Brilliant. Just brilliant. At last, someone that talks about spacers. Yes, its a real pain when the saw doesn't go back far enough. Thank you.

best video to explain lap joints. Thank you :)

Thanks for sharing this. My first impuls was to make multiple passes on the tablesaw, like you did with the mitresaw. But now I see that taking the time to build the jig results in a much cleaner fit that doesn't need the level of post-cut handwork. It's safer than I initially thought.

@LazyGuyDIY

3 жыл бұрын

Glad I could help!

Great tips! Thanks Adam.

I made this table saw jig and was cutting very tidy half laps in no time. Great video, thanks!

Excellent ideas, different methods better for different applications. I've also cut half-lap joints with a router table sliding miter jig and bottom cleaning bit. I really like that table saw jig and am going to try that - with a fine smooth cutting blade there would be almost no sanding of the two matching lap surfaces, if any. Thanks for the video.

- GOOD job. Clear, concise info. Thanx 4 sharing.

@LazyGuyDIY

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Hope it helped!

Thanks for showing the different methods

Great content, very useful...thanks for posting!!

Great video. Thank you. I am using a circular saw for cutting notches, but that more for outdoor work.

Thank you, finally found a good video on this using tools I have. Good job!

@LazyGuyDIY

Жыл бұрын

Happy to help!

The method using a router was easiest and quickest for me. I particularly like the idea of drawing diagonals to find the center on such a narrow space.. At my age, using the fractional measurements on a square are an up hill climb. Thank you.

@LazyGuyDIY

2 жыл бұрын

Ha! I think I had the chickenpox when they taught fractions in grade school. They've always been my enemy.

Excellent. Just what I was looking for. Very much appreciated!

@LazyGuyDIY

3 жыл бұрын

Great! Happy building!

That was a very good video and you addressed my exact question. Thanks for the info, great job!

@LazyGuyDIY

3 жыл бұрын

Great to hear!

Ah Miter Saw half lap..genius!! Going to use that..Thanks

Thank you for this

Great ideas! 👍🏻 saved and subscribed

the router one really helped me out

Great video and demonstration man

@LazyGuyDIY

4 жыл бұрын

Matthew Schwartz thanks! Hopefully it helped!

I am going to test with an electric hand planer with scrap. Just glad someone did this with tooks I have and took the time to say how to do it with the circular saw. Router was going to be my first choice. I had not thought of using my miter.

Great video. Thanks.

@LazyGuyDIY

2 жыл бұрын

Glad I could help!

Thank you. 👍💯

perfection, thanks for the idea with using a slide miter saw, my router handle broke and getting it fixed soon.

@LazyGuyDIY

5 жыл бұрын

Glad I could help! Definitely a quick fix!

This video is amazing. I learned so much in 6 minutes. I just subscribed and look forward to seeing your other videos !

@LazyGuyDIY

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Tim!

pretty solid

My wood shop teacher doesn't teach so here I am scouring youtube on how to do things /endrant Thanks for the vid.

@LazyGuyDIY

2 жыл бұрын

Ha! Happy to help!

Great video, well presented, no irritating loud music, good methods. I have just used the sliding mitre saw method, before watching this video, but the results ain’t that good. Will now try the other two that you presented. Cheers from 🇬🇧

@LazyGuyDIY

3 жыл бұрын

Let me know which one you end up having the most luck with

Great video. Super helpful that you used all 3 tools. I'm a beginner with a circular saw deciding if I want a table saw or a router next and this helped make my decision.

@LazyGuyDIY

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! What are you going with? I personally love a router, especially as I was honing my craft and wasn't quite ready for advanced table saw work yet.

@rickybobbyracing9106

3 жыл бұрын

@@LazyGuyDIY I went with the router for now. Might get a table saw down the road. But I feel like it's less likely i'll hurt myself doing this vs a table saw. Plus just ordered a rabbeting bit for the router that i'm excited to try out. Want to make a box with rabbet joints and feel like this will be much easier to use then creating a jig on my own.

@mishniak

3 жыл бұрын

You can do maybe 80% of saw table cuts with your circular saw, if you have the patience. So getting the router as your next tool was the right decision!

pretty useful, ths.

Great tips! Very helpful video! Cheers!

excellent. thank you for sharing

nice

Awesome video man! Subbed and liked

@LazyGuyDIY

2 жыл бұрын

Great to hear!

Great tips! Some awesome ways to make half-laps!

hi...I made a watching your video. Thank you for being an inspiration to me.

@LazyGuyDIY

2 жыл бұрын

You are so welcome

@MinHongJiwoodstudio

2 жыл бұрын

@@LazyGuyDIY Oh, thank you. Please visit my channel from time to time. I'll come over from time to time. ^^

I'm just gonna put this opinion out there. And it's just that. An opinion. If you're just cutting a few half laps, the overall fastest and easiest way is to use a hand saw and a chisel. Maybe a beater chisel to hog out the waste quickly and your good chisel to actually cut to the line. With the power tools, there's a time investment overhead. It takes time to break out and set up the power tools, figure out any jigs/stops, do the job, pack it all away, and clean up the dust. With the saw and chisel, there's just a few simple hand tools to quickly grab, there's no messing with jigs at all, and it's way easier to clean up chips on the floor than saw dust all over everything. Now sure, the power tools are quicker per cut. The cumulative time saved on the cuts has to exceed that additional investment overhead to be worthwhile though. I'm thinking that the break even point for the average guy at home is going past 4 joints. If you're making a square frame for something, that's 4 joints. If you're making a pair of square frames, let's say to make some garage shelves, that's 8 joints (or more). Again, just an opinion based on my own experiences. Just some food for thought. YMMV.

