Top Speed Square Hacks Every Builder Needs

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  • @svdesertdepartedjoe9621
    @svdesertdepartedjoe9621 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

    40 years as a contractor Carpenter and I can’t believe I’m watching your video just to see if you can teach me something new always gotta be learning

    • @randyrussell6246
      @randyrussell6246 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Ditto , almost 50 years here , never too proud to take in a tip ,got to keep honing the edge . Do wish he had broke out the Big 12 They have a big purpose in my world. Also using them to use as a saw guide to square up ends .

  • @PabloEskimofo
    @PabloEskimofo 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    The way you explained it each feature and then gave us an example with real world uses was great. Love the video

  • @Sjwolosz321
    @Sjwolosz321 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

    Also .. The Speed Square comes in useful for scraping ice off a windshield . Snow off of laid out plates from the day before , Mud off of boots , works like a rasp when the drywall artist extends his drywall into a door RO a wee too far . Helpful for screeding across a floor for that elusive nail head sticking up , Great as a spacer for baseboard and shimmying over a door in the RO when a pry bar isn't handy . Also has similar flight characteristics of a Flying Wing for those annoying carpenter helpers . The booklet is nice up until you till your roof becomes wicked . The tables work on normal roof pitches . It's a very useful tool and a must for any carpenter's quiver

    • @olgajoachimosmundsen4647
      @olgajoachimosmundsen4647 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I personally would not use a speedsquare for cleaning ice off a windshield. Aluminum is a much much harder material than needed. If it has scratches and wear it will be worse

    • @Sjwolosz321
      @Sjwolosz321 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@olgajoachimosmundsen4647 I agree wholeheartedly . I have had to find something to scrape and rush to work . I wouldn't have done it on my new Ford Supercrew but it was my beater 2003 Ranger . As long as I have been a carpenter . I am not the type that neatly folds the powercord on my Bosch Jigsaw , Clean it with tounge oil and and have it on a two week service plan . Those kind of neat freaks that act like thier tools have been woven on the looms of angels drive me crazy . Yeah I know it's not best for cleaning a windshield . Necessity is the mother of some radical problem solving

    • @jberg8159
      @jberg8159 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      This is a great comment!

  • @DjeehBear
    @DjeehBear 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Everything is awesome about your channel. Valuable, funny content. Well edited. Nice music. I wish as an apprentice I have had the opportunity to be taught by someone like you.
    Looking forward to the next one.

  • @G.I.JeffsWorkbench
    @G.I.JeffsWorkbench 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Excellent refresher. Clearly explained then demonstrated - the best way to teach, IMHO. Must see for new framers. Thanks for taking the time away from the job to put this together.

  • @ProFramerJoe
    @ProFramerJoe 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I can tell how much fun you had editing this one, Tim. 😁

    • @AwesomeFramers
      @AwesomeFramers  6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Not as much fun making the video onsite. Cameras overheating, microphone not connecting.......

  • @stefboulas
    @stefboulas 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Excellent video Tim very helpful for younger carpenters

  • @robertgemski6524
    @robertgemski6524 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Finding the complimentary angle or “reverse angle” as I’ve referred to it as during my career that way is a great trick!! 20yrs ive been doing (🤔90-38=52) …
    Simple yet effective much like myself ☝🏼

  • @mxcollin95
    @mxcollin95 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Thanks for posting. 🤙 That square has way more features than I realized. Great stuff to learn for a home gamer like myself.

  • @twwtb
    @twwtb 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I have never regretted spending money on good tools. After owning several speed squares, one thing I look for is markings that are a contrasting color from the material of the square. Swanson, black markings on grey metal. Johnson also makes a decent square that is black with white markings. The other thing that some squares don't have that I think is essential are the pencil notches for marking long lines. Really good video.

  • @דיןקרמזין
    @דיןקרמזין 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    You are such a great teacher, i saw many of your videos.
    Thanks for sharing your knowledge and educating.
    Cheers from Israel

  • @MegaManGabe
    @MegaManGabe 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Massively helpful! Thank you 🙏🏼

  • @svdesertdepartedjoe9621
    @svdesertdepartedjoe9621 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Yep, I learned something 40 years. I’ve had one of those in my pocket.

