If you plan to use the lanyard hole, you have to allow for the tape body distance plus the 4” you have on the tape. So your 4” radius example really turns out to be approximately 7” radius as usually the tape body is plus or minus 3” so you really have a 14” diameter circle. I like the second example as it truly a 4” radius, 8” diameter hole. Thanks for the tip.
So exactly the same as what I said in my comment stated earlier, although much wordier. I guess mine came across as condescending or a criticism of the video so I didn’t get the pin or even a like. But I was really just trying to point out the same thing in a concise way. Nevertheless, it is a good tip but needed clarification.
I have used a variant of this trick using a can of marking paint, a forming pin and string line. Similar principle. Makes cutting radius’s easy and uniform. Never thought to apply it to a tape measure. Loving the tool tip Tuesday!!
The first circle made with the lufkin was a 14 5/8 inch. The first circle made with the Milwaukee was a 8 1/2 inch and all of the the measurements stated in the video were diameter not circumference. But it was still a good tip to share the process!
Actually the measurement he thinks he's doing (and kind of is doing, on the second one) is a RADIUS. Not a circumference as he says, but not a diameter as you're saying either.
So measure from your hole circle and make a mark at you circumference. Then align your pencil to your mark (not rocket science folks, figure it out). If you want ta git all persnickety, he didn't take his pencil radius into account neither; so what!
@@ToddSwagerty “Make a mark at your circumference?” You measure from the centre of the hole, and make a mark at the radius of the circle you want to scribe. Like I said, if you want to cut a 12” hole, you know to measure out 6”. Knowing that the circumference will be 37.699” is meaningless. Technically a circumference doesn’t exist until you scribe a circle or any other closed geometric shape. People are overthinking this. The purpose of the video was to demonstrate how to draw a circle, using a tape measure instead of a compass or the old pencil and string method.
@@ToddSwagerty You're missing the entire point. The circumference is the distance around the outside of the circle. He (and you, as far as I can figure out) thinks "circumference" means the distance from the center to the edge. It's not. That's the radius. The distance across the circle is the diameter. Typically in construction, a hole size is given in diameter. So a 6" hole is 6" in diameter, has a 3" radius, and a circumference of nearly 18-7/8".
Good tip. I've been building and remodeling since '70. I usually use a compass but when it's not handy, I use a chalk box with a nail in the end hook. The string can be pulled out and wrapped around my pencil at the desired radius.
Who doesn’t like a tape measure tip/trick. There so many out there, and ya could easily do several 2 min episodes for them, Hmm, ain’t that an idea 😂 Cheers Clint✌🏻
another way is to put your screw in with the head sticking up about 1/4 inch above the surface, on the end of the tape on the 90 degree bend is a slot, put the edge of the screw head into the slot and hold the pencle at the measurement you want for a 6 inch circle hold it at 3 inches, it will have you going in circles in no time
Love it! 😁 Full disclosure, my old man learned me on and left me some legit compasses, but this is still great content that I can appreciate my dude. 👍👏✌
This is the first new handy tip I've seen in a long time, most of the time the handy tips I see I've been using all along, but this is something I've never seen, thanks
Great video, and awesome tip. I work making custom area rugs and have to draw circles all the time. I've made a tool for doing so, as I'm usually doing 6 ft diameter and above. This, though, would be handy in a pinch and I'd honestly never thought of it. Only thing is, and it may have been mentioned already, but wouldn't that lufkin demonstration result in about a 14" circle? (4" for the measured tape + 3")×2? Again, awesome video, brother. Glad I found your channel.
Around 1970, my father taught me to use a nearly identical method to draw circles, but he hooked the hook on the tape, on the screw or small nail, and the pencil went in the crotch where the actual measurement is showing, against the body of the reel. That way, you don't have to add the extra length of the body.
I have actually been using that trick for a little while now an old boss man of mine shown it to me on a job one day when I was cutting a hole out for a closet flange on a subfloor I was putting in I loved it and it has made work a lot easier since
Great tip that I never thought of but will definitely use. Depending on the accuracy needed I would probably use the second method even if I had the lanyard option. That way you wouldn't necessarily have to pre mark your radius or factor in the length from the center of lanyard hole to the hook.
Awesome tip, man !!! I can see me using this to cut holes for pot lights or speakers in ceiling tiles. I usually use the template that comes with the light or speaker, but those are typically just paper thin and suck balls to work with. It’s these little things that make work life a little easier 🤝👍
It's and oldie but a goodie.. have used this for years since I was taught it by an another carpenter in the early 70's... Well done! I had forgotten this.. I do not do much building any more at a very old 70..
