I'm working on a project right now and I needed to cut a 35-degree angle on a number of boards but my miter saw seems to have disappeared in our move across the country. So, I pulled out my speed square and totally forgot how to get the angle right for my cut. I found your video and your quick tips saved the day for me because I'm building something for my wife for Mother's Day and she's arriving later tonight. I should be able to finish it by then now that you've refreshed my memory on how to get my angle cuts correct!! Thanks for the tips!
Holy cow! I need a speed square! 😂 AND I know what it’s called instead of explaining it in a hardware store as, the-thing-you-can-make-angle-cuts with. Thanks!
omg!!!! THANK YOU FOR THIS!!! I love DIY projects but it's a hassle to have to wait for my husband to cut boards for me lol 😂I have no fear of hand tools. My husband has actually gifted me many!! Learning to cut with angles is going o be a game changer!! I have to admit, when he handed me a speed sQuare and asked if I knew how to use it. I THOUGHT I DID!! Thank you for the refresher!!
Centre line can be found even easier (no math) and more accurately than your method: 1. Draw a 90 degree line full width of the timber (this line can be the end/corners of the timber - just check it is 90 deg.) 2. Draw two 45's - one from each end of the 90 deg. line/corner 3. Centre is where the 45's cross over. Simple, fast and works on any size of timber without any maths!
@@serenap.1041 maybe I'm misunderstanding, but I don't think you're suggestion works because 1.5 inches isn't the centre of a 2x4! My method works on any size timber without any maths so removes chance of arithmetic errors.
@@philbooth319 your right center is 1 3/4 for 2x4... I forgot a 2x4 is 3 1/2. Well if that's works for you then by all means. I just take the measurement and divide it, I'll have to try the way you suggested. Nothing wrong with trying and learning something new right?
Thanks for the tips. I knew there were other uses for a speed square but never looked into it. The beer opener is my favorite, Lol. I'm constantly misplacing my bottle opener, but always know where my speed square is.
Homeowner that literally just bought a speed square yesterday for minor carpentry finishing projects in my house. This is the only video that I felt not being a rocket scientists was good enough
I know this is an older vid! I remember I first got a speed square! Just to have for 90 degree lines! Instead of trying to line up a framing square! On the edge of the lumber! Or tilting it along the side! But now I use them! For a helluva, lot more! Great tool for sure!
ive been using a speed square for years, but just today heard about some kind of way to lay out a collar tie with one, but could not conceptualize the process. so i came to youtube to try to find a video of it. this video did not help me at all in that respect. however, i made sure to give it the thumbs up for the wps shirt.
I'm just getting into woodworking and haven't even begun my first project yet, but I did receive 3 power tools for Christmas (circular saw, random orbit sander, and a drill/driver). I've literally done nothing yet, and am looking into what else I need to get to get started. I keep seeing the speed square and thinking maybe, but I won't be doing any rafters, or decks :-) So maybe I'll get one any way?
Speed square, ruler and measuring. My Dad always told me, measure twice, cut once. Since many of failed cuts during my beginning of woodwork, i now measure like 8 times haha If any tool is gunna help you, it's anything that do a solid measurement, good luck and all the best!
@@1965JB no problem, the great thing with the woodworking community is that we all know that we have widely differing knowledge and expertise but all help each other out, pass on tips and so on. If only the wider community worked the same way!
@@80srockerable I understand that two is the middle of four, but when you show something on TH-cam and it is really a lot of people who don’t know a 2x4 don’t measure 2x4 and it really measures 1 1/2 x 3 1/2 would not have been hard to show a 1 3/4 for the middle.
I think you missed the point. We all know 2 is not half of a 2x4. But that point I marked is the halfway point based on how I measured it. I didn’t do the final measurement to show what it measured out to be but that method found the true center.
@@TheDadNerd my point was a lot of people really don’t know that the center of a 2x4 is not 2. It a lot of people try what they see on TH-cam. That all I saying.