  • @agrayday7816
    @agrayday7816 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    great video! thank you sir for the education!

  • @markmillers4491
    @markmillers4491 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Forget the square, I want that pencil.

  • @emilechap8573
    @emilechap8573 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thx tim. Best video on how to use speed square .thx 👍👍

  • @T.E.P..
    @T.E.P.. 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Truly superb speed square hacks ..... probably one of the best ... that's saying a lot because we all know it's impossible to truly describe this tool. This one is the best for now.

  • @TheFowlerAirgunChannel
    @TheFowlerAirgunChannel 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I've been enjoying the videos. 💪

  • @seanmahoney2231
    @seanmahoney2231 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    thank you always clear explanations

  • @OperationDarkside
    @OperationDarkside 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I bought a simple aluminium speed square about a year ago and for the rough woodworking I do it is perfectly adequate.

  • @dusty7264
    @dusty7264 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Great video let’s do the rafter square next.

    • @mikewithers299
      @mikewithers299 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I learned on one of those but forgot all the tables when the speed square came out 40 years ago. Still got the old iron though.

    • @dusty7264
      @dusty7264 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@mikewithers299 I remember my grandpa teaching me about it when I was younger. I still use it for stairs. He said in trade school they studied it everyday. Where I live 95 percent of the roofs are trusses, we rarely cut a roof the old fashion way. Have a good day

    • @mikewithers299
      @mikewithers299 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @dusty7264 I went to trade school too and we only learned briefly about trusses. Everything taught was rafters. Once I got in the field, everything was trusses with an occasional rafter being used. Stair stringer layouts we always used the framing square, but mostly they were prefab or concrete in the field.

    • @dusty7264
      @dusty7264 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@mikewithers299 You are lucky you have trade schools, here you showed up on the job carried lumber around for a couple of months, then you became a Teco Technician and put all the hardware on and if you were still around the boss realized you were serious about being a carpenter and then started teaching you to build walls and you went from there.

    • @mikewithers299
      @mikewithers299 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @dusty7264 sadly me education came from NYS back in the '70's. When I couldn't find work up there I moved to Fl only to start at the bottom even with layout and framing skills at hand. I put on tons of hardware and carried lumber for years before someone gave me a chance. I could read blueprints right out of HS, and drafting class was required learning back then (not CAD). Pay was horrible even with all my education down here. $6/ hour was the normal rate. Tough life for 11 years.

  • @dcorey35
    @dcorey35 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Agree with the thought on cheap v expensive tools
    Use very occasionally…go cheaper
    Learning how to use/what you are doing cheaper
    Once you know what you need /want
    Buy the best you can afford
    Probably give up a few things to get it
    It helps you appreciate the better tool every time you use it.
    Just upgraded my table saw using the same logic, I too smile every time I use it.

  • @mikewithers299
    @mikewithers299 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Tim show the people how to use a speed square for a saw guide. Learned this for precise cuts on finish facia many years ago, but used it for all square & 45 cuts after.

  • @brianlink5379
    @brianlink5379 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The Swanson also has an edge alignment indicator for 22.5 degrees build into the frame (i.e. an edge of a hole as opposed to using the scale). It's the funny little notch close to the pivot.

    • @AwesomeFramers
      @AwesomeFramers  6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Great point. It didn't until the Martinez came out. I totally forgot it has that now 🤦

  • @steveharkins279
    @steveharkins279 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Was that an old man grunt at12:50?

  • @andrewacton5885
    @andrewacton5885 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I actually prefer the 8" orange plastic Swanson. I find myself using speed squares most for square cuts, finding angles, and scribing lines. I like how I can write measures down on the orange square, and it's super light. With my 10oz stilleto on the other side, my belt is as light as possible. If you step on it tho, or use it to pry against, drop it high in cold wewther, it'll break

    • @morganwheeler7417
      @morganwheeler7417 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Gotta try the yellow and black Stanley! If it had scribe notches it would be the perfect square. Lines across the skinny face get rid of "parallax error."

  • @pcatful
    @pcatful 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thank you! I've only used simple aspects of the speed square before, but my old square might not have the options yours does?

