re: Measure #%$&@ times and cut once! %$#@!!!

I have done it so many times that now I don’t even write the numbers down any more. I simply mark on the tape measure, when it has to many pencil marks on it, I simply throw it away and get a new tape. If I have to use a measurement out of the workshop, ie, go buy stock, I make a note on my phone along with the current project buying list. My phone is never to far away, including pics of things that may need a better description once I get to the hardware store. if I’m not sure of the proper name of an item, the pic saves me a lot of time describing something to a box store kid what I’m after. I have even taken a pic of the tape measure to eliminate my second guessing.