How to get even spacing / Equal distance / Calculate distance
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Follow me Nerds as I show you a technique I use to calculate even distances or spacing between boards or really anything you want evenly spaced (drawers in a cabinet, picture frames, spindles, etc...). More videos on the way! Just thought this was important to have as a reference for future projects.
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(Total width of space - Total width of boards) / (Number of boards - 1)
You’re right! I should have said it that way as well. Luckily there’s a million ways to skin a cat haha. I’ll pin this so others can see it! Thanks for saying something.
@@WoodNerds I love that you put out info through all skill levels. While I believe most people will eventually see the relationship with the number of boards and spaces, I just wanted to add that little bit to make it an "instant learn" like your video does for the topic itself.
Oh for sure! It’s hard to anticipate what’s most useful to everyone! So thanks for adding to it!
The minus 1 being the number 1 or the width of 1 board?
Actual number 1
I needed to calculate equal spacing for tabs for my curtain. Last time I really struggled to get it right. This time I know the formula. Thanks to you and Leraje Xevious for putting it in formula. Really helpful.
Glad it was helpful! I appreciate you watching and taking the time to drop a comment!
Wow that’s such a great thought as I have had the same problem and would just wind up after some measuring and just eyeballing it!
You made this so simple. Thanks much 👍🏼
Glad it was helpful, Kat. Thanks for watching and taking time to comment!
Thank you Tyler, SUPER helpful!
Of course! Glad it was helpful! Thanks for taking time to comment! I appreciate it!
Omg. You’ve changed my life! Thank you!
Haha of course! I found it to be super useful! Cheers, Michele!
Been tortured with this for years! Thank you. Excellent explanation.
I appreciate that! Trying to help makers out where I also have trouble. Thanks for taking the time to watch and leave a comment.
I just used this for game dev. thank you so much!
Of course! Enjoy!
reposting a comment from 'Thought' (it was a great comment for a great video):
"simple, concise, and informative... excellent video. I never knew there was an easy formula like that; I guess I always worked harder, not smarter. Production quality was great on this video as well. 10/10"
Thanks for posting this and for the other comments showing the n-1 formula. This is very helpful for various day to day projects.
Of course Ian! Thanks for stopping by! I appreciate the comment! Cheers!
Trying to learn this helped me alot. Thanks!
Perfectly explained, thanks so much!
I’m glad! Happy to help. Thanks for watching!
great video simple and easy to understand and more importantly to the point!
I appreciate it!
Wonderful information
Glad it was helpful man! Cheers!
Wow you're a good 👍 teacher
Thank you! I appreciate that!
I can’t tell you how great this is!!! You turned a stressful day into a fun project day!!! Thank you for taking the time to make this.
I’m glad it was helpful! Means a lot. Thanks for watching!
Excellent explanation!!! 😊 +1 follower!
Thanks for subscribing and watching my videos! More in the works! Cheers!
Thanks
Thanks for watching!
Didn't work too well in the real world. Building a fence and did everything you said multiple times and was always left with a different amount of space on the last space. Even with spacers. Fence was supposed to be spaced to 6' but always ended up with an extra half inch more. Doesn't matter to me its still close but Any idea as to why? Off wood?
Hey! Yeah, it’s hard to be exact when you scale up. Especially using lumber off the shelf. Unless you perfectly cut each picket, the variance will add up over the distance. Helps as you get to the end to space that difference over 3-4 pickets. I’ve also seen guys line two pickets up (overlapping) and cut down the middle (extending that one picket the needed width). Then fasten them to the rails and you can hardly tell it’s two boards. Kinda hard to explain over text.
okay so if my math is right, if my wall is 135.5inches long and i am using 12 pieces of molding to make a wood accent wall and the molding is 1.125in wide that needs to be evenly spaced along the wall.
To find the equal distance between the pieces of molding i would do: (135.5in-13.5in)= 122in/12spaces=10.167inch
I hope i did this right, this was the easiest video i could find but im still not totally sure if im doing this right.
please ANYONE comment and tell me if this is right before i start this project lol
Hey! I think you’re looking at about 11-3/32” spacing on those babies. If you have 12 pieces of molding, you should have 11 spaces. So 122/11=11.090 inches (0.093 is 3/32 so effectively 11-3/32 inches) if I’m right. Test it before you take any permanent action.
Very Nice! I was so hoping you would use the term "equidistant". Did I have 5 quarters of Calc based physics for nothing, LOL. Safe Travels buddy
Hahaha thanks for watching man! Cheers!
