What is a mitre saw protractor?
What is a mitre saw protractor? |
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A mitre saw protractor is a measuring device that uses two rotatable arms to measure angles. | |||
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The rotatable arms are attached to a two scale protractor that provides the angles measured. The scales found on a mitre saw protractor are a single cut scale and a mitre cut scale. | |||
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By moving the arms of the mitre saw protractor into position, the tool is able to determine the angles for mitre, single and compound cuts.To find out more about these specific types of cut, see | |||
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These angles can then be transferred to mitre saw. This involves adjusting the blade of the mitre saw to the angles shown on the mitre saw protractor, so specific types of cuts can be produced, hence the name ‘mitre saw protractor’. | |||
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Mitre saw protractors are specifically designed to be used with mitre saws because they measure angles for the types of cuts that mitre saws produce.Mitre saw protractors take out the difficult calculation stages of finding these specific angles. They save time as you simply measure the angles, read the scale, then adjust the mitre saw settings to the corresponding angle. | |||
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An ordinary protractor cannot be used like a mitre saw protractor because it has a different design and would also require an additional tool such as a calculator. | |||
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The mitre saw protractor scales are not like a regular protractor scale. For example, a mitre cut scale halves the original angle without even using a calculator, so a 90 degree angle would show as 45 degrees on a mitre saw protractor.
A regular protractor would show 90 degrees, so you would need to use a calculator to half the angle to give you a mitre cut angle. 0 on a mitre saw protractor and a mitre saw is 90 degrees. |
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There are different types of mitre saw protractor available, including narrow armed mitre saw protractors and combination protractors.
For more information on these different types of protractor visit: |
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A mitre saw protractor is suitable for professionals and DIYers who require the measuring and transfer of angles to a mitre saw. | |||
