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Speed Square Mastery: Stop Using It Wrong

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Speed squares feature specific diamond-shaped cutouts or notches that are designed for stud layouts. For a standard 1.5-inch stud, locate the 1.5-inch diamond notch on your Milwaukee speed square. Align the square with the edge of your lumber and use the notch to mark a line, allowing for easy and consistent stud placement if you are building a wall, door, or window frame. Some squares, like the Milwaukee, also have a 3.5-inch notch for top plates and a 5.5-inch notch for 2x6 top plates, providing guides for various framing dimensions. The presenter demonstrates marking for a 1.5-inch stud layout.

Goal: Accurately mark positions for wall studs

Tools and materials

  • Milwaukee Speed Square Milwaukee — Marking stud layouts using diamond notches
  • Yellow Carpenter's Pencil — Marking lines for stud placement
  • Wood Block — The surface for stud layout marking

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So now you're going to have these diamonds. Now the Milwaukee one has it the best. Well, Swanson has it the best, but Milwaukee has multiple. So you see this one diamond right here at inch and a half. That's for stud layout. So if you were to put this here, you can mark here, you can mark here, you can mark here and so on and so forth. If you're building a door, you have your king, jack, whatever studs, you can build a door pretty easily. The 3 and 1/2 is for your seat cut and it gives you the perfect seat cut, right? And then your top plate is 3 and 1/2 in. The Milwaukee also has one for at 5 and 1/2 in for 2 by 6 top plate.

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