Is_This_A_Thing t1_j9e59zy wrote on February 21, 2023 at 6:47 AM

Reply to comment by WestWoodworks in How do I find these g-d studs?? by WaterChestnutII

19.2 is a metric layout. Some tape measures have little black diamonds on this layout.

scofus t1_j9eaf1e wrote on February 21, 2023 at 7:53 AM

Metric? Isn't it just 1/5 of 8 feet?

dickbaggery t1_j9eeyff wrote on February 21, 2023 at 8:55 AM

487.68mm centers.

Dsiee t1_j9ekhqu wrote on February 21, 2023 at 10:13 AM

That ain't no metric layout. 450mm is.

TheCreat t1_j9egdnd wrote on February 21, 2023 at 9:15 AM

48,768 cm doesn't really scream metric to me. 50 cm would be 19.685".

This seems just weird and random? Might've just been what evenly decides one (or some) of the walls or something?

Dsiee t1_j9ekmei wrote on February 21, 2023 at 10:15 AM

Metric doesn't use 50cm as a common spacing. It is all 300, 450, 600, 900, etc. basically using 1200 mm increments a base metric and then using factors of that.

WestWoodworks t1_j9ie5nm wrote on February 22, 2023 at 4:37 AM

It isn’t metric. It’s just the only way to divide eight feet into five even parts.

It was meant to simplify, but it failed. Which is why it didn’t really stick.