  • @welcti
    @welcti 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Another little trick for complimentary angles - the angle and its complement will be an equal number of degrees -/+ from 45, and the angle and its complement will also be an equal number of degrees away from 0 and 90 respectively.
    For example, 17 degrees is 3x large five degree ticks starting from zero - 5, 10, 15 - and two small single degree ticks - 16, 17. So to get the complement, start from the 90 at the opposite end of the scale, and go 3x 5 degree ticks - 85, 80, 75 - and then two single degree ticks - 74, 73 - and that's the complement.
    Similarly, say you want to get the complement of 38 degrees, and use 45 as the reference point because it's closer to 38 than zero is.
    So 38 is one big five degree tick and two small single degree ticks down from 45 (45 -> 40 -> 39 -> 38). The complement then is likewise one 5 degree tick and two single degree ticks up from 45 (45 -> 50 -> 51 -> 52).
    It's still math on some level I guess, but very simple math.

  • @charlesgonzales6975
    @charlesgonzales6975 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Good job dogg

  • @enorm8882
    @enorm8882 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Gorgeous square for gorgeous carpenter😂

  • @zephyr1408
    @zephyr1408 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Tim; Martinez’s also come in Aluminum like an entry level square ! Still expensive but not the same as Titanium! That allowed me to buy the 4” & 7” Martinez’s! U just can not pry with them and it does not have the “ Nut Twister” on it? ( very difficult to place that last part in but it’s true?
    Hv a fantastic build brother!

  • @zephyr1408
    @zephyr1408 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Tim I am a finish guy? I hv a Martinez Square 4” and 7” ( I think it’s seven) ? Then a Starett 6” “T” Square a Rockler Multi mark, Pro carpenter or Stabila 16’ Tape ( depending if I am doing cabinets). a small 1/2” x6” Empire rule in mm and w/ conversion on the back, a Stanley Hard Plastic Bullet level( my dad gave that to me after using it 20+ yrs ? ) .
    And I still miss my mark now & again? I carry them in a Akibus custom set of leathers ! They are covered in glue where I rub my hands off on my bags ? Lazy ? It peels off ? It’s a preservative?
    Thk u for the video ! I enjoy hearing from a pro carpenter!

  • @2010stoof
    @2010stoof 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The Swanson pro 7" is worth it. They also make a small 4.5" trim one. But the pro and the trim ones are machines at factory by CNC.
    The original isn't bad but isn't machined. Still good for framing but the pro version one is worth the little extra cost

  • @2point..0
    @2point..0 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Timmy, use Sand bags to hold it down, they are cheap!!! Liked#42 N Subscribed!!!

  • @nicholasmartinez4529
    @nicholasmartinez4529 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Real question is where did you get that pencil? Very cool

    • @CheerfulCroquet-ri8pj
      @CheerfulCroquet-ri8pj 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Yeah was thinking the same thing. I was using my pencil the other day it was such a little nub it got stuck in my pouch and took 10min to get out 😂

    • @saucedbenny
      @saucedbenny 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      pica carpenter pencil

    • @olgajoachimosmundsen4647
      @olgajoachimosmundsen4647 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Pica dry. The pencil works well as long as it doesn't get water into it combined with dust. That will mess it up. Personally I've tried several different pencils like it and they always fail eventually. Carpenter's pencils are not the best, but are cheap and holds up

    • @AwesomeFramers
      @AwesomeFramers  6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      www.amazon.com/gp/product/B077HXNTHZ/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

  • @PabloEskimofo
    @PabloEskimofo 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    16:12 “I don’t smoke, I don’t chew”
    “I just take good money and spend it on my square”
    Love it! As someone who has quit tobacco years ago and drinking as of the past year, I can’t stress enough just how nice it is to have a tool addiction. After you wake up the next day, it’s still there. You don’t feel bad or hungover, just buy once and cry once and it’s over.

    • @AwesomeFramers
      @AwesomeFramers  6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Congrats on sobriety bro.

  • @djstaffo2075
    @djstaffo2075 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Where do I get a pencil like the one you used in this video?

