Find The Center of Any Board

If you need to find the center of a board, but the width isn't an even number, here's the trick. Instead of trying to split an odd measurement, angle your tape measure across the board until it hits the next even number. If the board is close to 4 in, angle it until the tape reads four. Then mark half of that number. Two. The width doesn't matter as long as the tape starts and ends at the edges of the board and lands on an even number. Half of that number is the exact center every