How Can This Help?
You may be wondering…”why do I need to know this?” & you don’t need to know this. This is just nice to know! How do you use your body to measure things?
When it comes to a trade like the lineman trade, often times you just need a rough measurement of something. A lineman will ask for 12 feet of copper… does he need “exactly” 12 feet? Probably not. However, you can use your wingspan 2 times (if you’re 6 foot) to get a rough accurate measurement of 12 feet.
The same goes for your hand. You can measure your finger wingspan, thumb-to-palm, palm-to-palm & finger width and know what each of the measurements are. You can use your hands in the future to measure 1 inch all the way up to 18 inches pretty accurately!
