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Video: Creating a 30-Degree Angle with Trammel Points

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Leonard Hall
Mar 1, 2016

In our wood flooring schools, we often teach how to use trammel points to strike a 90-degree line (instead of a 3-4-5 triangle) and then snap a 45-degree line. But did you know you can also use trammel points to easily create 30- and 60-degree angles you can use for parquets and custom medallions? In this video I show you the steps:

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