38 is compliment of 52 IE: 38+52 = 90 degrees !

Set your angle finder to 90 degrees and re-zero it to reflect your mitre saw position relative to the fence.

The Sawdust and Wood channel explains this in great detail. He really helped me understand how to use a miter saw!

When your miter is at 0° it's actually 90°. You count backwards from 90° and you'll get the correct miter angle that shows up on the angle finder.

WOW! My favorite subject to discuss on woodworking forums. Take any "setting" whether it's the miter saw, the table saw bevel, or the miter guage and you have the same issue. That's because " zero" is set to 90 degrees on all of them. And that means the actual cutting angle will be different than the "setting". The math works like this: Subtract your cut angle from 90 and that's your setting on the indicator scale. So, 90 - 38 = 52, exactly what you ended up with. It's confusing until you understand that simple formula.

With the reverse button on the husky angle finder, the tool does the math for you. All you have to do is 0 the finder with blades flush and rotate the top blade clockwise to the desired angle. Then press the reverse button and divide that number by 2. That is the angle you set your miter saw at.

The mitre saw is in terms of "angular adjustment" or how far you move the saw blade. If you don't adjust it at all and you make a straight cut, it's a 90 degree cut perpendicular to the fence. If you want to make an 80 degree cut by protractor measurement, you only have to adjust the miter saw 10 degrees because it is already at a 90 degree angle to your wood. Thus, it's only 10 degree of angular adjustment. It's how far you adjust the angle of the saw... not the angle you want your piece to be. If you move the saw 52 degrees, your wood will be cut to reflect the remaining 38 degrees. Another way you can work it is to simply subtract 38 from 90 to get 52, or make yourself a template for the miter saw with the numbers going in the opposite direction.

The 0 Degree Mark on your saw is actually 90 degrees. Then you count down, So 10 degrees is 80degrees and so on.

wow i was struggling with that all day. you all just saved me.thanks

Excellent video, well done and very clear. Thank you.

Awesome! Thanks for the help. This is the info I needed. :)

Sarcasm at it's finest. Good work

Start with your angle finder wide open against a perfectly (level edge) push zero.then close the angle finder for outside degrees .for inside corners push zero when fully closed as you did.

your video on the angle finder is right on thanks for your help

That's the maths of working out angles. Pretty simple once you understand it.

You measured inside on the roof and on saw it was aligned with outside of gauge hit reverse on angle finder and it shows right for saw

Thank you! This helped a lot

chop saw were designed to cut @ 90 deg. with the ability to cut different angles, if you view the zero point as such it will help you understand actual angles!

The 38 degrees you measured was from the fence. The 52 on the saw bed is measured from the cut line, at 90 degrees to the fence.

Very helpful! I couldn't figure out how to use the thing at first at all.

This is because the saw blade is perpendicular (90 degrees) to the fence. The zero marking on the scale is shifted around 90 degrees to provide symmetry for the operator when calculating angle cuts. david

Been going through these device and all them are in riddle format. No DIY angle device one under $120 that just tell you what degree you need to set the mitre saw for the cut!

Most of these are on track but not quite there.Yes 38 + 52 = 90. The reason your angle reads 38 and the saw reads 52 is because you are measuring from the opposite side of 90 dog where the saw angle is referenced from the center of the base with reference to the fence (where you are starting from). Hope that helps muddy the water !?Makes perfect sense to me.

A helpful tip I've learned: First, calibrate your angle finder on a flat surface along a straight line, setting it to 0 degrees. After calibrating, take your measurement with the digital angle finder. If the reading is greater than 90 degrees, recalibrate it to the closest 90-degree angle. Then, divide your reading by two, and you're all set!

See sawdust and wood's video on her that is titled How to measure and cut angles for baseboard, crown moulding.

Good

Hello 32 and 52 add up to 90 degrees. Your mitre saw is coming from the opposite angle. Thanks

Your mitre saw has an offset marker (as shown) 2:42 but measures from the 6 o'clock position. mitre saw measures anti-clockwise . 52degrees whereas you're using the digital protractor to measure from 3 o'clock position and measuring clockwise. 38degree . -same cut, measured from different start point at different rotation.

framing square also give you a pitch angle of any roof simple and easy way

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An important part of using these is changing the battery.

Does it sometimes poot?

You measured the 38 degrees from parallel to the face of the fence. When making a normal zero degree cut, the cut is 90 degrees to the face of the fence, so 38 degrees is 90 - 38 = 52 degrees from the normal zero cut.

0° is starting points, so when you go 15° to the right its 15 from the 0° marked position

Seems same as Mastercraft Angle Finder. Battery goes in slide out tray, push side button. When mine times out, I have press reverse button then the on button.

iScaper1 how did the carpenter determine the number 76 to subtract from 180? Is that a standard number or was 76 determined by your reading of the angle you need for the roof line?

Nice video sir !!keep it up ..

Nice...

Can you explain to me how you got your Ryobi clamp to work? There are no explanations in the manual. I cannot find anyone online to help me. You have one and seem to have the clamp working. I cannot seem to get mine to tighten. I hold it and try to tighten it and then it comes loose. I am almost ready to drill and tap a set screw on both tubes to hold the clamp. Thanks.

With an angle finder like that, you wouldn't even have to look at or calculate the degree of the angle. You just lock it and take the angle finder to your miter saw and position your miter saw (again without looking at the degree scale on your miter) to the position of your angle finder. So you're basically copying the angle that you measured with your angle finder to your miter saw and get a 'perfect' cut every time!

your miter saw is measuring the opposite angle which is 90-38=52

Is because your miter saw is 90 degrees to the Cut so 90-38 = 52! I guess I am late, but I Still wanted to help!!

