Make hexagon with mitre saw

[billozz]

Can someone help me please I'm trying to make some hexagons, just slabs of wood shaped like hexagons, I have a mitre saw and wondered if there's a way of using that. Oh I need them to have 100mm sides, thanks

 

[big-all]

hexagon much much easier as its cutting corners off a square
when you say 100mm do you mean times six ??
100mm faces would give you something like 165-175mm face to parallel face

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

 

[billozz]

Thanks for the answer, yes 100 each side. What in trying to work out is of there's a way to make them fairly quickly using a mitre saw rather than a jigsaw for instance?

 

[Munroast]

173.2mm across flats (100 / tan(30))
200mm across corners

I had to make some a few years back, made a jig on a sled and pushed them through the table saw, seemed to remember it took ages to set up the jig, but once set up they were easy and quick to do. accurate and repeatable

not sure if using sled is a safe thing to do so check with health and safety first !

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

Thanks for the answer, yes 100 each side. What in trying to work out is of there's a way to make them fairly quickly using a mitre saw rather than a jigsaw for instance?

The video shows how to set a (sliding) mitre saw, to cut an hexagon.

 

[billozz]

173.2mm across flats (100 / tan(30))
200mm across corners

I had to make some a few years back, made a jig on a sled and pushed them through the table saw, seemed to remember it took ages to set up the jig, but once set up they were easy and quick to do. accurate and repeatable

not sure if using sled is a safe thing to do so check with health and safety first !

Any plans for the jig?

 

[big-all]

are you planning on using a table saw or mitre/pull saw ??
in general i cut many many dozen [hundreds]coasters/pot stands/plant coasters over the years
can you tell me exactly what your planed finished product is and will try and help as will others
to best achieve what you are after

 

[billozz]

are you planning on using a table saw or mitre/pull saw ??
in general i cut many many dozen [hundreds]coasters/pot stands/plant coasters over the years
can you tell me exactly what your planed finished product is and will try and help as will others
to best achieve what you are aft I'm planning to make about 20 x100mm each side hexagons for someone using either a mitre saw or table saw, they are for wall decoration I believe. Thanks. The video put up by someone is great but I can't see a way to choose what size you want the hexagon?

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

To achieve 100mm sides you start with a 200mm wide bit of wood https://www.omnicalculator.com/math/hexagon

 

[robinbanks]

Print a hexagon. Measure it, use the scaling percentage option in your print settings if it’s wrong, to increase or decrease the size

Cut out and use to mark up

Or just print loads, stick them on your wood and cut to the lines

 

[big-all]

when i do coasters pan stands what ever its to use up material thats too small[short] for anything else and too nice to just burn
Octagons are so simple set the chop saw to 45 degrees
lay the square on the saw bed and visually line up the corner you want to clip off
draw a pencil line to the centre section or full length off the rhs off the wood on the saw base
chop rotate and line up with the pencil mark chop again
chop the corners in a clock wise direction as this gives you a full edge on the fence until the last corner

dead simple quick