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8 secrets of ordinary roulette


Every self-respecting owner has a construction roulette. Its main purpose is known. And what are her hidden abilities? This article will focus on various tricks that can be done with ordinary roulette.

1. Mobile hitch

Beginners who are working with roulette for the first time may think that the rolling hook at the end of the roulette is negligent manufacturer. Is it possible to carry out some measurements if some parts are not fixed properly? However, an experienced specialist knows that a moving hitch is an everyday necessity.

Measurements using roulette are carried out in two ways: from the subject, or with the capture of the subject. In the first case, it is a zero reference point.

In the second - capturing an object, the hook extends in thickness: thus, the mark "zero" coincides with the edge of the object.


2. Measurements in openings and corners

When measuring space with corners, it’s hard enough to squeeze the tape into a corner to make an accurate calculation. In this case, the case is used as an extension of roulette.

Case size is indicated on each model. This figure must be added to the readings of the tape, and then we get the correct measurement of the opening.

You can also use masking tape. Cut off a piece from it and take a couple of measurements on it in opposite directions.

For marking, it is better to put checkmarks rather than dashes - with the help of them a more accurate result is obtained. After making two measurements, add up the numbers: we get the required length.

3. Halving numbers

Take the length of the tape measure. For example, 116 cm. We turn off the tape, combining the zero mark with it. Right at the place of the fold of the tape, the desired result will be: in this case, 58 cm.

This little trick can come in handy when you need to make an urgent calculation in half.

4. The hole on the roulette hook.

Some wonder: why is it needed at all? This hole can catch on a nail or a screw.

The hook will hold firmly, and the tape measure can be easily maneuvered: twist, rotate. This is especially convenient when measuring long distances. The error is small, of course, will be.But not more than 1-2 mm, since the center of the screw will almost coincide with the zero point.

Even with the hole on the hook it’s convenient to draw circles.


5. Roulette as a marking tool

Will have to modify it a bit. For example, fasten the compass. You can come up with other tricks, whether it is a removable or non-removable option.

Having fixed the drawing tool on the tape measure, you can make marks and draw circles of any diameter.


6. Roulette as a notebook for notes

By gluing the masking tape on the back of the tape measure, we get a comfortable recording surface. It is very convenient to use.

In the absence of paint brushes, you can slightly sand off the body, making it velvety to the touch. After that, the surface will be ready. You can write on it with a pencil and easily erase notes with an ordinary eraser.

7. Hooks

You can make them using the needle file. They are convenient to make marks on drywall and surfaces that are easily scratched.


8. Dividing the workpiece into several parts

For example, a workpiece needs to be divided into three parts. We measure the width and make mathematical calculations: divide by three.

You can do without calculations at all. Choose the closest number on the tape measure, greater than the width of the workpiece, but a multiple of three. Let it be 300 mm.

300 = 3 x 100

We make equal marks of 100 mm. Surprisingly, they will coincide with marks produced in a mathematical way.

Another example. The blank must be divided into 4 equal parts. Take a multiple of 4: for example, 400 mm. It is desirable that the number is round for ease of division.

400 = 4 x 100

We mark on the dividing blank of 100 mm.

Conclusion

So with the help of seemingly simple tricks, you can make an indispensable multifunctional tool from roulette. It’s worth using these tricks in practice and see how useful a regular item can be.