I've been using a tape measure for years but never tried that little trick. Neat trick by the way. One trick I "do" know about though is that if you don't have a pencil to draw a line and you need to make a line on something you are planning to cut then pull out your tape measure to the required length, lock it down, and put the body of the tape measure on the edge of the item you want to cut. With the tape end then take it and make a scratch mark on item you are getting ready to cut. It will make a straight line every time.
There's a slot in the hook of the tape where you were holding your pencil towards the end of the video. That slot hooks on the head of a drywall screw and does the same thing, but the measurements are easier to do because the tape measure reads from that hook
@@samsh0-q3a Seriously? The point is showing how to draw a perfect circle using a tape measure. This is handy if you have to cut a circle out of a piece of wood or other surface.
Never used these tricks before I have used a screw and some string rapped around screw and around pencil nice quick tricks bro as well as a protractor @ToolReviewZone
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If you plan to use the lanyard hole, you have to allow for the tape body distance plus the 4” you have on the tape. So your 4” radius example really turns out to be approximately 7” radius as usually the tape body is plus or minus 3” so you really have a 14” diameter circle. I like the second example as it truly a 4” radius, 8” diameter hole. Thanks for the tip.
Yeah, forgot to mention that lol
I'm pinning your comment👊
So exactly the same as what I said in my comment stated earlier, although much wordier. I guess mine came across as condescending or a criticism of the video so I didn’t get the pin or even a like. But I was really just trying to point out the same thing in a concise way. Nevertheless, it is a good tip but needed clarification.
This was driving me crazy lol 🤣 and don't worry, you don't need to pin my comment, I have thick skin lol
Nerd! JK. You mention it because you care. Nice job. 👏
I love it. I've been a carpenter for 30+ years and that's one of the best tricks I've come across. Thank you.👍
Awesome!!!!
I've been playing with tools as an amateur for many years and never knew about this. You taught me something new and I can't wait to try it out.
That's a good tip. Glad you showed it on two different style tape measure.
I have used a variant of this trick using a can of marking paint, a forming pin and string line. Similar principle. Makes cutting radius’s easy and uniform. Never thought to apply it to a tape measure. Loving the tool tip Tuesday!!
The first circle made with the lufkin was a 14 5/8 inch. The first circle made with the Milwaukee was a 8 1/2 inch and all of the the measurements stated in the video were diameter not circumference. But it was still a good tip to share the process!
Actually the measurement he thinks he's doing (and kind of is doing, on the second one) is a RADIUS. Not a circumference as he says, but not a diameter as you're saying either.
How many times have you said to yourself “I’m going to cut a 21” circumference hole”?
So measure from your hole circle and make a mark at you circumference. Then align your pencil to your mark (not rocket science folks, figure it out). If you want ta git all persnickety, he didn't take his pencil radius into account neither; so what!
@@ToddSwagerty “Make a mark at your circumference?” You measure from the centre of the hole, and make a mark at the radius of the circle you want to scribe. Like I said, if you want to cut a 12” hole, you know to measure out 6”. Knowing that the circumference will be 37.699” is meaningless. Technically a circumference doesn’t exist until you scribe a circle or any other closed geometric shape. People are overthinking this. The purpose of the video was to demonstrate how to draw a circle, using a tape measure instead of a compass or the old pencil and string method.
@@ToddSwagerty You're missing the entire point. The circumference is the distance around the outside of the circle. He (and you, as far as I can figure out) thinks "circumference" means the distance from the center to the edge. It's not. That's the radius. The distance across the circle is the diameter.
Typically in construction, a hole size is given in diameter. So a 6" hole is 6" in diameter, has a 3" radius, and a circumference of nearly 18-7/8".
Good tip. I've been building and remodeling since '70. I usually use a compass but when it's not handy, I use a chalk box with a nail in the end hook. The string can be pulled out and wrapped around my pencil at the desired radius.
Holy Sh*t! Been using tape measures forever and never ever thought of this trick. Reallllllllll nice like! ;-)
Haha, awesome!!
Who doesn’t like a tape measure tip/trick. There so many out there, and ya could easily do several 2 min episodes for them, Hmm, ain’t that an idea 😂
Cheers Clint✌🏻
Haha, thanks Aepek brother 👊🤣
Four inch circle, LMAO! Better measure that again. 😅
8?
4 inch plus the length of the tape case. X's 2
7 in circle with the lufkin. The tape body is 3 in
@@nineinchrails3361 So, 14 inch circle??
