A woven tape (fig. 15-55 ) is made of high-gradecloth (usually linen) fabric. A metallic, woven tape isreinforced with fine bronze or brass wire mesh. Anonmetallic, woven tape does not contain the mesh;however, some nonmetallic, woven tapes are coatedwith plastic.Woven tapes are made in 25-, 50-, 75-, 100-, and150-foot lengths. Some are graduated in feet and inchesto the nearest quarter inch. Others are graduated in feetand decimals of a foot to the nearest 0.05 foot. On mostdecimally graduated woven tapes, only the 0.10-footgraduations are marked with numerals.The steel tape is used for measurements requiringgreater precision than is possible with the woven tape.The most commonly used steel tape is 100 feet in lengthand is graduated in feet, tenths, and hundredths. Somesteel tapes are graduated throughout; on others, only thefirst foot is graduated in subdivisions and the body ofthe tape is graduated only at every 1-foot mark. A steeltape is sometimes equipped with a reel on which thetape can be wound. The tape can be detached from thereel for more convenient use in taping.For convenience in carrying from one place toanother, a detached tape can be made up into a coil,commonly called “DOING UP’ the tape. This is doneby placing the 100-foot end (or the 200-foot, 300-foot,etc., end) in your left hand, faceup; then reach back withyour right hand, grasp the 95-foot mark, bring it up, andplace it faceup on top of the 100-foot mark. Do the sameFigure 15-55.—Woven tape.with the 90-foot mark, the 85-foot mark, the 70-footmark, and so forth, until you have gathered in the entiretape. You will find that the tape now forms a figure-of-eight, as shown in figure 15-56. The figure-of-eight canbe formed into a circular coil, as shown in figure 15-57.Figure 15-56.—Doing up a steel tape.Figure 15-57.—Steps in throwing a steel tape into a coil.15-33
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