How to mark a compound miter

Sounds like 22 degrees? Then 0 – ~ from the 90 degree verticals

Hey Rob
I can’t figure out why you need a compound angle instead of just an angle on each end

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If the brace can’t be marked as DaveR suggests, you could stretch a string along where one edge of the beam will be. Use a framing square to do your layout of the angles. Once you have one side of the square on the line, you read where it tounchs in inches and fractions. layout one angle, then the other and follow it around the beam. Repeat for the other end. Easier than it sounds :-))

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