| A basic skill that all people should know for a wide | | | | of measurement grows larger as the length of the |
| variety of applications is the skill of reading a ruler. | | | | lines grows longer. |
| Learning how to read a ruler can be complicated at | | | | In an inch the longest line in the middle marks the half |
| first, but just knowing the basic measurements can | | | | inch and there is only one of this line in an inch. There |
| help one to establish further ability to read a ruler. | | | | are two one quarter of an inch line or ¼" which |
| In most woodworking plans, learning how to read a | | | | is represented by the next shortest line in an inch. |
| ruler is essential. Even in grade school, learning how to | | | | There are four shorter lines that mark one eighth of an |
| read a ruler is a basic knowledge. How to read a ruler | | | | inch or 1/8" and there are eight shortest lines that mark |
| properly is most important when trying to get an | | | | one sixteenth of an inch (1/16"). In some more precise |
| accurate measurement as in building a structure or | | | | rulers, they extend to represent the 1/32" mark on the |
| even while doing your homework back in school. | | | | ruler. |
| Inaccurate measurements will result to a disarrayed | | | | But in most typical rulers, the smallest measurement |
| and unorganized output when working on woodworks | | | | unit is set to 1/16". Counting the distance in an inch, |
| such as furniture making. | | | | there are sixteen lines that represent an inch to be 16 |
| In learning how to read a ruler, there are symbols that | | | | 16th long. However, in order to avoid complicated |
| are involved to represent the unit of measurements | | | | measurement, we often express the fractional units |
| used in rulers. For instance, the symbol of quote (") is | | | | into its largest unit hence an inch. |
| used to represent the unit of inches. The symbol of | | | | Therefore it follows that when you have 8 lines which |
| apostrophe (') is used to represent the unit of feet. | | | | basically represent the unit of 8/16 the largest possible |
| A more concrete example on how to read a ruler will | | | | unit of this measurement will be half an inch (1/2"). With |
| be to represent "three feet eleven and three eighths | | | | 4 lines this represents the unit of 4/16" that is equals to |
| inches" as represented by the symbol 3'11-3/8". | | | | a quarter inch or ¼". |
| Another basic foundation on how to read a ruler will be | | | | When learning how to read a ruler, it would be hard at |
| to become familiar with the little marks found on it. | | | | first to recognize the various lengths and the different |
| In the United States a standard tape measure or ruler | | | | measurement units they represent. But with constant |
| is divided into inches and feet. There are 12 inches in | | | | practice and intense study one can easily learn how to |
| one foot. The inches unit is then subdivided into | | | | read a ruler from the basic measurement to a more |
| numbers of lines that are of different lengths. The unit | | | | complicated reading of a ruler. |