How to Calculate Equal Spindle Spacings - For any type of Railing

[@matlad1991]

Makes so much sense when explained clearly.cheers buddy.nice one

[@kingdaniel5526]

Hey man this video really helped me out, I've been in carpentry for two years now and I love what I do but I lacked math in school, and I realized how important it is. Your channel is exactly what I was looking for.

[@uptokode]

Very happy to hear that! Stay tuned because I have more videos coming out soon where I show how to square up a deck with multiple factors

[@kingdaniel5526]

Can you make a video on how to find angles with your speed square and also how to use everything on your speed square

[@rafatorres1420rt]

Old video but this is the only one that i found that help me to resolve this challenge, I'm not an expert at math but also not dumb, but trying to find the right spacing has been very difficult, but with your method seems way easier, thank you , I definitely liked this video and subscribed

[@luisandrade7675]

This is the best explanation about this; thank you, thank you God bless you !! 😊

[@uptokode]

Awesome, we also have some other great deck tips on your channel as well!

[@henrycortez183]

Dear lord man! I was going crazy trying to figure this out, until I found your explanation - completely makes sense!! Thank you!

[@uptokode]

Oh wow! Ok that’s fantastic! Thanks for letting me know.

[@jasonnester9514]

This was confusing as hell

[@TheCrookHook]

Great vid. Thanks! Just finished installing my half inch square balusters for my interior stairwell. Went great to calculate using your tricks!

[@bradgradert]

Excellent. You helped me out tremendously

[@mathyosmaty5711]

that's the best explanation as the same what they thought in carpentry school good job brother

[@uptokode]

Thanks brother!

[@perkyb1213]

For the top rail, I rip a price about 1/2 inch by newel post width and screw that from top. Then I cut a 1/2 deep channel in the actual top rail and brad nail from below. Looks good and is strong.

[@hardenmm]

THANK YOU! I watched about 3 other videos and could not understand their explanations but your video is so clear and straight to the point. THANK YOU, THQNK YOU, THANK YOU!

[@uptokode]

Wow!! Very glad to hear!

[@mrmorganmusic]

I just tried this method and it worked like a CHARM. Thanks so much!!

[@uptokode]

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[@skungagook]

tested it in autocad in several different spaces and spindle thickness spacing worked out perfect to the thousanth thank you sir

[@uptokode]

Very cool!

[@SALUTE-USA]

Excellent tutorial, very well explained, thank you..

[@uptokode]

You’re welcome

[@abbynala]

Thanks for the formula. This was education and hilarious.

[@brendonherlihy6624]

Nice video with perfect explanation of how to get these perfect.

[@jeffreymelton2200]

Thanks for the info. I appreciate you breaking that all the way down so that everything demonstrated is comprehendable thank you kindly

[@uptokode]

I do my best to be clear and easy to understand. Glad it’s working. Thanks for the feedback

[@thunderbolt55]

Great informative video. You captured all required information precisely. If I have to design with two types of spindles, one 0.5" and the other 3 3/4". How do you calculate the number of spindles and spacing?

[@uptokode]

I would have to watch the video again to remind myself. I think I covered the concepts so you can change the numbers and still know how to get your answers.

[@jayd9203]

Love your videos. After watching this one I was inspired to convert your advice to an Excel file that automatically calculates and converts everything for you. I would love to send it to you.

[@uptokode]

Oh wow! I would love that! Sorry it took so long to get back to you!

[@jayd9203]

I’ve been looking for a way to send it to you but I don’t see an option.

[@goochball5]

@@jayd9203 Can you send it tom me too? please

[@jayd9203]

Muchachy - sure, how would you like me to send it to you?

[@goochball5]

@@jayd9203 to my email please. [e-mail]. thanks brother!

[@paulperrin2152]

How do you do spacing on spindles going up stairs??