@@johndeaux9987 sure
another way is to put your screw in with the head sticking up about 1/4 inch above the surface, on the end of the tape on the 90 degree bend is a slot, put the edge of the screw head into the slot and hold the pencle at the measurement you want for a 6 inch circle hold it at 3 inches, it will have you going in circles in no time
Good tip for marking out circles, Thanks!!
Fantastic tip will be trying this out, cheers !!!
TTT a new segment that is truly useful and applicable to Tradesman and DIYers...TRZ Rocks...
Haha, thanks Marco, you're the man👊
Retired after 35 years building big buildings never saw that before, thanks, I will show these young guys if they will stand still and watch!!
Great tip.Looks like it only works if you "screw straight".
Did you just assume it's sexual orientation??? 🤣🤣
Wow, a tool tip that's actually useful! Well done!
Intros are getting mighty my dude, you made my day!! 👊👊👊👊
Lol, thanks Isharin. Voice hurt a bit from this one lol
Lovin the retro rock Clint, we need more of this in our lives. 🥃
Haha, thabks and agreed Eoghan!!!
Wow I’ve been a carpenter for 34yrs and never heard that trick , I’m really diggin that one !!!!!
Awesome!!!!
I've been playing with a measuring tape for many years and never knew that.thank u.👍
Great tip! Thanks!
That’s a great tip
Ever since I watched the tip I always use it Thank you Clint
Your awesome
Haha, awesomeness 👌
Love it! 😁
Full disclosure, my old man learned me on and left me some legit compasses, but this is still great content that I can appreciate my dude. 👍👏✌
1:19 , i was like "wtf? am I like an idiot?"....my math teacher would kill me for calling that 4-inch circle.
that is what I was thinking
He called it a circumference. not a radius, too.
Yeah, apparently radius, diameter, and circumference are interchangeable now. Lol
This is the first new handy tip I've seen in a long time, most of the time the handy tips I see I've been using all along, but this is something I've never seen, thanks
Learn something new every day thanks
Been waiting all day for tool tips Tuesday😎
Hope it was worth the wait Ted!!!
Great tips THANK you for sharing this information helped a lot great video
That music intro ROCKS!!!
I Love It!!
I’ve skipped back to it about 20 times now!
Awesome!🤟
Hahaha, that's awesome! Thabks so much Pat!!!
Never thought about that my friend and I have been in construction for 45 years...dang brother..
.LOL
We all learn something new sometimes brother 👊
That’s a real naas tip. Thanks for sharing!
Wow! I'm 66yrs old been using tape measures most my adult life and have NEVER had this idea. You're absolutely right! Boom! Mind blown! Thank you!
Brilliant. Thank you for that info. Short and consise clip for the delivery of simple yet brilliant timesaving info.
Thanks sean!!!!
Wow really useful tip never would have thought of that.
Awesome, glad you like it Joseph!!!!!!!
Excellent tip.
Thanks Stephen!!!!
I have not seen that trick and I’ve been around a tape measure a lot. It’s a nice little trick 🤘🏻
Thanks Landscaping!!!!
Mind blown! Thanks
Great video, and awesome tip. I work making custom area rugs and have to draw circles all the time. I've made a tool for doing so, as I'm usually doing 6 ft diameter and above. This, though, would be handy in a pinch and I'd honestly never thought of it. Only thing is, and it may have been mentioned already, but wouldn't that lufkin demonstration result in about a 14" circle? (4" for the measured tape + 3")×2?
Again, awesome video, brother. Glad I found your channel.
Thanks for the awesome comment Anthony!!!!!!
Great idea! Thank you muchly!
was wondering what was the hole for on the lufkin,,,tanks for info
Great Tip !!!!!
I have used this this method was tought this like 30 years ago by my shop teacher I also own a Lufkin shockfoce tape
Around 1970, my father taught me to use a nearly identical method to draw circles, but he hooked the hook on the tape, on the screw or small nail, and the pencil went in the crotch where the actual measurement is showing, against the body of the reel. That way, you don't have to add the extra length of the body.
Use it, Love it..... It takes the game to a new level! 👍👍
Brilliant thank you so simple keep them coming please
I will definitely use this thanks for sharing!!!
Tool tip you are Terrific thanks
OK... this tip is going into the tool bag straight away!!! 👍
Awesomeness 👊
This video deserve a billion views since almost every households today owns a tape measure
Hahaha, thanks Honda!!!!!
This was all new(s) to me! Thanks!!
I have actually been using that trick for a little while now an old boss man of mine shown it to me on a job one day when I was cutting a hole out for a closet flange on a subfloor I was putting in I loved it and it has made work a lot easier since
OH MY GOSH ! ! ! Mind is now officially blown.
