Easiest Way To Find The Center Of A Circle.

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Often times when doing a woodworking or metal fabricating project I find myself needing to determine the center of a circle. Sometimes finding that point is critical and needs to be precise. This time that wasn't the case, but this method will make finding the center easy. Thanks for watching. I hope you find this tip helpful.

[@ManCrafting]

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[@brucewalters8974]

Thanks for your reply. I'm ordering the center finding tool...

[@ManCrafting]

Bruce Walters I have two. It’s quicker. When I made this video, I didn’t have one. I actually added that link a month or two ago. Thanks for watching.

[@PathogeniNk]

This is the way that all RUclips informational videos should be - chill, to the point, and useful. Cheers!

[@ManCrafting]

Thanks.

[@bird289]

Don't forget no annoying music that drowns out what the RUclipsr is saying lol

[@GeorgeGeorge-yb2sz]

Excellent illustration and presentation. The lines were easy to see an the explanation was good.

[@ManCrafting]

Glad it helped.

[@hhairball9]

All these years...but I'm glad I found now! Thank you!

[@ManCrafting]

Glad it helped.

[@tested004]

Best RUclips video I've found. No b's, no math. Pure craftsman

[@ManCrafting]

Thanks. I appreciate you taking a minute to comment
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[@jtltet]

You can draw 2 lines of any length across the circle. Find the center of that line and draw a line perpendicular to it (as you did with your framing square). Do this with both lines and where the 2 perpendicular lines intersect is the center. This method you show works also but it just involves more steps and the length of the lines are irrelevant.

[@GangGreatLakes]

This actually works! Thanks!

[@bytebricks5499]

Thanks so much.. exactly what I was looking for today.. all thumbs up.

[@ManCrafting]

Glad it helped.

[@justinfacer6332]

Had to find the center of a circle for a woodworking project. Easier than I thought. I appreciate you taking time to upload.

[@ManCrafting]

Thanks. Glad you found it helpful.

[@rootdog1179]

I couldn’t agree with Mr Facer more. Thank you for taking time to film (maybe edit) and upload. I just used for a project and your video was great. Worked perfect!

[@achembusinessidea5306]

Yes buddy really helpful.
Recently my mechanic has been off the job and I was all by myself wondering how to find the centre of a circle.
Your video came to me the most useful way to find the centre of a circle.
Thanks buddy.

[@ManCrafting]

Glad it was useful. Thanks.

[@ChrisKnorrAgent]

Thanks for a short explanation and accurate way!

[@ManCrafting]

Thanks for the comment. Always good to know it’s helping people.

[@TheArby13]

I was taught this method when I was in shop/drafting class in 7th grade. 60 years ago. I forgot it thru the years but you brought back a fond memory for me. I got our teacher fired for calling me a dumbass in front of witnesses.

[@ManCrafting]

Times were different then. Surprised they actually fired the teacher.

[@henrypeterson1981]

Best Video on Finding Centerpoints

[@ManCrafting]

Thanks. I’m glad it helped.

[@davidpeppers7393]

Thank you. I hope I can remember this next time i need it.

[@ManCrafting]

My absolute pleasure.

[@samuelpuckett7954]

Text or email it to yourself

[@lcnewell5094]

You're my hero! Thank you so much for making is so simple even I can understand it (and that's saying a lot).

[@ManCrafting]

There is something to be said for having someone who thinks simply make a tutorial. Glad it helped. 👊🏼

[@DemetrioAlbidrez]

Great way to find a Center point 👉☝️ !! You have a Good One !!

[@JH-mt3pp]

I used this today. My son is making a clock out of a whiskey barrel lid. Easy and worked out perfect.

[@ManCrafting]

Awesome. Thanks for letting me know.

[@lazaruslee9505]

Thanks. It's your simplicity and ingeniously a joy to watch and no hard complications to follow. And also no need to make a set of tool . Thank you once again. May God bless you.

[@ManCrafting]

Thanks.

[@AdamHeppenstall]

Thank you!

[@ManCrafting]

Glad it helped.

[@rafiqismail3378]

Finding the centre of a circle is made simple. Many thanks.

[@samuelpuckett7954]

Thanks! That made more sense than any other I have watched!

[@ManCrafting]

I probably made it simple because that’s the only way I know how.

[@ch.altafhussain5535]

Certainly the easiest, though I'm not good in geometry or mathematics.
I UNDERSTOOD IT INSTANTLY.
THANKS. 👌👍🏻🌺

[@ManCrafting]

Thanks.

[@bassinbob1965]

WOW great tip! You all need to watch this video and do the man a favor by subscribing ect. After all he took his time to make and post this video.

[@ManCrafting]

Robert Ray thank you.

[@Rayblondie]

Very good. Thank you from the UK.

[@ManCrafting]

Thank you too!

[@oscardominguez6491]

Fantastic, thank you.

[@ManCrafting]

Glad it helped.

[@kfbr3928]

You just saved a DIY'er a bunch of time. Thanks

[@ManCrafting]

KeepIt EddieMurphy glad it helped.