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18 comments
Kohl started talking about the use of roulette, and not about picking ...
Right angle with a tape measure: from the far point to the straight side of the product (I used roofing as an example) when you do the perpendicular from the ridge (top) to the approach (eaves). You hook the roulette from above, stretch it over the entire length of the product, and on the edge itself, like a pendulum, swing the entire string stretched by a string, looking for the minimum value. The error of course will be, usually insignificant.
And even for left-handed people, mathematics textbooks are not published in which the graphs on the X axis have positive values ​​on the left and negative values ​​on the right.
Everything would be fine, but there is one BUT. All industry roulettes are designed for right-handed people. But for some reason left-handed roulettes are not released: (So you have to use roulette all the numbers to "upside down"
according to point 5, everything is much simpler: you bend the bracket on the tape measure, a hexagonal simple pencil fits very tightly into the slot of the bracket .... fix the tape measure at the desired length and draw a circle. you don’t need to redo anything in roulette ..... maybe someone will come in handy ..
Previously, what you just issued was called a fart in a puddle. You did it with a good spray.
Before being rude, they would write something reasonable, and not their nonsense "Not in half, but in inches." ((
Where do you idiots get you from?
From there. whence you boors!
Not in half, but in inches.
Where do you idiots get you from?
I also buy roulette ...But the ones I'm repairing are not mine! I pick them up at the factory, where they are "mistreated", and therefore they often break off ... In general, there are not many roulettes, (like the Bulgarian, for example)))).
But you won’t carry one roulette with you wherever you need to measure something! ... Or use the large 10-meter where there is enough small ...
Or will you? ...))))
But I do not like this ... In the workshop I have several "three rubles", one "five" and one "ten". (There is still a tape "hundred metering", but this is for other purposes.)
One more "five" and one "ten" - in the country and at the construction site.
But three-meter "poured" everywhere - in cars, at home, in a box with welding ....
It is surprising how people manage with two or three, to be honest! Is this what if I was “impatient” to measure something - do I need to go somewhere for roulette? ))))
The most valuable thing for me is TIME !!! It is for the sake of not wasting time that I try to have several tools in all. The same Bulgarian, for example ... Are you, if the bearing “sang” in it, agree to lose the day ???
But not me. I’ll drop it in a box and take another one ... Just like roulette wheels ...
(By the way, I can’t wait for winter (read, free time). There are already three grinders, two punchers, one jigsaw and one drill in the box ... And all this requires maintenance or repair ... And the worst part is that For example, I have one working punch left, if something is wrong with it, my “construction site” suffers ... After all, if a jigsaw (there is also one more), in which case you can “replace” with a saber or circular saw, then a puncher - only with a chisel, a jumper and a sledgehammer!)))) But I don’t want to ...
Maybe I never needed accuracy, but now I will know! I buy a new roulette, and smart Valera cut 10 cm each, and correct it with a division marker!
It’s right - why scatter the tool, and 2cm can be added in the mind. True, someday this roulette croaks completely, you buy a new one, and you will add 2cm, and you’ll already be unlearned ...
i'm sticking "right"
And my father economically snapped! smile
I have several of these))). True, I rivet “correctly” - and the hole is loose, and I transfer exactly 10 cm, and then I fix all the “tens” with a marker.
cannot in mind divide 116 into two ???
In the distant days of my studies, I knew by heart most of Bradis's tables and Goryunov’s handbook! Now in my mind I’m still sharing for 2, but for three it’s already difficult! smile
why does backlash stop at the end of roulette ???
The parents were still alive, they had to cut a small plaque from the laminate onto the balcony, took their father’s tape measure, measured it, wrote it down, sawed it out at work - it’s small! Repeated - the same result! Then my father said, a couple of centimeters broke off the tape, struck a new hole with a nail, moved the emphasis! smile
Valuable to whom?
Sorry, but ... Here it is, for example:
Take the length of the tape measure. For example, 116 cm. We turn off the tape, combining the zero mark with it. Right at the place of the fold of the tape, the desired result will be: in this case, 58 cm.

What is it??? It’s easier for the author to bend roulette and flatten it, because he cannot divide 116 into two ???
He would also advise you not to write down the numbers, but to add piles of the same amount of pebbles. And in Kotz just count the pebbles !!! Approximately the same advice on effectiveness! ))))
In reality, there is a man who DIDN'T guess why the backlash stops at the end of the roulette wheel ??? ... Are there such people ???
Then they roulette WHY ??? What should they do at a construction site, or in a workshop ???
very valuable ways to use!
According to paragraph 8. The storyteller did not understand what the essence of the method was, but undertook to talk about it. ((
The point of choosing a larger number is that roulette is applied not perpendicular, but at an angle, that is, we make the hypotenuse of a right triangle equal to a number convenient for whole division.

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