Measure it with a micrometer

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The 1/8" accuracy doesn't exist in the field. The pencil the carpenters use to mark where stuff goes has got to be 1/8" thick just by itself.
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As the old adage goes...

"Measure it with a micrometer, mark it with a chalk and cut it with an axe."

That is how all residential construction is done