@@TheDadNerd Thank you, but I'm still confused. A car is in the shape of a car, and you drive it. But its not called a drive; it's called a car. A stove is in the shape of a stove, and you cook with it. It's not called a cook. It's called a stove. A circular saw is in the shape of a circular saw, and you cut with it. But it's not called a cut; it's still called a circular saw. So are you saying in this case, the noun is the verb?
i just wanted to say that if you are a NON carpenter.... stop fuckin with tools. Same goes for politics religion your think your feelings and what you say... the only thing that matters is what you do
Most TH-camrs have 20 minute science lessons for high-knowledge signaling. I appreciated the straight to the point tips. Cheers!
This tool is soooo useful. I can see it being immensely useful for future applications when measuring cuts.
Really useful tool. Fist time I've seen square explained.
Great tips thanks! I love my speed square even more now!
good video , quick and too the point, got more out of this than the 5 videos on speed squares before it . Thanks
Using it to locate the center of a piece of stock was very useful and informative
Glad it was helpful!
I'm working on a project right now and I needed to cut a 35-degree angle on a number of boards but my miter saw seems to have disappeared in our move across the country. So, I pulled out my speed square and totally forgot how to get the angle right for my cut. I found your video and your quick tips saved the day for me because I'm building something for my wife for Mother's Day and she's arriving later tonight. I should be able to finish it by then now that you've refreshed my memory on how to get my angle cuts correct!! Thanks for the tips!
Glad it helped!
Found this video while looking up how to use a speed square. Subscribed because I am a member of the Warrior Poet Society.
From all the videos I seen this was the most understandable one bro thx 💯
VERY useful! Had no idea we could use the speed squares to open beer bottles.
Holy cow! I need a speed square! 😂 AND I know what it’s called instead of explaining it in a hardware store as, the-thing-you-can-make-angle-cuts with. Thanks!
omg!!!! THANK YOU FOR THIS!!! I love DIY projects but it's a hassle to have to wait for my husband to cut boards for me lol 😂I have no fear of hand tools. My husband has actually gifted me many!! Learning to cut with angles is going o be a game changer!! I have to admit, when he handed me a speed sQuare and asked if I knew how to use it. I THOUGHT I DID!! Thank you for the refresher!!
You go girl !!!
Centre line can be found even easier (no math) and more accurately than your method:
1. Draw a 90 degree line full width of the timber (this line can be the end/corners of the timber - just check it is 90 deg.)
2. Draw two 45's - one from each end of the 90 deg. line/corner
3. Centre is where the 45's cross over.
Simple, fast and works on any size of timber without any maths!
Good answer my boy !!! You get a cigar
@@serenap.1041 maybe I'm misunderstanding, but I don't think you're suggestion works because 1.5 inches isn't the centre of a 2x4!
My method works on any size timber without any maths so removes chance of arithmetic errors.
@@philbooth319 your right center is 1 3/4 for 2x4... I forgot a 2x4 is 3 1/2. Well if that's works for you then by all means. I just take the measurement and divide it, I'll have to try the way you suggested. Nothing wrong with trying and learning something new right?
@@serenap.1041 Always good to learn. I think you'll be pleasantly surprised by how quick, easy and accurate it is.
Thanks for the tips. I knew there were other uses for a speed square but never looked into it. The beer opener is my favorite, Lol. I'm constantly misplacing my bottle opener, but always know where my speed square is.
Homeowner that literally just bought a speed square yesterday for minor carpentry finishing projects in my house.
This is the only video that I felt not being a rocket scientists was good enough
I know this is an older vid! I remember I first got a speed square! Just to have for 90 degree lines! Instead of trying to line up a framing square! On the edge of the lumber! Or tilting it along the side! But now I use them! For a helluva, lot more! Great tool for sure!
I'm going to buy one of those tomorrow. Thanks!!
I liked how you found half of the board by pivoting to 4" then marking 2 for the center. 😎
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Dude! Thank you! To the pro this may seem basic but to a novice like me it’s invaluable information. Very well explained
Another way to find the center is to draw a 90 line and from that line draw 2 45 degree angles that cross. This point is the center.
Just bought one now it gives me a reason to buy some beer
Fellow lefty right here, woot! Lol thanks for the useful tips.
The last one was the absolute best
Thanks for this, that was really useful!
"You've got a square line"
Line: wide left by a mile🤣
Busted... balancing the camera with my elbow. Lesson learned 😂
@@TheDadNerd all good dude 😆
Wow!
