Tips for Woodworking Measurements and Layouts

Tips for Woodworking Measurements and Layouts

These simple woodworking tricks will prevent the headaches caused by misaligned tools, inaccurate cuts and more. Sandor Nagyszalanczy demonstrates his tried and true methods for making measurements and layouts.

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50 Comments

  1. Get Your Feel Good Back! B Jones on December 27, 2021 at 7:54 pm

    Great info!



  2. Mr_Fantastic_Aj on December 27, 2021 at 7:54 pm

    First tip is one I’ve been stung by.
    I try to use the same ruler and tape measure when ever I can.



  3. Thelonious2Monk on December 27, 2021 at 7:55 pm

    The best advice for you Americans: switch to metric.



  4. QuestionAuthorityEverything on December 27, 2021 at 7:57 pm

    Double thumbs up!



  5. Ravindra Adkhale on December 27, 2021 at 7:58 pm

    Thanks a lot for last tip.



  6. VITOR AMORIM on December 27, 2021 at 7:58 pm

    Once again, imperial sucks! long live metric.



  7. Pentu Plove on December 27, 2021 at 8:00 pm

    7:20 the box isn’t a square, the box is a rectangle.

    A square is a rectangle, but a rectangle isn’t a square. Different rules.



  8. Todd Tremeer on December 27, 2021 at 8:03 pm

    Great measuring tricks. Everything you say is so obvious yet are tricks of the trade most of us don’t think of.



  9. Stephen Richie on December 27, 2021 at 8:04 pm

    All handy tips. I always use direct measurement whenever I can, marking parts to fit another rather than use scales at all. Also, not to start a religious war, I use metric for shop arithmetic; whole numbers are a lot easier than juggling fractions. Numbers don’t matter, only fit matters.



  10. Salim on December 27, 2021 at 8:05 pm

    I’m just here so I can turn that 666 to 667. Also learn a few new tings lol



  11. Alan Brown on December 27, 2021 at 8:05 pm

    Great tip on comparing measuring devices.. on a slightly different topic my wife made some full length curtains and every time we tack stitched (before sowing) and hung the curtains up up they would not be level.. four times we did this only to discover one tape was out by 25mm over the 1.8 metre drop!!!.. we kept the branded tape and threw the non branded one away.. lesson learned.



  12. chris thorne on December 27, 2021 at 8:05 pm

    Lol measurements with fractions… come across to metricland, just bring one ruler



  13. Pentu Plove on December 27, 2021 at 8:06 pm

    7:37 notice the gap on the left bottom. Not going to get a accurate measurement.



  14. Grant Schultz on December 27, 2021 at 8:07 pm

    Thanks, I learned a lot!



  15. Dale Steadman on December 27, 2021 at 8:09 pm

    Nice tips, thanks!



  16. Andy Matthews on December 27, 2021 at 8:09 pm

    There’s some really great tips in this video. Thanks for sharing your experience and wisdom.



  17. Eric on December 27, 2021 at 8:09 pm

    Great video, thanks



  18. Paul Acreman on December 27, 2021 at 8:09 pm

    Thank you for that.



  19. Randall Thomas on December 27, 2021 at 8:11 pm

    If you always start at one inch from the end of the rule or scale, (burn an inch) it becomes reflex to add the inch. It is when you only do it some of the time that you get in trouble.



  20. Harrison Edwards on December 27, 2021 at 8:11 pm

    Alright who else saw the mouse at 6:25



  21. -Aleeke - on December 27, 2021 at 8:13 pm

    That is some fuxkin nasty nails



  22. Jonathan on December 27, 2021 at 8:15 pm

    Great tips



  23. Henry van Vledder on December 27, 2021 at 8:17 pm

    1. Are you a finger-picking guitarist? (Noticed your right-hand fingernails).
    2. Did you play the acoustic guitar recording featured in your video intro?



