r/oddlysatisfying • u/Jaded_Marionberry500 • 2d ago

How to measure wood angles

source: lufihasan95

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u/Thefuzy 2d ago

Like this is some gotcha? He would simply just start with 2 vert side lines and then use the compass, it would be way simpler than what is shown here.

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u/penoisbongo 2d ago

Yeah nowhere in this video does the placement of the lines depend on the shape of the board

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u/Toadsted 2d ago

Literally does

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u/penoisbongo 2d ago

If you’re talking about the line down the center of the board, you just have to make sure it’s parallel with the sides of the board and centered on the pipe… otherwise the placement of the square is all dictated by the walls and the pipe lol

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u/Toadsted 2d ago

Talking about all of the lines, like you mentioned.

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u/penoisbongo 2d ago

You mean the lines drawn using the square?

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u/TOXQJAM 2d ago

Exactly- this isn’t a hard cut, but op makes it so by chopping it out of the pointy plank

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u/NorCal79 2d ago

The bigger issue I always have with videos like this is that all their reference surfaces appear to be perfectly square, and that’s just almost never the case when doing house projects. Now, I’m sure the overall principles behind a technique like this are probably the same regardless of whether the reference surface is square, but there would probably be extra step/measuring involved to achieve the same result.

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u/porncollecter69 2d ago

It’s just a reddit thing.

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u/ItsSpaghettiLee2112 2d ago

Do it with a pizza next. The way they come.