    • @srchubz
      @srchubz 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      i believe that's a Pica big dry construction marker

    • @AwesomeFramers
      @AwesomeFramers  6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      www.amazon.com/gp/product/B077HXNTHZ/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

    • @djstaffo2075
      @djstaffo2075 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@AwesomeFramers WOW! Thank you for the fast reply. You reached the Florida Panhandle ;-)

  • @scotthayward996
    @scotthayward996 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    What brand of mechanical pencil are you using ? Has it replaced the old standard

    • @srchubz
      @srchubz 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      looks like a Pica big dry construction marker

    • @AwesomeFramers
      @AwesomeFramers  6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      www.amazon.com/gp/product/B077HXNTHZ/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

  • @chrisbabbitt4202
    @chrisbabbitt4202 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    You don't have any sandbags to use on the tripods?

  • @makethingshappen8427
    @makethingshappen8427 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Someone paid attention in geometry class I see!

  • @chelolelo
    @chelolelo 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Whats that nifty speed square and pencil ya got?

  • @TheVimeo
    @TheVimeo 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    nice t-shirt

  • @sonicboom2000
    @sonicboom2000 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    What is brand of the fancy pencil.

    • @srchubz
      @srchubz 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      looks like a Pica big dry construction marker

    • @AwesomeFramers
      @AwesomeFramers  6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      www.amazon.com/gp/product/B077HXNTHZ/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

  • @HEADF1RST9
    @HEADF1RST9 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The comments about transferring consciousness to use the speed square for the next nine centuries made this the best speed square video out

    • @AwesomeFramers
      @AwesomeFramers  4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      🤣🤣🤣 I'm serious 😎

  • @baxtronx5972
    @baxtronx5972 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Wait, there's numbers on there?

  • @petearchbold5569
    @petearchbold5569 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    You gotta love good whiskey!

  • @steveharkins279
    @steveharkins279 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Next time do the 1920’s music in “black & White” film.

  • @railbuilder0n30
    @railbuilder0n30 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What is the chances of you showing us how to measure and cut common compound roof rafters???

    • @AwesomeFramers
      @AwesomeFramers  6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Can you be more specific? I may have covered it in previous videos.

  • @Doodooheadguy-fishing
    @Doodooheadguy-fishing 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Is it cool, absolutely. But if it cant outperform a typical speed square i cant see myself buying it.
    A martinez or stilleto framing hammer for constsntly building/stripping forms is an absolute buy

  • @x-otiic1137
    @x-otiic1137 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    what video is this ?

  • @mikethomas3069
    @mikethomas3069 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Yes it does matter... Hanging behind guys that dont care sucks.. i got about 20 years of hanging and metal framing... Some builders im shocked they still have work. But like you said we cover it. But would much Rather hang behind a better built home. I hate shitty builders its someones home . Cause we cover it !

  • @Marty-lv426
    @Marty-lv426 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    You really need to use the hulfator pencil and hammer .it pisses all over the pica and martinez hammers .at a fraction of the price .thank me later

    • @toddb8479
      @toddb8479 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You do know Hulfators purchased Martinez Tool in 2022.

    • @Marty-lv426
      @Marty-lv426 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @toddb8479 nope .but I do now.love hulfators tools tho .the open top tool carrier is awesome.the chisel knife is class.the hammer just feels great banging in 4 inch nails.also the axe is a thing of beauty aswell.top notch kit

  • @beachboardfan9544
    @beachboardfan9544 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great vid! Should spend a lil of that square money on gym equipment, that belly is lookin a little big! Want you to stay healthy as long as possible so you can keep making these vids!

    • @AwesomeFramers
      @AwesomeFramers  6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I appreciate your suggestions. I spend 5 days a week in the gym. ......also 7 days a week eating carbs.

    • @beachboardfan9544
      @beachboardfan9544 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@AwesomeFramers 😆👍

    • @chornii_boumer7324
      @chornii_boumer7324 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@AwesomeFramers I started the trades 5 years ago with flat roofing at 18 then move on to siding. End of 2021 I got into framing and this is when I began to gain weight, idk why? We do formwork and framing, but still, I am not losing weight. XD !!!