Thank you!! Wow, I could have used this when I hung a picture grouping and this would have been so easy❤
Hey! Glad it was helpful! This formula works great for that. I use it to hang pictures all the time! Thanks for watching and leaving a comment! I appreciate it!
Just explain the problem to ChatGPT. As in, "a wall is 39 1/2" wide. I need to hang 3 pictures, each one 9 3/4" wide, leaving equal space from the wall to the edge of the first and last picture, and also the same distance between each of pictures. What is the measurement from the wall to each of the centers of each picture?
Convert each measurement into inches and 16ths
Using AI to solve problems is a great idea! I’ll have to give this a try sometime. Thanks for the suggestion.
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I’m copying a map from the game into Forge. It has 9 pylons in a given distance. Absolutely no way to tell that distance so I need to believe I can Forge the approximate off of the Sniper Rifle zoomed scope and then fill in the gaps as close as I can, then make it make sense. Lol
Haha sounds cool! Hope the video helped haha.
How do I figure out equal spacing on a circle ⭕️?
I would use a rope or string to represent the circumference of the circle and mark it. Then use those markings on the string to transfer to the circular piece.
Hey Tyler,
Thank you, simple and easy thing that I was looking for.
Can you demonstrate this for Joist spacing as well please?
Thank you so much.
Hey! Like for a deck? I believe they are supposed to be a fixed space of 16 or 12 inches on center. You’ll have to figure out how many you need by taking the length of the deck in inches and divide by 12 or 16 to determine. If any leftover number like 12-3/4 you’ll just have to have a shorter space on that last one or divide it between the first and last space evenly. I hope that helps!
Yeah, works well if you’re using 1 inch
Works with any number….
thanks alot brotha…. helpfull and straight forward…💯👌🏽👍🏽
Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching and taking time to reach out! Cheers man!
Excellent! Can you come teach my undergrads=)..they are often very scared of math!
Haha! My normal job is programming so math/logic is a muscle I get to exercise often… yet, somehow I continue to make mistakes when working on projects haha.
Amazing!!!! Thank you. I run into this all the time at work and I'm always scratching my head!!
Happy to help man! Cheers!
big helpful easy to understand,thankyou
I’m glad! Thanks for watching!
This really made it easy to remember, great job
Thanks so much! I love being able to build simple things myself, but my woodworking skills and math sucks. 😁 Appreciate your video (husband is too busy with other projects to do all the things I want so I get to experiment....love it).
Of course! Happy to help! Hope your projects turn out great!
Great info, however this doesn't give even spacing between balusters and posts. I would like even spacing from post to the first baluster, between balusters, and from baluster to other post. This has a baluster against each post. (not what I want) Maybe I'm just too dense to 'get it'..... ha
I needed to do something similar, I needed evenly spaced holes cut but obviously they wouldn't be on the ends. I happened to come across this site: www.blocklayer.com/hole-spacingeng.aspx and you input your dimensions and diameter of holes and it automatically calculates the spacing. Maybe this would work? (I know you replied a long time ago but maybe it could help someone else if it's too late for you :)
Thank you! I've always wondered about this. I will be repairing a fence today and this will simplify the process.
I'm closing on my house in a few days, after moving states and living in an apartment for a year (and not being able to do any DIY stuff at all)
While preparing for the move, I've been planning on some projects in the garage, backyard, etc, and found your channel.
You've been a great resource, and I plan on taking your workbench/storage idea and putting it to use in my garage.
Keep it up man, I really enjoy your videos.
Hey Adam! Congratulations on the house man! I really appreciate the support and feedback! Checkout my more recent bench build when you have a chance. It’s been awesome for a garage sized shop. Good luck with your future builds! Cheers!
I have a total distance of 96". Boards are 4" each and I want 1/2" spacing between boards. How do I calculate how many boards I need? Thank you!
Hey Mark! Sometimes you can’t get easily measured numbers when you have measurements that are already determined. In your example (if I’m right) you can’t get 1/2” spacing with whole boards using 4” boards in a 96” space. I was able to come up with .6” spacing using 21 boards(really close to .5” but not a measurement on a tape measure). You can get 1/2” spacing if you use 22 boards and rip the last board from 4” to around 3/8”. I believe this is right but allow me grace as I might be off on my math haha. Seems to add up for me though.
@@WoodNerds Thank you Sir!
@markforster6457 of course man! Hope that helps!
Thank you so much for this! I'm trying to create a complex system for a video game and I could not figure out the words to search up to find this formula. It works well! Although since the area is limited to pixels in a small space, the ends jitter at a certain number of "boards" because of the lack of precision. This method works perfectly for real life though
The coolest use case I’ve heard for this yet haha. Thanks for watching and taking time to respond! Good luck with your game!
thaks very simple , the other guy i watched was so complicated , i thought he was doing einstine's theory of relativity. Val
😂😂 thanks man!! Math sucks, the easiest way is best in my opinion!
