Mike's Mindful Minutes Quick Tip #2 (Cut a Perfect Octagon) 

The videos I've watched up till yours a compass was used. I don't have a compass. Sure am glad I came across your video. Easiest way I've seen to make the octagon and no compass needed. Thanks a million.

I know this awhile back, but have been cutting octagons all afternoon for wind chimes using your method. Thanks!

Thanks Mike. Good Idea. I will be trying that myself. I have made many octagons in the past and have always struggled through the process in getting them right.

God bless you...I love you...this will complete my project 😍😍🥳

Thank you so much Mike for taking your time to make these videos that teach us beginners very useful techniques. I am making an octagon end table made of walnut. I wanted an accurate octagon for the shape so this really helped. After shaping the table top I want to route the edge with the Roman Ogle profile then inlay,1" from the edge, a 9/16" wide strip of marble tile I got from Home Depot all around the whole outer section of the table top. Then I want to insert a 4" piece of padauk in the center and out line it with a thin piece of brass. The column down to the legs will be turned on the lathe also of padauk. I am not sure what type of wood or style the legs will be or the number. 3 or 4 I guess. Anyway thank you again so much. You are an awesome craftsman.

Great tip Mike, can't wait to see your birdhouse.

Great video thanks for sharing

Thanks for this great tip, Mike. I too am building a birdhouse and needed an octagon for the base. Messed up a few pieces before finding your method here.

that is the simplest one i have seen, great, keep them coming, please do one for a hexagon

Vous êtes trop fort.Un grand merci

wtf major hacks! how could I have not thought of something so simple? you are a wizard! subbed in my underwater sub at subway.

keep rotating top piece and you'll have a perfect circle. awesome vid :)

Thank you for the video.straight to the point.very smart idea

smart an easy way to do a perfect octagon. Thanks Mike

nice tip Mike - can't wait to see the birdhouse

Thank you so much for posting this I just came in from shop hoping to find a safe way to cut this im cutting from 4×4 block but I'm sure I can incorporate your great idea I'm so glad I found this it's going to save me some time I was going to put some kind of jig together an probably still wouldn't been as clean as this thanks again. An subscribed looking forward to seeing more tips simply awesome

Great tip Mike. Will this work for any size? I need to cut a 12 inch octagon for a game board for the wife. Keep the tips coming.

Excellent thanks

easy but effective method.thanks 4 sharing

Appreciate your video, very helpful. I did subscribe and like . Thanks .

Awesome ,Great!

Another great tip. Thanks Mike!

Can't wait to see your birdhouse!

Thank You for a great video and information.

wonderful!

Great tip! Thanks!

Just came across this. Great tip. Love it

brill...so simple, if you know how...and now i do nice video

Fantastic !!!! Good ideia !!!

You sir are a genius

Great Job!!

Nice tip

Almost Perfect octagon, use sqaure w unit 8. Cut of all corners at 45 D at 2.343 into sides, remaining virgin face is 3.314 (8) and formed cut sides are 3.3135, if you can measure accurately enough. SO if you g a 6" sqaure the corner cutoffs are 1.75725"

Neat trick! So did you save those little corners thinking they will come in handy someday?

Simple and brilliant,! 👌👌👌👍🇬🇧

Nice tip!

¡¡Great tip, thanks for sharing!!

Thanks!

What if you want to cut an octagon without putting holes in the piece?

Would it be possible, using the shim, to flip the pieces over and knock the corners of the other piece and end up with two octagons? Obvious the nails would get in the way.

good tip, ty

i like the way you did that .what i would like too know is how to make one out of 2by 4 ,about 6 feet sq./?

So are you making a stop sign birdhouse?

Do you have any tips for making a 10 sides decagon?

That's great

any better solutions for this now that time has passed? Something without nailing each piece like that? I gotta do 1000 :)

nice

quebien ese megusto

as Maynard G. Krebs would say, that was a little square :>)

Two words = Framing Square.

Thats a shit idea, now you have holes in you octagon...