173.2cm
Make hexagon with mitre saw
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That's not the overall width, that's the diagonal width which is irrelevant and no use to the OP if he used the method described in the video.
Sorry Freddy, if he wants hexagons with sides of 100mm, using the method in the video, he wants to start with a length of wood 173mm wide.
I make it 200mm wide! If the sides, are each 100mm, then 100mm is the radius, therefore the diameter must be 200mm.
Oh yeah you might be right chaps. 
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You’re all wrong, it’s 193mm
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If you're going to talk about fitting a shape onto something in single dimensions, you need to talk about the longest one, which is (minimally) 193mm in this case, not the shortest one, which I agree is 173mm
"This sofa is only 90cm high; it'll definitely fit in my 3 metre wide living room"
"But it's 6m long"
"But it's only 90cm high"
Only if youre going to make the length of the board the distance from one point to the opposite point, the 200mm distance mentioned by FMT and Harry. If you're using single dimensions, talk about a square so that it doesn't matter if it's the width or the height; 193mm
In essence you lot are all in furious agreement talking about one dimension. Half of you are saying "The board needs to be 173mm wide" and not mentioning that it needs to be 200mm long.. And the other half of you are arguing that "it needs to be 200mm wide", and not mentioning that it then needs to be 173mm long
Anyway, OP, here's a PDF of a 100mm hexagon. When you print it, make sure you don't have "fit to page" enabled otherise the output will be scaled to the printable margins and it'll get smaller. When I print this at "actual size" on my laser, i get a 100mm sided hexagon
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@robinbanks Fair comment. But when making things we usually look for boards, and if you find one 173 wide you can make this, as you say, as long as it is 200mm long. The other clue is in post #1 - he wants to use a mitre saw. 4 cuts out of a board 173 wide using a board side as a datum is a darn site easier than 6 cuts on the squint, especially trying to account for the saw kerf as well....
What we’re talking about is the method shown in the video in the second (?) post.
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