How did you make this so damn easy when EVERYONE else seems to complicate it! Thankyou!!
Thanks man! I’m glad this video has been helpful! I was having trouble finding a good explanation myself, before. Thanks for watching, and taking time to respond! Cheers!
I just subscribed! You post great content.
Thank you! Seriously appreciate it! Have some more recorded! Just looking for some time to edit haha.
I hate math. Thank God my grandkids are smart lol
Thanks bro helpful video!
Happy to help man. Thanks for watching!
This is very helpful. But what if you wanted a buffer zone from both edges that are exactly the same amount of space that is between the objects? As an example, I have a 24 inch wide cupboard exterior that I want to hang a row of three screw in hooks to hang coffee mugs on, I want equal distance between the three hooks, but also the same as a buffer from both the left and right edge so there's room for the mugs and so my OCD doesn't destroy me.
I would make marks to identify the buffer I want on each side; let’s say 7” on the left and 7” on the right. If the total distance you started with was 24” then you’d be left with 10” in the center. At that point, you can use my method on the remaining 10”.
Wow! How simple is that! Thank you, now saved to my favourites! 👍🏼
Hey! Glad it was helpful! I use it all the time haha.
Wow! what a great Video! So easy to understand and easy to apply. Thank you for making such good content video Mr. Wood Nerds. :)
Thanks for watching! Glad it was helpful! Cheers!
thank you, that helped me with my math question!
Of course! Glad it was helpful!
Please, people of TH-cam. STOP beginning every video with "What's up?"
Your formula is total width of the given space minus the total width of the items to be placed in said given space which equals will say a so then you go a divided by the number of spaces well when you have a long run and you're actually trying to figure out what the spacing is supposed to be you can't use this formula
why have i benn doing it the hard way for so long. Thank you. I feel so stupid for being in the world for so long and never knowing this method.
Haha! Glad it was helpful man! Good luck with your future projects!
sir can you give the exact distance of 6 bulbs ,in 491cm board, same distance each from side side
Thanks! Definitely give me an idea of how to space nails screws apart equally for securing a piece of wood to our tool shed floor!
Hey Fern! Glad it was helpful! Good luck with your project and thank you for watching!
Thanks, dude. I’m about to hang 12 vinyls on the wall. Super helpful.
Awesome! Of course man! Glad it was helpful!
Very cool, thanks! Love the channel!
Thank you! I appreciate that!
My brain hurts today. Whats the formula if you want spacing but not when they're against the edges
Genius level 3000. Never thought of it like this and always struggled with this. I will definitely try it out.
I hope it’s helpful! Thanks for watching!
Newbie here, and I don't get how you used only 4 of the 5 pieces.🙃
Very informative! Exactly what I was looking for. Thumbs up. 👍🏽
Thank you! Glad it was helpful!
Perfect
Bro... simple, concise, and informative... excellent video. I never knew there was an easy formula like that; I guess I always worked harder, not smarter. Production quality was great on this video as well. 10/10.
Thanks man! I was doing it the hard way for a long time. Figured this out and haven’t went back!
@@WoodNerds Couldn't have said it better than this comment... i'll just add: Great video, thank you! :)
Thanks man! I appreciate that!
Wow that was easy! Thanks for the tips. New sub, cant wait to learn more
Thanks Berto! I appreciate it!
If distance is measured in feet and board width is measured in inches, do I need to convert the distance from feet into inches or does it matter? Thank you!
Hey Mark! It’s easier for me to make all the reference measurements the same. Unless it’s a large work area and workpiece I’m figuring out I typically use inches for everything.
That makes sense. Thanks!@@WoodNerds
@markforster6457 happy to help man. Let me know if it works out for you on your fence project. I’d like to hear it went well haha.
Count on it!@@WoodNerds
Tyvm for enlightening me! Great video, easy to understand!
Of course! Happy to help! Thanks for watching!
OMG Thank You! My brain hurt so much trying to figure this out!
Haha glad it was helpful Bob! Thanks for watching!
How would you calculate # of post and space between post on an area of 100’ in diameter? Plz
I have tried diameter x 3.14, w/no exact measurement success
TIA(thanks.in.advance)
Hey Johnny! Can you give me more info on the problem you are solving for. Sometimes it’s hard to explain and comprehend by text so I don’t want to provide an incorrect answer or point you in the wrong direction if I’m unable to answer myself.