THANK YOU !!!!!!! New Tip to me !!!
It's always good to see a new trick even if it's been done before, if anything it's a reminder, cuz I don't care who ya are....you will forget it
Love the tips. Thank you.
Thanks Steve!!!
That is a good tape trick . Have used it in a pinch . Thanks for sharing . Easy to forget the -- 3" .
Thank You Brother! First video of yours I've seen. Quick tips are the best and I appreciate it. Just Subed!
Awesome Jimmy! Welcome to the channel and the Awesome comment!!!!
Thank you I do radiuses all the time never knew that
lol never seen that before. Dope.
Thanks, boss.
Great tip. Will keep it in mind. Keep the tips coming.
very good. thank you.
Great tip that I never thought of but will definitely use. Depending on the accuracy needed I would probably use the second method even if I had the lanyard option. That way you wouldn't necessarily have to pre mark your radius or factor in the length from the center of lanyard hole to the hook.
Awesome tip, man !!! I can see me using this to cut holes for pot lights or speakers in ceiling tiles. I usually use the template that comes with the light or speaker, but those are typically just paper thin and suck balls to work with. It’s these little things that make work life a little easier 🤝👍
Awesomeness. Thanks for the comment!!!!!!
WOW GENIUS !!!
Awesome dude, thanx
I learn that in kosovo when i was deployed good tip i won a bet once 😁keep that good tips godbless you
Awesome, thanks for the feedback Javier!!!!
Great tip indeed! Thanks!
So simple yet so affective.
AND effective, too ...
Never used it! Love it
Great tip!
Thanks Robert!!!!!
I needed to cut a 6ft dia hole in a lawn, I used a stake and string to do the same however never thought to use this idea this way, nice one buddy.
Great tip! Definitely gonna use this one.
Awesome 👊👊👊
You are the man, thanks for your information and videos I appreciate you 🙏
Thanks Sweat, hopefully this helps bro!!!
It did. sometimes I am looking for something to make that circle 🔵 🤔, your example made since thank again
Awesomeness. I'll have another cool one next Tuesday brother 👊
Love the intro bro nice work Clint @ToolReviewZone
wicked cool tip!!
Man that’s good, kinda reminds of the 3’4’5’ trick to make a right triangle, used that in the coal mines setting spads.
Yoo 2nd tool tip Tuesday!!! Nice tip thanks
Thanks Filthy!!!
THANKS!
Hey! Just saw this. Awesome tip! Thanks!
It's and oldie but a goodie.. have used this for years since I was taught it by an another carpenter in the early 70's... Well done! I had forgotten this.. I do not do much building any more at a very old 70..
Thanks for the tip, making a large coffee table and was thinking how I’m I going to cut the ends , was gonna use a garbage can!!😂🤣
Hahaha, hey... if it works why not 👊
BOOM!! My brain is scattered!
Hahaha 🤣
I've been using a tape measure for years but never tried that little trick. Neat trick by the way. One trick I "do" know about though is that if you don't have a pencil to draw a line and you need to make a line on something you are planning to cut then pull out your tape measure to the required length, lock it down, and put the body of the tape measure on the edge of the item you want to cut. With the tape end then take it and make a scratch mark on item you are getting ready to cut. It will make a straight line every time.
Awesomeness Brian! Thanks for sharing bro, I'll definitely try it out 👊👊👊
@@ToolReviewZone Any time my friend. It's helped me on several occasions.
No, I haven't used it before...mind blown!!
Good ol stand by for a compass... badass... tha KS for giving it new life
My mind just got blown! Nice tip
Awesome trick!
Nice tip never thought of that !
There's a slot in the hook of the tape where you were holding your pencil towards the end of the video. That slot hooks on the head of a drywall screw and does the same thing, but the measurements are easier to do because the tape measure reads from that hook
Brilliant 👏
Good God guys he wasn't trying to make some thing. He was just showing the concept of it
@@samsh0-q3a Seriously? The point is showing how to draw a perfect circle using a tape measure. This is handy if you have to cut
a circle out of a piece of wood or other surface.
I have never used this tip, but I will from now on 👍👍👍
Thats a neat trick .
Duuude....... 🤯 your a pretty smart little feller. Keep that shit up 👏
sweet tip
🤯 I'm not easily impressed...this trick is cool!
Sweet thanks for the tip
Never used these tricks before I have used a screw and some string rapped around screw and around pencil nice quick tricks bro as well as a protractor @ToolReviewZone
Pretty cool thanks for sharing