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quakerboy

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2. I was hopeing they were square

Mon Jan 23, 2012, 05:16 AM

Jan 2012

But I used an old iron angle my dad gave me. The angle went in, and had a little extra room.

So I bought a Protractor/angle finder. Which gave me 95 degrees.

If you cut a board at a 47.5 degree angle, then you end up with a second piece that also has a 47.5 degree angle at the point. You can try it yourself, It works with a strip of paper. By sharpening or widening the angle of the pointed end of the angled cut, you can make the pieces fit together to make the combined outside angle more acute or obtuse.

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Making a shelf [View all] quakerboy Jan 2012 OP

How did you come up with 95 degrees?? Angry Dragon Jan 2012 #1

I was hopeing they were square quakerboy Jan 2012 #2

Are yer us'en a hand saw or a electric compound Wash. state Desk Jet Jan 2012 #3

Hand Saw quakerboy Jan 2012 #10

Doesn't work that way. jeff47 Jan 2012 #5

Try it with a piece of paper. quakerboy Jan 2012 #9

Well, one of us has shelves that didn't come together. jeff47 Jan 2012 #12

Because my shelves come together at an angle that is not 90 degrees quakerboy Jan 2012 #14

Walls are never perfect. jeff47 Jan 2012 #4

This message was self-deleted by its author Tesha Jan 2012 #6

It is quite possible to make more than one cut jeff47 Jan 2012 #7

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I don't have to. I do it with wood. jeff47 Jan 2012 #11

This. Adsos Letter Jan 2012 #13

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Ive a few thoughts. quakerboy Jan 2012 #16

My goodness ! Wash. state Desk Jet Jan 2012 #17

This message was self-deleted by its author Tesha Jan 2012 #18

Not here quakerboy Jan 2012 #19