We just try to get close and then usually end up taking off another blade or two...lol

Can it be used to measure the inside angle of a corner (ie. the angle between two walls)?

180 - 76 = 104, then divide by 2 gives you 52°, on your saw it travels only to the 45° mark? Well, subtract 52 - 45= 7. So on your saw you move your saw 7° from the 45° mark on the saw, that will place your saw angle on the 38° mark on your saw indicator. Just another way to look at it.

Im not an maths angle expert how ever all the old carpenters I worked with never used the gauge on saw, they always used the bisected angle on the saw as a guide from the angle finder

Can I use this kit to instal laminate flooring diagonally?

how do i open the battery compartment?

This is why the invented painters caulk.. just fill gaps and paint..nobody will see your mistakes.. just you know it was there.

Just by pressing the rev botton you'll have 52°

Relative bearing of the angle thats why its different in respect with true angle

That's what the reverse button is for.

Duh. How do the batteries go in?

Unless removing the batteries is there a way to turn it off?

would it work to do my homework.

"IT WOULD APPEAR THIS TOOL COULD BE A "CAUSE FOR MANY HEADACHES"??

You have to remember that the circumference is twice that of the radius.u need to adjust this for obtaining correct angles.. good luck

if calculations are 38 degrees minus it from 90 degrees which comes to 52 degrees. if any angle is less than 90 degrees divide it by 2 and subtracts from a 90 degree and the remainder is where you want to set your miter saw to.

Because of the quadrant planes your miter saw represents 2 planes 90+90 180

Watching this because I'm trying to find the angle on my pizza

52+ 38 = 90 so the issue for you is that your Angle Finder is "Zeroed" along the Mitre Saw Fence whereas your Miter Saw is "Zeroed" along it's Blade so you have to set it for the latter angle to get your angle

mitre saw angles are from 90 degrees, ergo 38 degree angle should be 52 degrees on the mitre saw, 38 plus 52 equals 90 👍👍

With the Zero Degree mark on your SAW, you will get a 90 degree cut. You want an angle of 38 degree to be remaining in your job, which means you have to cut away 90-38 = 52 degree. Thats y the saw angle need to be 52 degree.

Mitre saw has left side and right side from 0 to 90, 38 + 52 = 90

Could this be helpful in aligning dish satellite????

0 on your miter saw is actually 90. So 30 degree on the miter is actually 60.

You're cutting the miters based on an inside angle of 104 degrees, not the outside angle of 76 degrees from a straight line. i.e. 180 degrees.

Close the angle finder .zore it. To calabrate ..open it to 90 .okay then rero it now its readdy to use it works from open to close not from closr to open

62+38=90. It is the way mitre saw angles are marked which causes confusion. If you re label your mitre saw in angles which match your angle finder, or mark these angles o the saw scale you no longer have to do funky math when using it...

TREND.

set it to 90 deg, than zero it oit and if u measure your angle, it should be 52

90* minus 38* is 52*. 38* is the slope

So if you would have pressed the flip button when it was at 76° it would have read 104°. 104 ÷2 = 52°

0 is 90 on a miter saw

you have set up your saw with one square on 90 and 45. before use your level.

How do you shut it off ? Lol

.... cause the angle labelled on your saw is not the one you're measuring ...

Just physicaly line the saw blade up with the angle finder blade to fence and transfer it to the saw. Dont bother using the saw gauge takes to long and to much hoping the saw is acurate usually not.

76/2=38 90-38=52 !!

This video really helped me understand what's going on with inside angles: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/iJamn8ilrKvWhXk.html

You measured the outside angle, but you're cutting the inside angle.

When looking at the numbers marked on the miter saw, if the saw is set at 0, it = a 90 degree angle when cut. If you take 90 and subtract the numbers shown on the saw, you find that 0 = a 90 degree angle cut (90 - 0 = 90), 5 = an 85 degree angle cut (90 -5=85), 10 = an 80 degree angle cut (90-10), 15 = a 75 degree angle cut (90 -15=75) and so forth. You can write this on your saw (or on tape and stick it on). This way, if you are cutting miters, you can compute the angle, divide by 2 and set your saw at the appropriate spot to get that angle (which only corresponds to the numbers on the saw by subtracting from 90). In your case, 76(the angle) divided by 2 = 38 degrees. 90-38=52 on your saw. 45 on your saw is the only one that creates an angle of the same number as shown on the saw when the blade is set there (because 90-45=45).

instead of starting at 90 start at 0

Hello watch seejanedrill video on this to explain whats going on!

Thank you! Skip this for sure unless you want to go crazy! This device makes zero sense! It is in riddles!😮

0 = 90.

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90-38 is 52

Because the zero and 90 are reversed.

38 + 52 = 90 degrees which is where you started

Think this is wrong Minus 180 divid answer by 2

Angle findersvare all the same nothing different from the one I bought 20 years ago I can prove it.

If it didn't find the angle then it is an angle finder just t not the angle your are looking for, therefore, it sucks and it deserves a bad review, you just did. I not buying it.

Miter saw manufacturers are stupid and copy each other. The 0 mark is wrong on the saws, 0 is actually at the fence of the saw! The fence of the saw is the 0 line, the 45 on your saw is correct but relative to the real 0 (fence), the 0 is the 90 and the 45 to the left is actually 135! Its a 0-180 degree half circle starting from the right side of the fence.... stupid I know. On top of this, manufacturers end the scale at 45 degree, sometimes the smarter ones at 47 or 48 max but in real life you need angled mitre bevel cuts for crown moldings or trims (non vertical but tilted) and teh walls are never 90 degree so you need up 50-55 degree in both direction