The Nike Swoosh was taken from this guys version of a "straight line"
That’s neat how u found center on that 2x👍
ive been using a speed square for years, but just today heard about some kind of way to lay out a collar tie with one, but could not conceptualize the process. so i came to youtube to try to find a video of it.
this video did not help me at all in that respect. however, i made sure to give it the thumbs up for the wps shirt.
I'm just getting into woodworking and haven't even begun my first project yet, but I did receive 3 power tools for Christmas (circular saw, random orbit sander, and a drill/driver). I've literally done nothing yet, and am looking into what else I need to get to get started. I keep seeing the speed square and thinking maybe, but I won't be doing any rafters, or decks :-) So maybe I'll get one any way?
I would definitely recommend it. I have used it on almost all projects.
Speed square, ruler and measuring.
My Dad always told me, measure twice, cut once.
Since many of failed cuts during my beginning of woodwork, i now measure like 8 times haha
If any tool is gunna help you, it's anything that do a solid measurement, good luck and all the best!
It also makes a good “Gnomon” for a sundial…😂
Thanks for the video.
Great vid
Thanks! 👍🏾
Verrry handy! Thank you.
Good shirt. I like that channel also.
Looks like a strong construction --not bad at 9 $ on Amazon !
Thank you sir !
On round edge wood the angle has to be eyeballed from above as it doesn`t match the actual edge of the wood.
Great video
Bottle opener? i need one Right now
How about if there is a fraction like 22.5 degress
Mark it between the 22° & 23° lines.
Brilliant didn’t know that
Thanks a million
Outstanding
The bottle opener haha
Why sharpie?
Point finger out, place square (thru the inside triangle) loosely on finger, tap square with hammer-- dinner bell!!
Diy you forget wood selection . Before useing speed square . .depends on crown up or down ,before cutting angle.
Most carpenters don't know/use half of these tricks. You don't even learn it on site till it's urgent
Oh Snap Son! Another job made real easy
If 2" x 4" x ?ft then, then, the center should be 1.75" if the width is 3.5"
Isn’t that a 70 degree angle, not a 20?
First line was 90 degrees to the side of the board, second was 70 degrees to the side of the board, angle between the 2 lines is 20 degrees.
@@johnmusgrave3179 Thanks, I’m terrible with numbers!
@@1965JB no problem, the great thing with the woodworking community is that we all know that we have widely differing knowledge and expertise but all help each other out, pass on tips and so on. If only the wider community worked the same way!
nice idia bro 👍
good information
Good video
Thanks
Thank U. ^^
no square in the world will help this guy make a straight line lol
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2 inch is not the center of a 2x4.
He's purposely angling square until it measures 4. Then easier to do math. And 2 is the mid-point.
@@80srockerable I understand that two is the middle of four, but when you show something on TH-cam and it is really a lot of people who don’t know a 2x4 don’t measure 2x4 and it really measures 1 1/2 x 3 1/2 would not have been hard to show a 1 3/4 for the middle.
I think you missed the point. We all know 2 is not half of a 2x4. But that point I marked is the halfway point based on how I measured it. I didn’t do the final measurement to show what it measured out to be but that method found the true center.
@@TheDadNerd my point was a lot of people really don’t know that the center of a 2x4 is not 2. It a lot of people try what they see on TH-cam. That all I saying.
I did it myself. I used Stodoys woodworking plans for this.
Why do they call this tool a square? Its actually the shape of a triangle
Because it quickly makes square lines... unlike the curved one in the video due to me holding the camera and not rushing it ;)
@@TheDadNerd Thank you, but I'm still confused. A car is in the shape of a car, and you drive it. But its not called a drive; it's called a car.
A stove is in the shape of a stove, and you cook with it. It's not called a cook. It's called a stove.
A circular saw is in the shape of a circular saw, and you cut with it. But it's not called a cut; it's still called a circular saw.
So are you saying in this case, the noun is the verb?
Do the math without doing the math.
i just wanted to say that if you are a NON carpenter.... stop fuckin with tools. Same goes for politics religion your think your feelings and what you say... the only thing that matters is what you do
Thanks