How To Figure Carpentry Angles
The bevel square often referred to as an angle-finder is a short flat blade that swivels and locks on a handle.
How to figure carpentry angles. If you do a five-sided project with all sides equal divide 360 by five to 72 degrees. Turn the nut to lock the blade in place once you got your angle. Place the bevel onto a flat surface with the stock at the base.
Angled bevel in place and tighten up fully to hold angle. The Pitch and the Run. How to cut angles.
With our angle set the next job is to actually measure it to find our angle. If the joists or studs are on 16-in. I show you how to use a speed square and a bevel gauge to capture transfer and measure angles.
Instead you simply use two legs of a triangle to measure and mark the angle. To find the angle set by your sliding bevel the best tool to use is a standard protractor. Showing simple ways of marking out checking and copying angles in woodwork projects using minimum tools.
If the bay is 45 degrees enter 45 and press the PITCH key. Turn the blade to match the angle on the wood. Call one leg the rise designating the height of the triangle and the other leg the run or the length of the triangle.
This video is very basic and for beginners. Adjust this tool to measure angles for carpentry by loosening the lock nut on the bevel square. On a 30-degree bay enter 30 on your calculator then press the PITCH key.