Watch the video above to learn all of the tips and tricks for how to use a tape measure correctly. Start the day smarter. Get ...

The basic purpose of a tape measure is obvious ... to latch onto screws and nails. You can even use it to draw circles. Latch on, lock the measure, and hold a pen against the casing.

This isn’t one of those retractable tape measures, mind you — just a long strip of flexible metal on a wind-up spool in a plastic case. His idea was to use the tape as the radiator for an end ...

You’ll never come up short with this measuring tape. That’s because there isn’t actually any tape in the device; it measures distance based on the rotation of a wheel. Roll it across the ...