it provides great functions that you can’t obtain from an ordinary length measuring tool. Even though easy, if you don’t take care of it properly, it will break apart early. Here are some simple tips … Read more
Using a tape measure is basically easy. Things that you need to consider are the hook and the tape. On this page, we are going to discuss how to use the hook and read the tape. If you know how to use it and read the marks properly, that’s good, whereas if you are still … Read more
A tape measure is actually a long ruler that can be bent and rolled-up so that we can get it housed in a case then pick it anywhere. It is a problem solver when we need a portable long-range ruler. That’s why carpenters, builders, etc are those who always pick tape measures for their measurement needs. … Read more