@learnwithchev: Loose part on your tape is there for a reason. What is it's purpose? #learnontiktok #howitworks #3danimation #engineering #tape

Justin Ross :

My ass would have never thought to account for this when inventing a tape measure lol

bertkellerman3 :

There are all kinds of things like this built into our society that we take for granted.

Jer Bear :

I already knew this.

Alex :

Allat for them to pull this move

Alduin :

😳 Didn’t even realize that, i get annoyed that it’s loose 😂

Juan Erke :

Is it a synthetic voice or is it someone famous? I see a lot of videos with this voice

Buck_You_V :

It's simply compensates for its own thickness on inside and outside. measurements

OkLah :

I never knew it was loose

no.bro :

ohhhhhhhh thank you, that makes sense

Ari the Ghosty✨👻💀 :

thats so simple and clever

Michelle 🍯🦡 :

My little brother who became a roofer explained this to me recently lol never realized.

Thomas Shoemaker :

Thank you x

ron :

I used to find tape measures in the trash at work. I asked about it at a meeting and a guy said he was throwing them away because the tip was lose. I explained to him why it was like that.

Kube :

Jacob :

that's why I tried to get a tape measure with zero thickness but it has zero mass and doesn't exist so I just assume everything

🐱Neo Diekatze 🇺🇸🟨⬛🫸🟥🟦 :

I'm sad I didn't know this but I never thought of fixing that

just.friendz.z :

This wasn’t taught in school lol or Phineas and Ferb

nunah b :

hm, ... 🤔, ... 👍, ...

DLab :

I'm scrolling. I know this alrdy

garrett :

Why am I seeing this I already know this

DreamEater💭 :

They two faces can't both exist... One its going to become part of the other

Adriannnne. :

just use iPhone lidar

Ícaro Leo :

wiggle wiggle wiggle

FroggyBoggy :

do people actually ruin their tape measures like that? it comes like that so obviously it's supposed to be that way