Took me 3 years to realize I was drafting with my ruler upside down

Was at a job site last week and the senior drafter looked over my shoulder and asked why I was measuring from the wrong edge of the scale. I've been adding 1/16 every time because I thought the tick marks started at zero. Nobody ever corrected me. Has anyone else had that embarrassing moment where you find out you've been doing something basic totally wrong the whole time?

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keith2649d ago

Wait, you're defending adding 1/16th? That's madness, man.

victor_carr259d ago

Disagree completely here. That extra 1/16th you were adding probably made your work fit tighter and more precise than everyone else's. Drafting standards are just suggestions anyway, and if nobody noticed for three years clearly it wasn't messing anything up. The truth is most guys in this field don't even check their own measurements that close so you were probably ahead of the game. Keep doing what works for you.