[@PLH_Exclusives]

Good way to explain it. I have to do the same thing building log rail systems but I have to take the average diameter of the log spindles and also find center. That gets me started. Sometimes I have custom railings with log spindles from 3in dia to 4in dia, depending on which way you twist it! I either have to just find centers of all of them to drop my mortise in the rail and have unequal spaces or grab an arm full of spindles and lay them out until they all fit with the same spacing. With stairs, I'll end up just finding the pitch and cut an average sized spindle and measure the face to find my "Unit" length.

[@xC-4x]

Quick simple and informative perfect video explaining some math

[@uptokode]

Thanks for the feedback

[@jjamo5]

Thanks man thats a nice guide

[@davidflaugher7340]

If you use a Construction Master Pro calculator it will read out in fractions of an inch so you don't have to do the conversion!

[@uptokode]

Great idea! There’s always a more efficient way. 🙏

[@41GoingOn14]

Easy trick I learned in regards to this predicament: take two tape measures out; pull out the both tapes to about ten feet (don’t really see any railing going wider than this between posts). Flip one over upside down. With a black permanent marker, as one is aligned next to the second one, draw a 1” black square Every four inches. Then take a red permanent marker and draw that 1” square at the half of every four marked, which would be 2”. Now just use this upside down tape every time you have a handrail section. Find center and see how the balusters would line up with equal spacing on both side before the posts. Hope this helps.

[@41GoingOn14]

Obv I meant 4” o.c.

[@uptokode]

More than 1 way to achieve the same result!

[@alvaropacheco2963]

Your a life saver !

[@cynthiamahlin4815]

Math is so important. Review helps everyone. Fewer cliches in work when people take the time to understand the process. Please keep teaching.

[@uptokode]

Thank you! Knowing the process is key and you nailed it!

[@Rooney-gt1lf]

How do you calculate an angle space from the straight line space ? I’m doing a stairs and the angle spaces are bigger than the straight spaces

[@petersobotta8184]

Thank you so much for this video, I know you posted it a while ago but I just found it. I started a new job making stair cases and railings for high end homes and the guy "training" me didn't explain how to get the measurements right and it really frustrated me. I think this video dumbed it down enough to where I can figure it out.

[@uptokode]

Glad it helped! Sometimes you just need the concept to help figure it out. All the best

[@MrRickoscar]

Nice.

[@accurateexteriorsco]

easier way if it doesn't need to be exact IMO (IE: deck railing panels) : take your length of the panel say 48" using 1/2" spindles..and spacing at 4" on your top plate measure over 1/2" and mark a line where your first spindle will sit measure from the opposite end of the plate back to that line. =47.5" round down to the nearest 5 or 0. so round down to 45" that leaves 2.5 inches we have to make up in the spacing now just add for example 1/4" to each spindle spacing across the length of the panel until you have made up that 2.5" a 1/4" extra in this crude example would probably be noticeable compared to the spindles at the 4" spacing but if you had and 8' run it would be more like an 1/8" here 3/16" there so it would be practically impossible to notice any difference in spacing with the naked eye. .. this is just an example to show the process if your not trying to be absolutely EXACT but want it to look like it is. Obviously adjust the math to make sure your project is to code.

[@loco4dogg]

Great video but you could skip the unit count (8) at the beginning as it's not ever used. Might only confuse some.

[@jasonnester9514]

How did u figure out how many spaces u would have I’m completely lost

[@mcintosh63676]

Divide the length by what spacing your your shooting for. In this case he divided by 4

[@wandakowalski7063]

I got you up to a space of 3.9545. Where is that on my measuring tape??????

[@scottsee5766]

10.04 cm :)

[@souperdave2009]

@@scottsee5766 lmao....

[@souperdave2009]

4 minus a chair...

[@z28ntexas]

Math was always my strong suit, but this was all over the place.

[@mohamadrafet3777]

Won’t you get the same result if you take the length of the spacing divided by the number of spindles to get the spacing for each spindle and then just place the centre of the spindle on the designated point.

[@JorgeNunez-ou3kk]

Yes you will! That’s how I do my baluster layout, but you will have to add an extra baluster or spindle either way 👍🏻

[@dsantiago2875]

How is the number of spindles determined? How did he know 7?