Thank you for this video I spent hours on a word problem. Kept getting something different from the answer key. Bless you sir 🙏
Happy to help! Thanks for stopping by!
Great tip! Thanks for sharing!
Damn , thanks for the video
You got it! Happy to help! Thanks for watching!
still adds value!! I viewed many spacing "calculators" for this and all just did not get to the point. This was perfect!!
Awesome! Thanks for the feedback! Glad it’s been so useful! Cheers!
such an easy solution to my three hour headbanger!
What equation can you use to figure out what each board needs to be cut into what size to fit a specific. For example, if I'm making a tabletop that needs to be 16 inches. I'm using 2x4s. How would I figure out how much each board needs to be cut to evenly to get 16 inches???
Hey Paul,
Personally, I’d take the width of your boards 2x4s are actually 3.5” wide but you’ll likely want to mill them a bit to remove the edges so more like 3.25”.
Then take your desired width (16”) and divide it by your board widths (3.25) which is 4.9…. (Almost 5). You’ll need to join all 5 together and reevaluate how much you need to trim at that point to get to your 16” desired width.
To make sure you don’t have a weird short board on one end, you can rip your table top a little on each side to make the end boards even.
I’m trying to make a bookshelf with 5 cubbies (4 shelves) the total height is 72 inch. The shelves are 3/4 thick. What’s the math for that?!
What if you don’t know the number of styles or the space. The equations I am searching for is a 24” deep shelf made with 2” x 4” boards with unknown spaces. So 3.5 + space how many times in 24”
Dang! Sorry man, maybe if I could see the setup I could help but it can be hard to understand what you’re trying to do over text.
Wow, I knew there had to be a simple way to do this - now I just have to remember. Thanks!
Glad it’s helpful Jim! Good luck with your projects!
Thank you so much for this video. It was so helpful in spacing screws for my shelves.
Of course! Happy to hear it helped! Thanks for letting me know, Leah! Cheers!
Very helpful thank you.
No problem! Thanks for watching!
This was a very helpful video. To the point and easy to follow. Thanks for making this.
Of course! Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching! Cheers!
Thanks
Nice 👌
Great video. Short and sweeet.
Thank you! I appreciate it!
Thank you!! Needed distance for holes
Of course! Happy to help! Good luck with your project!
@@WoodNerds Thanks for the quick reply, means a lot!
More specifically, its for a 3D printer functional model!
TBH, this is the most clear video explaining it.
I really need to get into 3D printing! I always find a need for one. I’m glad it’s been helpful! I struggled with it for a while and after figuring it out I thought it would make a great video for reference.
Thanks! I was making a 3D model, and sucking at it haha!
Sounds cool! Glad the video was helpful! Thanks for watching.
Excellent. Thank you. Simple and easy to follow and will be most helpful
Thank you! I appreciate the feedback!
Really appreciate it.
Sorry, but that does not work for determining spindles for a porch because there are spaces on the ends. Maybe if you add two to the number of spindles
Very handy thank you …
Of course! Thanks for watching!
This definitely helped with my fence pickets thank you
Glad to hear it! Thanks for watching!
Useful and concise, thanks! Subbed.
Hey Peter! Thanks for the feedback and the sub man! I appreciate it! Cheers!
This is so useful. At least for me. Until now I was always struggling. Thanks man. I didn’t know it was so easy. Pls more tips.
I appreciate the feedback! Thanks for watching!
About time you post a video...lol thanks for this.
Haha back off! I’m working on a few at the same time and it’s a nightmare lol. Thanks for tuning in!
This is exactly what I was looking for! Thanks!
Of course, Sarah! Happy to have helped! Cheers!
Great stuff this is the kind of stuff good contractors have covered.
Dude! Thank you! I appreciate that!
Awesome tip, thank you very much.
Of course! Thanks for watching!
And where can I get a guy like you!!
Wow, I wish I knew this sooner. Thanks for the tips.
Definitely handy to know! Thanks for watching!
the problem is when you want to calculate spacing when the boards are not on the ends and need to all be spaced equally inside the total width of the space
Your explanation takes sooo long to getti the point. Noone wants to hear extra commentary. Its not simple...way too long explaining
Lol. I don’t know why you’re crying… The entire video is 3.5 minutes long… if you can’t spend 3 minutes to learn something then that’s a problem with your attention span not the video hahaha. Cheers!
Wow never thought it was this easy, thank you😅
Of course! Happy to help! Cheers!
My math escaped me today, this was a life saver.
Glad I put it out there! Thanks for watching man! Cheers!
Good stuff, thanks!
Of course! Thanks for taking time to comment!
Genius. Thank you.
Of course! Glad it was helpful! Cheers man!