  • @What.am.i.doing.here22
    @What.am.i.doing.here22 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Eww I want one of those hats cool....

  • @ernieforrest7218
    @ernieforrest7218 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Why does every builder need this?
    There were very successful builders long before speed squares.
    As for laying out roof rafters, there is far more information on the old school framing square.
    Not saying mind you that a speed square isnt a very usefull tool.
    But lets not attempt to B S those who know better.

    • @AwesomeFramers
      @AwesomeFramers  6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      No one is attempting to "BS" anyone. This video is about speed square uses, NOT roof framing. Showing an example of a birdsmouth is NOT a video on roof framing. There's always one, you are that guy.

    • @ernieforrest7218
      @ernieforrest7218 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@AwesomeFramers I just happen to be one who called you out Tim.
      Your opinion on what every builder needs is simply a matter of your opinion.
      Others in the modern world might think every builder needs to own an excavator, are you one of those also Tim? lol

    • @AwesomeFramers
      @AwesomeFramers  6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@ernieforrest7218 called me out? No you didn't. You just outed yourself 😂😂😂

    • @ernieforrest7218
      @ernieforrest7218 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@AwesomeFramers Friend, let me remind you of something you obviously didnt know.
      Following WW2, in the late 40s a builder by name of Levitt built an entire city of 17.000 houses, along with all the shopping centers, municiple buildings, etc. etc. etc. on long island NY.
      In the early 50s he duplicated the same city in Bucks County PA. where i happened to live, and was then working in the home building industry.
      He then went to New Jersey and did the same thing again in what is now known as Willingboro N.J.
      Now friend thats just one builder, and there were many others as well.
      NONE, READ MY LIPS, I SAID NONE, of the thousands of men working on those houses had a speed square.
      IN fact as i recall it was about the 80s untill the speed square was first on the market.
      Prior to that nobody had ever even seen one.
      So now tell me again how necessary they are for a carpenter to have stuck in his tool belt along with every other tool he owns.
      So you can use the newer version ones to scribe lines on a board. BIG WHOOP.
      Can you scribe any width line? or just at the places selected on the speed square?
      Have you ever heard of a combination square friend?
      With one of those, which by the way olden day carpenters had, you can make the line any place you want.
      Because they are adjustable for that very reason.
      Can you layout stair horses with a speed square friend?
      Have you ever laid out stair horses? or do you just buy the one size fits all version at Home Depot.
      Guess what else friend, Home Depot came along just in time to sell speed squares to all the nimrods.
      Prior to that there were real lumber yards with many having custom millwork shops.
      Yes we have lots of excellent tools today that werent available in my early years in the industry.
      None in my opinion have been more usefull than the sawsall.
      The speed square although a usefull tool, would rate far down the list.

  • @jimcraiggeezer
    @jimcraiggeezer 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Metric is the future fellas

  • @dennisgibbs5708
    @dennisgibbs5708 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    You like to hear yourself talk. And say nothing.

  • @jessandbean
    @jessandbean 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Plastic square for roof stacking

  • @bryanstrong7767
    @bryanstrong7767 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The worst possible way to demonstrate using a circular saw if you're teaching. The average rookie will almost always hold that cutoff wrong and cause the saw to kickback and possibly chop his thumb off. You should be cutting at the other end like a true right-handed Carpenter. Tighten up Bro!

    • @AwesomeFramers
      @AwesomeFramers  6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Good point,you and other rookies should be careful.

  • @htownelectrican
    @htownelectrican 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Too bad the square can’t measure shirt sizes😂😂😂😂

  • @T.E.P..
    @T.E.P.. 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I lost a lot of money ... betting on if it was Awesome Framers or STUD Pack or Perkins Builder Brothers ... who would get to 1 MILLION 1st. I bet on you guys. SUBBED the same time years ago. You owe me merch. Love all of ya ... so many great videos. VIVA PBB. PERKINS Jaime Erik Jonno Jay Ray and the big G Arlo. congrats on 1 Million Subs to PBB

  • @minime1721
    @minime1721 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great video in Layman's terms for beginners. Unfortunately we are a dying breed. The young generation want to sit in front of a keyboard and refuse to get dirty and break a sweat.