Remember This When Making Your Angle Cuts

#woodworking #tipsandtricks #cabinetmaker
Say goodbye to guesswork and hello to precision with this explaination to angle cuts.
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[@WoodworkingWithWes]

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[@awlthatwoodcrafts8911]

You missed your opportunity to explain the most important step in how you arrived at the 30 degree angle for 12 sides or the 18 degree angle for 20 sides. An egregious omission for such an informative video.

[@josephhickman9637]

This Man is the best.

[@WoodworkingWithWes]

Thank you...I appreciate your support ! Wes

[@henrysara7716]

Wes just a great lecture.

[@stacymcvey4229]

I find myself returning to watch woodworking with Wes.

[@WoodworkingWithWes]

YAY...I love to hear that! Thank you for your continued support. Happy Woodworking, Wes

[@arth.4196]

Excellent instructions 👌. Thank yoy

[@WoodworkingWithWes]

Thank you very much...glad you enjoyed the video. Wes

[@danyodice1048]

Great info Wes...🤘🤘🤘

[@WoodworkingWithWes]

Thanks for watching! Wes

[@rodpotts2666]

Good talk Wes.

[@WoodworkingWithWes]

Thanks for watching, Wes

[@darrelvickers6368]

Always understandable information. I am blind and I really appreciate your clear instructions.

[@WoodworkingWithWes]

Thank you Darrel for your kind words, glad you are enjoying the videos. Wes

[@DanDDirges]

Excellent video Wes! I just made a 16 sided banjo rim. I like the looks of your 12 sided column here so my next banjo will have 12 sides.

[@WoodworkingWithWes]

Thank you so very much...glad you were inspired on the 12 sided. Good luck! Wes

[@OleGit1497]

Very good timing. I am looking to make a few planters with eight sides. I am trying to determine the correct size pieces for planter that will be 15 inches.

[@carldavis6902]

Thanks

[@WoodworkingWithWes]

Welcome...thanks for watching, Wes

[@JohanMaroghi-pg6gm]

Yes

[@rockshot100]

So HOW did they taper the column? Columns get more narrow at the top. What is that degree of taper? The Parthenon for example has no straight lines what so ever. Although it LOOKS square and plumb.

[@WoodworkingWithWes]

I don't think the columns were tapered on this particular house restoration. Thanks for watching, Wes

[@drebelbisengineering4539]

Nice and easy instruction regarding angles. But, can you take it up a notch and help us figure the angle cut on a tapered box or column?

[@WoodworkingWithWes]

That is a great suggestion for a future video. Thanks for watching, Wes

[@johnnyc563]

You failed to show how the outside angle is determined in proportion to the amount of cuts required. This is an example of why people shy away from angles in woodworking. This is the critical element to cutting angles to begin with.

[@dian3145]

Do you mean dividing 360 by the number of cuts for the outside angles?

[@sickwilly1171]

Do you want him to cut for them, too?

[@steveh8724]

@@sickwilly1171 So funny! It would have been nice to go ahead and explicitly state that for polygons (or 'circles' as Wes calls them) with N sides, the angle formed where each pair of sides meets is 360/N. And the angle to cut each side is one half of that value if you want mitered joints between the sides.
So:
For 3 sides (triangle): 360/3 = 120 degrees mitersaw setting is 120/2 = 60 degrees on each side of the side pieces
For 4 sides (triangle): 360/4 = 90 degrees mitersaw setting is 90/2 = 45 degrees on each side of the side pieces
For 6 sides (triangle): 360/6 = 60 degrees mitersaw setting is 120/2 = 30 degrees on each side of the side pieces
For 8 sides (triangle): 360/8 = 45 degrees mitersaw setting is 45/2 = 22.5 degrees on each side of the side pieces

[@sueramsey7031]

I am subscribed but I am not getting notified when you add a new video.

[@WoodworkingWithWes]

Hi...you need to ring the bell for a notification. Thanks for watching, Wes

[@farmerdon4665]

How do you figure how wide to cut your strip to get the diameter you need

[@Sillyturner]

There are several charts one can get on the web that give the chord length for the desired diameter. I myself drew up full scale wedges of the angles I want then marked them at 1/2” perpendicular to the centerline and marked them as diameters, then just measure these lines for what ever diameter you need.

[@sickwilly1171]

Trigonometry/geometry

[@Sillyturner]

@@sickwilly1171 Right, but with a chart already available save the time of recalculating for every diameter.

[@laurentcadieux1172]

How I determine my angle : 360/20 sides= 18 degree which I / by 2 = 9 degree

[@WoodworkingWithWes]

Yes you are correct...9 degrees would be your cut. Thanks for watching, Wes

[@weekendwarrior3420]

For those who didn't listen to the middle school teacher.

[@OleGit1497]

Back to grade eight math.

[@thomassciurba5323]

My thoughts exactly.