On July 14th, 1868, 151 years ago today, Alvin Fellows, of New Haven, Connecticut, patented his "new and useful improvement in spring measuring tapes." Though not the first, Fellows' design is widely ...

Whether you’re measuring pieces for a home DIY project, working on a professional construction site or want to be sure a couch will fit in your living room, there’s no substitute for the best tape ...

Tiny black diamonds on measuring tapes are used to mark wall studs. On most measuring tapes, the black diamonds are spaced 19 3/16 inches apart to indicate the typical spacing of joists. Wall studs, ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. There are few items in your tool box that see as much use as a measuring tape. So it's important to make sure that the tape you use is ...

Measuring tapes are equipped with many different symbols to denote different meanings, one of which is a tiny black diamond. But exactly what these little signs mean is a question many internet users ...

How well do you know your tools? We take a look at what the red square around certain numbers on a tape measure means so you ...

Whether you love it or hate it, you likely have an emotional relationship with your bathroom scale. Seeing a drop after weeks of work at the gym can put you on cloud nine—and noticing the numbers ...

There are limits to what a tape measure can do, such as give you the dimensions of a curved surface. Or add. But the new InstruMMents 01 ($149), despite its clunky name, can do nearly everything a ...