Tackle Hexagon Geometry With Posi-Lock T-Square | Deep Dive | Woodpeckers Tools
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Hexagons are tricky shapes. In this 7-minute video Jeff Farris shows you how to lay out a perfect hexagon using the Posi-Lock T-Square. The ball detents every 5 degrees make a simple job out of the complex geometry.
About Posi-Lock T-Square:
Accurate angle layout on larger panel projects challenges even the most skilled woodworkers. You can try extending lines started with a small protractor, but even tiny errors keep growing the further your line extends. Woodpeckers latest OneTIME Tool, the Posi-Lock T-Square, delivers unparalleled accuracy in your panel layout work. Just snap the head in to the angle you want and strike your line. The head adjusts from 0° to 70° and locks solidly every 5 degrees (plus 22-1/2° and 67-1/2°), giving you a precise angle reference 12-, 24-, or 32-inches long. No other adjustable T-square gives you the range of angles and the positive indexing you get with the Posi-Lock. - Jak na to + styl
Thank you both Jeff and Woodpeckers.
Your demonstration just made me accept the fact that I'm basically hopeless! Great products and great video to show how they work together!! Thank you.
Big Jeff Ferris fan here.
*Saludos desde Panamá.*
I love mine!
please make a metric version.
Jeff, awesome job as always and another great innovation by WoodPecker. I just ordered your "thin strip rip jig" and now I have to have the Posi-Lock T- Square. How much does that 32 inch weigh? I was impressed, should have had that years ago. lol
Keep them coming as I've said before WoodPecker rocks!
Another fine tool and presentation! The aluminum portion of the head looks to be maybe 3/8” or 1/2” thick, is that about right? Wondering if the t-square feels a little heavily weighted toward the head? Or if it feels a little tippy when set to 90 degrees since it doesn’t have the shoulder like Woodpeckers regular t-square? All in all a really nice and unique take on a workhorse type of tool.
Walter, you're right on the thickness. I think it starts as 1/2" and has a little milled off both faces. I can't speak to the 12", but I've used both the 24" and 32" and they're not head-heavy. I think because the stainless blade is pretty healthy. I wouldn't call it "tippy", but I am a big fan of the head on the all-aluminum fixed blade T's.
@@WoodpeckersLLC Thank you for the quick reply, appreciate the real world experience with these fine looking squares.
Jeff, can you lock down any angle between the 5 degree indents?
Yes, you can.
Is the Posi-Lock a good replacement for your t-square? It seems if I was going to pick one or the other I would go with the posi-lock but am not sure what other features the t-square might have.
Good question! Now that I've used the Posi-Lock for a while, I might lean that way, if I could only have one. The thin blade is kind of nice and the scribing guides are a little more forgiving than the perfectly round ones. In doing this hexagon layout I was very impressed with the angular accuracy of the ball detents. If they aren't spot on, the hex would not come out with even sides and the correct spacing between the parallel sides. It was as close to perfect as anything I've ever drawn on plywood...or a drafting board for that matter. Nice to have both, but if I had to chose, I think it would be the Posi-Lock.
@@WoodpeckersLLC thanks for the reply. I have mine on order and looking forward to getting it for the winter woodworking season.
Compass and straight edge?
Jeff, Following up on your response to Walter Plaessmann’s comment about being tippy at 90 degrees. I can agree with his concern. To that end, Couldn’t Woodpeckers extend the rounded stainless corners so both ends would provide perhaps a suitable lip for stability? I would be willing to pay a premium for this modification.
Robert, I was thinking of exactly that when I posted my comment. Jutting out those stainless ends over the work piece in a small rectangle would steady the head of the square at 90 degrees. At an angle, the corner of the protractor would overlay the work piece as well adding more support. Would be a great enhancement to what’s already an excellent looking tool.
@@walterplaessmann5865 Agreed Walter; I was hoping Woodpeckers would comment one way or another.
Walter and Robert, I spoke with the product engineer today. He and Rich decided it wasn't necessary, since the blade is considerably heavier than the head. There's no tendency to roll.
Jeff,
Thanks for taking my thoughts to the top levels of the organization and sharing their response. I will place an order.
Thanks again,
Rob Siebert
Ditto Robert’s comment - thank you for taking the extra steps to answer our questions, really appreciate your responsiveness.
Love your tools, hate the pricing. Especially now.
At least yoyr not one of tbese guys that says he can make a tool like this but, never shows it to you..
You get what you pay for
Nobody is forcing you to buy quality made in USA tools. You are able to buy China tools if that’s what works for you
Jeff,
Are you using the 24” or 32” length?
In the video I was using a 24"
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Truly now, which was more important - the Posilock or the Accusled?
What we didn't have time to include, but I would have liked to...the detents on the AutoScale Miter Sled and the pencil layout were perfectly parallel. In all but one of the six cuts the saw split the line perfectly in half. The last one the pencil line was left completely...off by maybe ten-thousandths...but still exactly parallel.
@@WoodpeckersLLC yea i saw that at the end. he covered it quick with his hand. lol. love this guy for how well he goes over the tools for the review. Also your tools are truly a pleasure to work with. Glad that there are still companies around that still focus on quality. Buy it once and enjoy it for a lifetime.
I have the posilock t square already. And I would like to know how to do a five sided box is there seems to be no detent for that measurement
The angle is 36 degrees. Sorry, there's not a detent for that.
That needs to be made with a flat top to put against a miter gauge on the table saw.
As always a great video Jeff, not crazy about the price and since shipping is not till Nov I'll wait to order. Seems to be a little ridicules to be showing a Deep Dive for a product that's not available for 4-5 months.
They turned this into a one time tool for some reason so there is a order deadline.
@@richardh6964 And they don't charge your credit card until it ships if you order directly from Woodpeckers.
Hilarious. Video came out June 3rd. Product was “retired” aka out of stock June 13. That’s incredible! So no idea what the price was and not even listed on the website. Guessing it’ll be higher once they resume shipping in November. Either they’d made very few or these were snapped up by third party sellers who resell at higher prices. Very difficult to buy affordable stuff from peckers and very limited supply.
Michael, the PosiLock is a "OneTIME Tool", which means it is made to order. The ordering window is open for a 3-week period. Material is purchased and production is scheduled (in this case, November) based on the orders placed. Call Customer Service to see if it is possible to get added to the production list (I'm guessing it will be).
Why didn’t you simply place the hexagon on top of the plywood and mark it with a pencil…job done! Keep it simple.
How do you mark the inside edge of a 1/4" deep rabbet?
You’ve laid out 30-60-90 right triangles. There are 12 of them thus creating a hexagon with six 120-degree included angles. 0.866 is the cosine of 30 degrees or the sine of 60 degrees. High school trig. If your polygon had five or seven sides, there would be no detent to set the Posi-Lock T-Square as the included angles are 108 and 128.6 degrees, respectively. The total included angle for any polygon is simply (the number of sides minus 2) times (180). You can lay out any polygon you desire with a compass and straight edge.
Or put in a way that is much more meaningful to a woodworker, the miter angle is 180 divided by the number of sides.
It’s just a little unfree 11 1/2, metric makes much more sense and is much more exact
It’s not “more exact”. Exactness isn’t a feature of a particular system. More like the ability of a person to understand and implement it. It may be easier for some. But I can tell you I prefer imperial for machining. Much easier to understand. If you grew up metric, probably metric is easier. I use both for different things. One isn’t superior to the other, unless it’s all about having one world system. Good luck.