Do you need to know the outside diameter of a pipe, pipeline, or hose?
Here are your options:
I prefer using method number 4. It is quick and accurate. Click here for the easy instructions:
To find the diameter of a pipe or hose, without cutting it or removing it, you need a pipe diameter tape measure. Many times when you are replacing pipes and hoses, you need to know the size before you remove the old one. You may want to purchase the new one and have it ready so you can make a quick replacement. Here are 6 ways you can benefit from using a a pipe diameter tape measure….You can measure:
And here is how you let a diameter tape do the work for you:
Do you need to find the outside diameter of a pipe or pipeline? Here is how a pipe diameter tape measure does all the work for you. All you have to do is write down the answer!
Pipe Tally Books are really designed for outdoor use. They are mainly used by oil and gas field workers. They keep track of continual data such as the number of pipes inserted into an oil well drilling rig. They have a weather proof vinyl covering. They are small enough to fit into your pocket, and be available constantly. Some of the new ones come with “stone pads”. They are waterproof and tear proof. They are a great improvement over paper pads. But pipe tally books can be used for any kind of writing. Here are 5 silly and odd uses. How many more can you come up with?
If you have customers in these fields, you can hold on to them with Tapes. Give them a pipe diameter measuring tape with your company logo. They will appreciate your generosity and thoughtfulness. And, your logo will live for a long time in their pockets.
Who uses pipe diameter measuring tapes every day?
A simple question that is often asked by workers in the pipe industries. Now here’s a simple answer: How to measure the diameter of a pipe.
There is the simple answer, because the process really is that simple. Now you can show off by finding the diameter of a telephone pole, a tree, a radiator hose, a pencil, and a tire.
Answer these questions for yourself, and you will get the right pipe diameter tape measure!
Pi-Cobra Diameter Tape, Metric & Inch
Diameter-Tapes.com 24″ OD Tape Measure, Metric & Inch 
W906PD Lufkin Diameter Tape Pi-Cobra Diameter Tape, Inches
If you have to find the length of a pipe, that’s easy. But what about the outside diameter of a pipe? What if you can’t just measure the diameter at the end? What if the pipe doesn’t have its ends exposed. It is part of a piping system, or a pipeline. How can you fine the OD, or outside diameter?
The secret is finding the right pipe measuring tape. What is it called?
To use one, all you do is wrap it around the pipe, and read off the diameter. You don’t need to divide by pi (3.14159).
W906PD Lufkin Diameter Tape 
How do you work a diameter tape? You don’t. It works for YOU.
A Lufkin Diameter Tape Measure will make your job quick and easy. Just wrap it around a pipe, pipeline, or other round object, and read its diameter right off the tape. Yes, you wrap it around the “circumference”, but it reads “diameter” for you. You don’t need to divide by pi (3.14159).
See our 2 minute diameter tape video to learn a few other details about this valuable tool.
Most people don’t use a pipe diameter measuring tape. The reason is not that they don’t need one. The reason is that they don’t know how powerful it is. They don’t know what it can do for them. Just ask the people who use one every day:
They will tell you this: If you want to know the outside diameter of a pipe or any round object, just wrap the diameter tape around its circumference, and read the diameter on the tape. Simple. You don’t have to divide by pi. The best part of this: Even if the pipe is not perfectly round, the od diameter tape will give you the average outside diameter as if it were perfectly round.
