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The center finding trick is nice but... you can just divide the board width by 2. It's much faster.

I'm a plumber and recently I've started using squares almost every day. I can't believe I ever managed with them before.

Easiest way to find the centre of something is just pivot the square till it reads an even number. Then you halve it. Even easier

Good info. Yet you can also find the center of any board by taking you tape measure and taking and angle measurement until you fine a common measurement that divides by 2. Mark that center and you have the center of the board.

Great tip thanks! I took it one step further and put some 1/2” foam backer rod inside to displace the air in the tube. It might not be necessary but it can’t hurt

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I've got the Black Aluminium DeWalt 7" / 177mm imperial Black Rafter Layout Square. I got it when Dewalt where doing a promo. So many speed squares to pick from, get the one(s) that suit you, sometimes the feel of a tool can be just as important as the features. I use it for putting up really cheap shelves. I know a lot of people will claim that a combination square (with spirit level and scribe which I do have too) is the better tool (all depends on the job/task at hand). But the speed square is my goto as you don't have to worry much about where to store and handle it (within reason). You can't have enough tools. *Knowing that you have the right tool to best implement and complete a task or job is priceless.*

Great idea! Thanks.

Nice job, Joe!

You're outstanding teacher ❤❤

the best tips to find the center spot so far 👍🏼👍🏼

I'm doing this one 😊

I use 2 different squares. And im learning new techniques from this video. Thank you

Start left or right of the electrical outlet, why has no one else ever mentioned this?

We need a better gutter system

THIS FOOL going around calling a triangle a square 😂

Thank you very much. I'll try to get some 30% vinegar as I have lots of English ivy that's very resilient!

Buy a Swanson. The original.

their called a flush hinge. another tip for brass screws is to carry a bar of soap and scrape the thread of the screw which lubricates the screw and enters the timber with less resistance.

cool

Useless

Learn something new every day - finding centre without the bullshit.

I almost always learn something new from these! Thanks!

Good tip! It also helps to rub the screw threads on a bar of soap

Great to the point tips.

Thanks!

Nice!

I was going to say "good one!" but of course it's "good two!" Thanks mate, both these are excellent little tips.

Thank you❤

Thanks! What about planting stuff in the same place afterwards? Will that soil be suitable for planting after that?

Very nice tip, i'm def going to use it. I bought those caulk condoms from aliexpress they did work but they tend to break and can be used a few times only. Lately I was purchasing extra tips for the tubes and just discrad the entire tip with solidified stuff in it

I thought the problem is there the nozzle screwed on the tube. If in reality it's airtight enouth, there is no need to make any contraptions. Just buy two tubes and in the end of the first use screw uncut nozzle onto partially used tube. When you empty the first tube, you can use both cut and uncut nozzles on the second tube.

This is absolutely brilliant! Thank you!!! I too was raised to use the always fail "nail in the tip" technique. I'm so tired of throwing away nearly full tubes of calk.

Outstanding! Thanks. Now my caulk tubes will last a lot longer.

Will this work on wood products!? Or do you have a mixture that will!?

I started to do this but somehow I got ice cream in the cones so I had to eat them.

Someone gave me a speed square years ago I had no idea it was so useful. Thanks Joe!

subscribed - never heard of this drill bit

excellent idea - Thanks !

Great video, maybe spend a little more time on the protractor feature. Center of board method was cool, Thanks !

I have 2 speed squares, 1 meth square, and 1 Adderall square.

I’d never heard these called speed squares till I moved to America, just squares, and the other is a T square

that is awesome, ty for showing us

The demonstrations of four of the five tips were excellent. The demonstration on using the protractor was faulty because, although finding 30 degrees was found correctly, the wrong edge of the tool was used to strike the line therefore it wasn’t 30 degrees.

But then you don’t get to peel the glue off like it’s skin😆

When you marked 30 degrees you marked the wrong edge of the square

*queue satirical comment about trying this in the medical field*

Thank you Joe!

i love this. its cost effective, changes something from single use to multi use, nd kees the yucky texture away lol

Cool