[@anastasiabeaverhausen5467]

This is the greatest video on earth. Bless you ☺️

[@ManCrafting]

Anastasia Beaverhausen thanks and bless you as well. 😁

[@agrxdrowflow958]

Love that ring! Really pretty.

[@ManCrafting]

Agrx Drowflow my wife wanted to get me something unique when we got engaged over 20 years ago. Thank you.

[@benx104]

Thanks for taking only 2 1/2 minutes to do what it seems like it takes others a half hour to explain.

[@ManCrafting]

Pet peeve. I don’t have that attention span.

[@laiquerahman4830]

Thanks helpful with school work

[@ManCrafting]

Awesome.

[@gamewar5679]

That is a great idea thank you for the information

[@ManCrafting]

You are so welcome.

[@qayammehdi677]

You are genius

[@ManCrafting]

Glad it helped.

[@patrickpalmer3374]

I have to find absolute center on 1 5/16" dowels happy day thanks.

[@ManCrafting]

Glad it worked out.

[@paulettehigham4015]

I watched 3 confusing videos...then I found this... thanks

[@ManCrafting]

Glad it helped.

[@whiterabbit063]

Well that very easy to do. I will use it on my project!

[@ManCrafting]

Awesome. Glad it helped.

[@edstimator1]

Just what I needed. Thanks

[@gertrudweber1889]

Thank you that was very well explained

[@ManCrafting]

Awesome. Glad it helped.

[@getuliorincon1431]

very simple and easy to
understand.thank you

[@nateoneill9348]

Thank you

[@ManCrafting]

Glad you found it helpful.

[@tombrettin8731]

Good video ! He made it look so easy.

[@ManCrafting]

Tom Brettin thanks.

[@gazz888]

Nice.. was the third line needed or not?

[@beepbop6697]

Not needed, but can be considered a "verification" line. If it doesn't intersect, then you done screwed up somewhere.

[@waynelkohrjr.8557]

Thanks for the update.

[@ManCrafting]

Anytime.

[@roscoepatternworks3471]

You don't need to draw any chords. Any two points created a line. Set dividers or compass to about 3/4of the diameter pick any two location along the perimeter of the circle about 180 degrees apart. Draw an arc from each point. Then draw a line where the arcs intersect. Do the same arcs from where the line crosses the perimeter of the circle. Where the lines cross is the center. You have also exactly quartered the circle.

[@TrieuNguyen-mn8bq]

I love it, thank you.

[@ManCrafting]

Glad you found it helpful.

[@RichardSmith-xp5yf]

Huge help, thanks!

[@ManCrafting]

Glad it helped.

[@larce4158]

Thanks!

[@ManCrafting]

Glad it helped.

[@jaimeleigh5577]

Sweet! Thanks for sharing.

[@ManCrafting]

My pleasure. Glad it helped.

[@johnsantilli7647]

Thank you nice one

[@ManCrafting]

Thank you. Glad it helped.

[@royharkins7066]

Fantastic, a thought Tool 😊

[@BringDeathCloser123]

Great help for me and my housemate! 10/10

[@ManCrafting]

Glad it helped! Thanks for watching!

[@williamhiguchi5012]

Very helpful thanks

[@ManCrafting]

Thanks. Glad it was useful.

[@abelgarcia6992]

Awesome. Thanks!

[@masterblaster8948]

Good solution

[@ManCrafting]

Thanks.

[@viktorfresco5581]

Thanks for the information. It's beautifully simple :-)

[@ManCrafting]

Viktor Fresco thank you. 🙏🏼

[@jmrichsonsr]

Thank you for this.

[@ManCrafting]

James Richardson glad it helped.

[@sandipvaghela8521]

Thank you very much sir..

[@ianthomson8978]

Great, I want make clocks plates with a quartz movement adding a phot of a subject. Thanks

[@JH-mt3pp]

My son is making a clock out of the head of a whiskey barrel. You just solved a problem !

[@acreguy3156]

Brilliant, thanks!!

[@ManCrafting]

Glad it helped.

[@themaskedsinger.8861]

Superb, thank you.

[@ManCrafting]

Glad you found it helpful.

[@Lukenukkem]

using a compass drawing four semicircles and two lines is much much easier and can be done in about

[@markthomasson5077]

And more easily accurate

[@Imoverit2]

Life saver, cheers 🍻 mate

[@ManCrafting]

Glad it helped.

[@parmalee9579]

Excellent and easy, . Thank You

[@ManCrafting]

+Dale Rasmussen thanks. I hoped it would help someone.

[@woofusdad]

Thank you.

[@ManCrafting]

Glad to do it.

[@stuboyer1901]

I'm about to mount the hardware on an 18" lazy susan. I'll try this. Thanks.

[@jmrocks49]

How did you come up with four inches? What about circles that are larger or smaller than the one you used? It seems easier to me to draw three lines across the diameter and where they intersect is the center.

[@ManCrafting]

It was just a measurement that was easily divisible by two. It could have just as easily been 2, 1.5, 3, 1 or any number.