[@christophercarrothers995]

Thanks

[@uptokode]

You’re welcome

[@gregb8824]

@8:20 Metric has the upper hand always. Unfortunately our country was founded in imperial and it costs money to leave that system.

[@joeanderson9430]

great video... thanks!

[@uptokode]

You’re welcome! Thanks for watching

[@chiefwaz]

Ive been watching videos all morning, how do you do this when you have virtually no width and you are just evenly spacing holes in a 6 ft board? No one will explain this. Ive seen the diagonal trick for spacing the width

[@mitchelle05]

Its about evenly spacing, so the spacing is always adjustable until its evenly spaced

[@randys6867]

Same as in the video. How big are your holes and how many holes do you want to drill. Your board is 72 inches. Add one hole to that and divide by the "units"...

[@maxamillionese8519]

Ok so my length is 106 7/8. 1 5/8 with

[@leoantonio]

How come everyone who does videos on this subject calls them spindles and not balusters?

[@360nastybusiness]

Because that's what they are.spindels

[@JorgeNunez-ou3kk]

@@360nastybusiness fortunately most people now call them Balusters👍🏻 or pickets which old people do so😆

[@gsf67]

I love the logic in this, but could you convert this to metric, for the rest of the world.

[@uptokode]

Sorry about that. You should be able to use the same theory and just change the numbers

[@gersonvargas5603]

I thought of a story pole system with desired spacing pre determined and all you would care to do is to space equally the spindles closest to the post on each side. Kind of brainless method. It works thou.

[@uptokode]

I like that too.

[@JorgeNunez-ou3kk]

Wouldn’t recommend anyone getting close to 4” if inspectors are really strict, many spindles are curved or walls/nulls not leveled which will make you pass those 4” 👍🏻

[@souperdave2009]

I never go more than 3"...

[@nihility00]

0:59 to skip the bullshit

[@steliosstavrinides3502]

Just get a metric measuring tape it will make your life easier !!!

[@bowermanwinburn6723]

Hmmm... I finally followed Ann's advice and took Stodoys. It's great for beginners and has some advanced stuff too.

[@johnnymurtagh8955]

🤨 Sounds like your not even sure yourself fello 😂

[@jasonnester9514]

Has to be an easier way this is confusing to me

[@uptokode]

Can’t win them all.

[@JorgeNunez-ou3kk]

Took me about 3 weeks to get to understand this method, that’s the best way to do so though!

[@yichido]

You sure this isn't rocket science

[@uptokode]

Haha. Fairly sure it’s not. Wait until I post some of my deck videos where I show different methods of getting a pergola square. That’s more intense than this.

[@arthathcock]

Kody Horvey : why not collaborate. Let me help?

[@maxamillionese8519]

Right !!!

[@sophialow340]

I did it with the Stodoys plans.

[@paparobbo62]

What a load of baloney and typically American. All you need to do is group your spindles tightly together then divide the remaining space by the nos of spindles + one. Bingo.

[@kostasgt500]

And just when I was thinking his method sucks, I made it to your comment.. You should built a pyramid. Start by grouping the stones 😂 😂 😂

[@paparobbo62]

@@kostasgt500 Well I don't know if that was veiled sarcasm but I have built many deckings with spindles and my system works everytime. I will spare you the emojis that is just childish.

[@kostasgt500]

@@paparobbo62 I've built 1 deck and that was for a friend's house. What I do, requires much greater precision, and is at a much larger scale. But, I digress, if you can tell us how many 2" spindles, with 2" space are needed for a 100" opening, without "grouping" spindles together, then your method above, though it works, it's a waste of time. 🤞

[@paparobbo62]

Just scale it up kzbin.info/www/bejne/n4PKpJevjtWFa9k

[@markster55555]

Worst possible way to explain this. Seriously, why not cut it too 2 minutes long - 11+ minutes so unnecessary.

[@mim2046]

On your second scenario, how did you determine it was eight spaces?

[@adammcnaughton8814]

If I could pay you I still wouldn't but thank you.

[@uptokode]

😂