how to find the degree of an angle using a speed square

@Velshard on March 16, 2024 at 8:08 am

The only problem I see here is that the angle is clearly greater than 90 degrees…

@mefirst4266 on March 16, 2024 at 8:09 am

WHY WOULD I WANNA DO THAT WHEN I HAVE A TOOL THAT WILL DO IT FOR ME !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@bradenpahanish5208 on March 16, 2024 at 8:10 am

What if I can’t draw a line? I’m cutting cabinet light rail, which is on wall cabinets

@tucoblondy1643 on March 16, 2024 at 8:12 am

That was great and to the point .

@bendayhoe on March 16, 2024 at 8:14 am

Learned something today–thank you!

@ScifiGuitarguy on March 16, 2024 at 8:14 am

Great video! Quick, and to the point. Love it!.

@fractode on March 16, 2024 at 8:15 am

The speed square is one of the most useful tools ever invented.

@zarmindrow5831 on March 16, 2024 at 8:18 am

you explained the shit outta that speed square yo

@jrgv1566 on March 16, 2024 at 8:20 am

You read it backwards….

@user-mu2bj7cf8h on March 16, 2024 at 8:21 am

I actually understand…. to a *degree.*

@wldmike223 on March 16, 2024 at 8:24 am

Another use for a speed square. Never knew about that one.

@ya00007 on March 16, 2024 at 8:24 am

The angle is bigger than 90, so how can it be 60 which is less than 90?

@DerekFromBK on March 16, 2024 at 8:26 am

What always baffles me is why people go to the trouble of recording and posting to YouTube. The title of the video is incorrect, so the information is incorrect. He is explaining it all wrong so he is only confusing the people he is trying to teach. The people that know what he is doing has figured it out… Everyone else is scratching thier head.

@shawnm3839 on March 16, 2024 at 8:26 am

Why do two 30° cuts? Why not a 40 and a 20? Its all personal preference, i guess.

@chuckg2016 on March 16, 2024 at 8:28 am

The uninitiated still wouldn’t know what the sides and pivot point are.

@ahhsk on March 16, 2024 at 8:31 am

On a fresh piece of quarter round, if you make a 30 degree *cut* you are left with a 60 degree *edge* on your quarter round.

@scottmcgrory5998 on March 16, 2024 at 8:32 am

The look on his face at the very end of the video is priceless. You can tell he just figured out "wait a minute, that’s more than sixty degrees…"

@streetplatoon562 on March 16, 2024 at 8:32 am

What are you doing with a PCI shirt ???

@TheBloodyKnuckle on March 16, 2024 at 8:33 am

Why bother? Just use a sliding bevel like carpenters have done for millennia! Who needs the number?

@davedeatherage4902 on March 16, 2024 at 8:35 am

You made this much video, you should have shown us the cuts, your message confusing!( Many of us don’t have experience in this work, we’re beginners)

@mechanicalman1068 on March 16, 2024 at 8:35 am

Ok everybody, finish carpenter with decades of experience speaking here. He is right, you set the miter saw at 30, whether for a butt or miter joint. This works on a miter saw and this is good a practical carpentry tip, not a geometry demonstration. The complete angle is 120 [90 + (90-60)]. This is because when pivoted that way it is reading down from 90, not up from 0. But the goal was to make the cut, not know the angle.

@Mudder1310 on March 16, 2024 at 8:35 am

There’s no way that angle is 60*. It’s 180-60=120. Make two 60* cuts.

@randyc5650 on March 16, 2024 at 8:36 am

If you cut 30 degrees from 0 on the chop saw, it leaves you with a 60 degree angle on the trim. 30 degrees is the offcut. Do it the other way on the other piece and you will have a 120 degree angle. 30 is the angle of the cut from 90 which is 0 on the saw. Wait, maybe I’ll get my son to explain it to me. He’s a plumber.

@wemcal on March 16, 2024 at 8:37 am

Great video

@Sinarglondong on March 16, 2024 at 8:41 am

very nice and interesting to look at

@badtolz2122 on March 16, 2024 at 8:42 am

Was it 90+30=120. 120÷2=60.
I thought you said "60" when measuring the additional 30?
I’m assuming you did the quick math in head and didn’t quite explain it….did I miss something?

I did miss something. This is stupid genius. I never thought of doing it that way. Thank you.

I’ve confused myself

@Fliberberg on March 16, 2024 at 8:43 am

Thank you
This was so helpful
I had to find the angle on a wall for a job quickly and this really helped

@MKMK-ue2cb on March 16, 2024 at 8:43 am

The plastic square is a dead giveaway. It says im new and dont do this often. Hes on the right track, but i dont understand why ppl make videos and not think it out.

@robjworkshop5692 on March 16, 2024 at 8:45 am

Brilliant! Thank you, but what was that noise??

@henrikbergman4055 on March 16, 2024 at 8:45 am

Just bought my first speed square. Looking at it, thinking: -That triangle goes into the square hole.

@jeanniewake7855 on March 16, 2024 at 8:46 am

Not 60 degrees looks over 90 and is probably 120

@macsloan58 on March 16, 2024 at 8:49 am

Outstanding

@jefffalls on March 16, 2024 at 8:49 am

Serious question: isn’t that angle 150°? Wouldn’t each of the cuts for your trim need to be 75°? I can’t seem to figure out what this guy is saying in the video.