[@buselakeju]

supper easy!Thanks!

[@ManCrafting]

JANIS IVANOVSKIS Sr thanks. I really appreciate you taking the time to let me know. 👊🏼

[@Jerbob1]

Easy! Thanks!

[@ManCrafting]

Thanks for the comment. Glad it could help.

[@jimmydickson8854]

Very good mate I’ll use that method ,home workshop jimmy

[@ManCrafting]

Thanks.

[@YouTube_stole_my_handle]

Didn't need the 3rd line, but thank you

[@ManCrafting]

Thanks.

[@Mike-tv9rk]

Perfect. Im just so sorry that i had to trawl through all the other utter BS methods with egotistical people rattling on about themselves in order to find this. This is what the www and youtube was invented for. But now it has lost its way. Thank-you for being straight to the point.

[@ManCrafting]

Thanks for the comment. I’m glad it was helpful.

[@alexuren1]

wow,you must be the cleverest man on earth'good one

[@IOwnASpoon]

HEY DUDE!

[@garys.674]

Thanks

[@harjitsukhparm4086]

Thnk u dear sir... Love u

[@jsimo1431]

thank you!

[@ManCrafting]

J Simo thank you.

[@harivenkatesan5408]

Dude that helped me a lot

[@ManCrafting]

Awesome. Thanks.

[@alanhart5694]

That is amazing Thanks

[@ManCrafting]

Awesome. Glad it helped.

[@Scubagear1]

EXCELLENT!

[@hanhtethtoo1414]

thank u

[@ManCrafting]

Glad it helped.

[@benx104]

You explained everything, but what that extra line was for, which threw the whole thing off for me

[@ManCrafting]

Sorry it wasn’t clearer.

[@tonithatcher]

Many Thanks!!

[@ManCrafting]

Toni Thatcher glad I was able to help. 👍🏼

[@docstockton5564]

You only need 2 lines, not 3.

[@hishamhamed5033]

Indeed. Two identical secants. Perpendicular lines from the midpoints intersect at the centre.

[@benittokb5050]

Nice..

[@ManCrafting]

Thanks

[@notwrkn2mch]

That's the easiest i seen so far
Thanx :)

[@kimmychulan6601]

GREAT JOB

[@micahwilliams66]

thx, just finished looks to be the center! =)

[@johnkraemer5505]

Nice! Thank you for the tip!

[@BBA1994]

Thanks - works for me

[@ManCrafting]

I’m glad it helped. Thanks for stopping by.

[@craigdougan8484]

The intersection of the perpendicular bisectors of two non-parallel chords marks the center.

[@gaelewis6623]

Love your video. Dose that work for a 55gallon barrel to find the center point?

[@ManCrafting]

I’ve used it for a steel drum. You may need to be creative to locate the edges if it’s rounded, but it could be done.

[@microphonejones]

Why 4” and not another length? Is that calculated on the basis of the diameter?

[@ManCrafting]

microphonejones it was easily divisible by 2 and for this size circle it just worked. It could have been three or two. Just a number that worked.

[@microphonejones]

@@ManCrafting coool

[@kaijudt8358]

Nice.
Greats from Germany

[@goofygolfer56]

Really only need two equal lines across the outer edge of the circle and the midway point of each line. Also, if you use a speed square with the framing square, you only need to mark the center points where the speed square intersects each

[@ManCrafting]

+Dale Persails interesting. I'll give it a try.

[@BossHossV8Cycles]

The two line segments that touch the circumference don't even have to be equal. As long as the perpendicular is at the center of the two line segments the intersection of those perpendiculars will always be center.

[@Mike-tv9rk]

Come on dude . We know. But three makes it certain. Why are you even moaning about this. He was straight to the point and correct. This is what we need instead of arseholes making things complicated. Ffs what is wrong with you and all of the other idiots that have posted convoluted answers to this question. You waste our time daily.

Does that work for any diameter cicle

[@bobbruno4691]

Hi, great video.
Isn't the 3rd line redundant? Wont 2 lines achieve the same result ?

[@ManCrafting]

It is but I always feel better when the third line lines up.

[@fakeperson4069]

Overachiever. Lol

[@Nathancsr]

Measure the circumference, with a thread, fold it in half, you get a semi circle, join the ends, measure the diameter, divide it by two.. that's where centre is..

[@dsmasynergy]

Almost perfect, just missing some loud music so we can not hear your voice :)

[@ManCrafting]

🤣🤣🤣

[@eliteclassicdetailing]

Thankyou. Very Helpfull. I Subscribe.

[@charlesz6464]

good enough for me.

[@ManCrafting]

Thanks.

[@Urbanescape21]

Awesome vid.

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Thanks!! New subscriber!!

[@ManCrafting]

PAPERGATORZ FEDDUCCA thanks for watching and thanks for the sub!

[@kingtut5923]

Very nice , now how to figure out from 4 holes on a wheel to 5 holes?

[@ManCrafting]

Let me ask my buddy Adam Booth.