  24. Roger Talkington on December 27, 2021 at 8:18 pm

    Excellent



  25. gina farducci on December 27, 2021 at 8:20 pm

    1:55 1/32 th of an inch. 2:08 The end stop on a tape measure is loose for a reason. It floats the thickness of the end stop for inside / outside measurements. 2:55 use a mechanical pencil. 3:20 or a marking knife. 4:52 uses a regular pencil, and the list of errors goes on and on.



  26. Linda Martin on December 27, 2021 at 8:21 pm

    Thank you! Very helpful!



  27. archivestereo on December 27, 2021 at 8:24 pm

    This is great! Thanks!



  28. Rod Rocket OZ on December 27, 2021 at 8:25 pm

    Thank you Thank you Thank you it’s rare to hear the correct identifying terminology used to describe the tool used to draw a straight line a rule as I tell my children it’s called a rule not a ruler that’s a person who runs a country teachers have a lot to answer for cheers



  29. fireworxz on December 27, 2021 at 8:25 pm

    Thanks



  30. Alias Incognito on December 27, 2021 at 8:27 pm

    Good tips, thanks!



  31. Psi Clops on December 27, 2021 at 8:28 pm

    I checked all my squares against each other. Never thought of checking my rulers. Thanks. That’s a good idea.



  32. Susan S on December 27, 2021 at 8:32 pm

    Sweet tricks! 😍



  33. Michael Page on December 27, 2021 at 8:33 pm

    I go back to the old days of the imperial system of measurement, and trust me, when metric came in, my life changed. So much easier to add, subtract, multiply and divide using metric. My biggest bugbear at school was doing fractions in maths. Can anyone give me a reason why America still uses imperial measurements. I’d be interested to hear from anyone with the answer. Regardless it was a great video. Thanks. 👍🏻😁🇦🇺



  34. Todd Bart on December 27, 2021 at 8:33 pm

    I had to stop watching after seeing your fingernails run across the notches in that ruler.



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  36. Darrol Hargreaves on December 27, 2021 at 8:37 pm

    Why are the Americans still using inches. Simply baffling!



  37. Utube Utube on December 27, 2021 at 8:38 pm

    Thanks for the tips. Also I now hate imperial units even more.



  38. Stephen Griffin on December 27, 2021 at 8:40 pm

    Fantastic information, but I am astonished that metric measurements aren’t used.



  39. Catherine Theriault on December 27, 2021 at 8:40 pm

    What an great educational video!! Thank you



  40. Phil Quarmby on December 27, 2021 at 8:43 pm

    The end of the tape measure is meant to move. Depends whether you are measuring up to something or from something



  41. NoSpace4Bass on December 27, 2021 at 8:45 pm

    These tips are actually pretty solid and not just clickbait lifehacks kinda shit

    Goddamnnnn



  42. gil boston on December 27, 2021 at 8:47 pm

    Another tip, let’s say you want to take a measure between two points roughly 20 inches apart. Instead of using your tape measure from zero, pick a 40 inches point as a starter. If you have an old tape measure you probably used it from zero to 10 or 20, thousands of times, but not from 40 up.



  43. John Mayer on December 27, 2021 at 8:48 pm

    Cut your nails



  44. dizney 3311 on December 27, 2021 at 8:48 pm

    I here learning



  45. Scott H on December 27, 2021 at 8:49 pm

    “Run your nail over them”. (4:20) That’s it for me. Never switch between rulers when possible during the process. Inaccurate. This is floored theory. It’s about how you measure not the lines or symbols. You could do almost any project with a fairly straight stick.



  46. kevin ohara on December 27, 2021 at 8:49 pm

    Measure your head twice then cut your hair once lol



  47. Morten Svennevik on December 27, 2021 at 8:49 pm

    There is a mouse running down by your shop vac at 6:25 haha 😂



  48. Rayzer on December 27, 2021 at 8:49 pm

    Haha, at 6:24 in the bottom right corner of screen you got a little mouse running away.



  49. Henry van Vledder on December 27, 2021 at 8:51 pm

    And … if yes, do you feature in any YouTube music videos?



  50. Web Crawler on December 27, 2021 at 8:53 pm

    Great tips! Thank you!