Speed Square Basics - For Non Carpenters

[@RafikMankariosDrumStudio]

Most KZbinrs have 20 minute science lessons for high-knowledge signaling. I appreciated the straight to the point tips. Cheers!

[@marygiusto8286]

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!

[@DJWRailroad]

VERY useful! Had no idea we could use the speed squares to open beer bottles.

[@Zen_Power]

This tool is soooo useful. I can see it being immensely useful for future applications when measuring cuts.

[@paulwhitear4983]

Really useful tool. Fist time I've seen square explained.

[@tony7830]

good video , quick and too the point, got more out of this than the 5 videos on speed squares before it . Thanks

[@jaime922]

Great tips thanks! I love my speed square even more now!

[@patrickmcglashan8002]

Using it to locate the center of a piece of stock was very useful and informative

[@TheDadNerd]

Glad it was helpful!

[@soujrnr]

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!

[@TheDadNerd]

Glad it helped!

[@philbooth319]

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!

[@Redneck3610]

Good answer my boy !!! You get a cigar

[@philbooth319]

@@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.

[@serenap.1041]

@@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?

[@philbooth319]

@@serenap.1041 Always good to learn. I think you'll be pleasantly surprised by how quick, easy and accurate it is.

[@steve6548]

Found this video while looking up how to use a speed square. Subscribed because I am a member of the Warrior Poet Society.

[@Rob_1776]

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!

[@daddyshrill9216]

From all the videos I seen this was the most understandable one bro thx 💯

[@jenniferowens2142]

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!!

[@Redneck3610]

You go girl !!!

[@mkawa1566]

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

[@clareyryan0001]

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.

[@KindCreature1]

I'm going to buy one of those tomorrow. Thanks!!

[@aure818v]

I liked how you found half of the board by pivoting to 4" then marking 2 for the center. 😎

[@rickythompson2453]

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[@rickythompson2453]

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[@janosanakasa9909]

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[@networkninja2971]

Dude! Thank you! To the pro this may seem basic but to a novice like me it’s invaluable information. Very well explained

[@leatherneck969]

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.

[@michellet_thatsme]

Fellow lefty right here, woot! Lol thanks for the useful tips.

[@robertcornelius8056]

Excellent video . Thanks

[@502deth]

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.

[@michaela.haynes4545]

That’s neat how u found center on that 2x👍

[@kllgrogto5838]

The last one was the absolute best

[@eddeady589]

The Nike Swoosh was taken from this guys version of a "straight line"

[@AlanTherby]

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?

[@TheDadNerd]

I would definitely recommend it. I have used it on almost all projects.

[@dazskadi612]

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!

[@slowsteadysteve6565]

Just bought one now it gives me a reason to buy some beer

[@eb1684]

Wow!

[@gronygroovy]

Thanks for this, that was really useful!

[@CarlWinter-oy8uf]

Looks like a strong construction --not bad at 9 $ on Amazon !

[@thebadger8285]

"You've got a square line" Line: wide left by a mile🤣

[@TheDadNerd]

Busted... balancing the camera with my elbow. Lesson learned 😂

[@thebadger8285]

@@TheDadNerd all good dude 😆

[@awalker8112]

Good shirt. I like that channel also.

[@nZebco]

On round edge wood the angle has to be eyeballed from above as it doesn`t match the actual edge of the wood.

[@wemcal]

Great video

[@phantomcruizer]

It also makes a good “Gnomon” for a sundial…😂 Thanks for the video.

[@smithgov]

Verrry handy! Thank you.

[@frankchisholm4439]

Thanks a million

[@majida70]

Thanks! 👍🏾

[@ikust007]

Thank you sir !

[@Flynn1061]

Great vid

[@MrWhitelightning73]

Outstanding

[@louievarela2573]

Diy you forget wood selection . Before useing speed square . .depends on crown up or down ,before cutting angle.

[@MahendraKumar-qt9uh]

nice idia bro 👍 good information

[@HsingSun]

If 2" x 4" x ?ft then, then, the center should be 1.75" if the width is 3.5"

[@miguelejames728]

Bottle opener? i need one Right now

[@bradleyharker9019]

Point finger out, place square (thru the inside triangle) loosely on finger, tap square with hammer-- dinner bell!!

[@hbadge22]

Why sharpie?

[@invisiblerevolution]

Good video

[@ValleyJoe]

The bottle opener haha

[@Michael-vf1hy]

How about if there is a fraction like 22.5 degress

[@DrugsAreBadUmmmKay]

Mark it between the 22° & 23° lines.

[@CynicalThinking]

Most carpenters don't know/use half of these tricks. You don't even learn it on site till it's urgent

[@deibycruz8157]

Thanks

[@oranjuicejones7622]

Oh Snap Son! Another job made real easy

[@1965JB]

Isn’t that a 70 degree angle, not a 20?

[@johnmusgrave3179]

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.

[@1965JB]

@@johnmusgrave3179 Thanks, I’m terrible with numbers!

[@johnmusgrave3179]

@@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!

[@dalgeurimbassfishingtv]

Thank U. ^^

[@ThriveTrailP]

no square in the world will help this guy make a straight line lol

[@benjaminpazrosas2839]

🤯🤯🤯

[@totalcardetailing2022]

2 inch is not the center of a 2x4.

[@80srockerable]

He's purposely angling square until it measures 4. Then easier to do math. And 2 is the mid-point.

[@totalcardetailing2022]

@@80srockerable I understand that two is the middle of four, but when you show something on KZbin 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.

[@TheDadNerd]

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.

[@totalcardetailing2022]

@@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 KZbin. That all I saying.

[@marine9583]

Why do they call this tool a square? Its actually the shape of a triangle

[@TheDadNerd]

Because it quickly makes square lines... unlike the curved one in the video due to me holding the camera and not rushing it ;)

[@marine9583]

@@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?

[@shantahsieh432]

I did it myself. I used Stodoys woodworking plans for this.

[@kalijasin]

Do the math without doing the math.

[@michaelstein7995]

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

[@Stuart68505]

Thanks