Thread: How can I cut a 68 degree angle?

Hi,
22 deg should give you 68 0n the other side.
Regards

or mark it out and cut it by hand

Thanks for that guys... can I ask how you come with that please? I may have another weird angle and I'd love to know how to work that out.
Thanks

A right angle is 90°. Subtract the angle you need from 90°. i.e. 90 - 68 = 22°

Hi,
A picture is worth a 1000 words
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A straight piece of wood is 180 deg if you cut it at 0 setting that is 90 deg from there you should be able to work it out.
Regards

thanks heaps for that guys

You can also mark it out directly wit ha ruler and pencil if that helped.

A right-angle triangle with corners 68^o and 22^o has the short sides in a ratio of 2.475

So if you marked 10cm one way, and then 24.7cm at a right angle and connected the ends of those lines, you would have a 68 degree angle (near-nuff) (and a 22 degree) ((and of course a 90)).

Cheers,
Paul

Better late than never, it pays to get yourself a good, large set of set squares and protractor - plastic is fine but get the large versions. These are available in some newsagents or office supply stores.

Lee Valley has a heap of measuring instruments available at good prices - the pages will at least give you ideas as to what is available. I have their sliding bevel and angle setter guide which are great.

A cheapish easy angle finder [inside and out] is also available locally or from OS. These vary from the very cheap and nasty to the very good and not all that expensive.

Eg

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