Bandsaw... long lengths - easy, safe, fast, accurate. Fence rails at 6m no problem. Just adding to the topic.

@LazyGuyDIY

3 жыл бұрын

Great addition! I didn't have a bandsaw at the time, but do now!

While the table saw is nice for small pieces, if you're dealing with an 8' board, it would turn not so pretty. It's always best to have more than one way to do the job, and pick based on your variables. Well done giving some solid options.

Thank you for showing three methods, I think i'm gonna try the router, seems the easiest, I am newbie DIY. Can you tell me just what router bit to use for this type of joint? Thx

@LazyGuyDIY

Жыл бұрын

No problem! Just a 3/4” straight cut bit, Diablo or Freud has them most places.

@Cassiopea456

Жыл бұрын

@@LazyGuyDIY Thank you so much.

I’m looking for the directions for joining two 2 x 4 at the corners. You set the table saw up cutting half the 2x4 the by standing the board up and cutting long ways through the end. Then you don’t change anything and you lay the 2 x 4 down and cut long ways . This leaves a 3/4” x 1-3/4” piece cutout. You repeat with each piece till you have eight cuts, then you can glue, clamp and nail them together, for an extremely strong square. My Grandfather, showed me this a long time ago, but I missed something, because my corners weren’t as tight as his where.

Can I ask what router bit you used cheers steve🇬🇧

4:06 - 4:57 1/2 lap using router

Thanks for this, what kind of bit do you use in the router by hand there at the last one?

@LazyGuyDIY

4 жыл бұрын

I just used a standard Freud Straight Cut Bit. Nothing too fancy.

@RyanOlsonYo

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I don’t have a table saw and wanted to be sure I got right bit with router :)

@Mekchanoid

4 жыл бұрын

@@LazyGuyDIY It looks like a pretty wide one. The thinner the bit the harder to balance the router and get a consistent surface.

Good video, thanks. With the router, once you've cut away the supporting wood, is there a way / tool to support it? I found after cutting 16 laps that balancing the router like that gets pretty tiring and your level gets more and more inconsistent. I know you could use a piece of wood, but then you'd literally need one for every depth of cut. Must be a smarter way.

@LazyGuyDIY

4 жыл бұрын

This is where a router table set up definitely comes in handy when making multiple passes. But with a handheld router, I agree, it gets a little tedious. As long as you strategically start on one side and work your way to the full width of cut, the accuracy really only needs to be consistent on the first and last pass on the outside edges. Balancing shouldn't be an issue at that point.

@Mekchanoid

4 жыл бұрын

@@LazyGuyDIY Okay, thanks, I'll try that. I've also seen that you can extend the base of the router by screwing in a piece of mdf.

@LazyGuyDIY

4 жыл бұрын

@@Mekchanoid that or a thick piece of acrylic so you can see can still see.

Why did you hold the second piece vertically? Seems as if you risk not having the same cut depth and width. What am I missing?

Could you use the table saw the same way you used the miter saw doing multiple cuts?

@LazyGuyDIY

3 жыл бұрын

Sure can, I usually like to use a sacrificial fence attached to the miter gauge when I do that just so the piece of material has plenty of support and the cuts are straight. The one thing you'll need to look at though are the teeth on your saw blade. If they're flat tooth then you'll get a nice clean cut. If they're angled like a lot of blades are you'll lots of little ridges, but you can easily clean them up.

Hmm.. Need some yardsticks now.

what pieces would the half-lap be most useful for? maybe cabinet doors?

@LazyGuyDIY

Жыл бұрын

Cabinet doors for sure and picture frames

What about using a electric planer for lap joints

@LazyGuyDIY

2 жыл бұрын

I've never seen it done and it sounds like a lot of work, but doable.

@eltigredetejas2328

2 жыл бұрын

@@LazyGuyDIY after cutting and chiseling I’m thinking about cross grain electric planer to clean up… I was always told to you an electric planer with the grain and to never go against it but eh

Thanks, I knew how to do these with the dado blade, but don't actually own one.

I think it might be a DAMN good idea to stress that these methods only work if both pieces being joined are the same thickness! What do you think? For instance, make a gate: both rails and stiles have to be the same thickness . . . .

@embracethesuck1041

8 ай бұрын

That's the definition of a half lap. You can't half lap two different thicknesses. One side won't be "half" cut. It would still be a lap joint, but not a half lap.

That looks like the contractor version of the SawStop. Do you feel like you are giving up much over a cabinet saw of the same make?

@LazyGuyDIY

4 жыл бұрын

It is the contractor version. And honestly, if I had to do it again, I would have just bought the cabinet saw. I thought that the footprint of the Contractor's saw would be smaller for the size of my shop, but it turns out the motor sticks out the back a good 10" and negates any saved space.

What bit did you use on the router?

@LazyGuyDIY

3 жыл бұрын

Double flute straight bit. This was a 3/4" diablo/freud with a 1/4" shank.

I'm using a lap joint to secure a table leg to a table top. Do you/does anyone else have advice on how I should secure it? Is wood glue enough or should I work some screws in as well? Thanks

@LazyGuyDIY

3 жыл бұрын

You could always do a through pin with a dowel on the lap joint or if you want the look of a through pin, drill a shallow hole wide enough for a dowel, but for a screw and plug it with a dowel, cut it off and sand it flush.

@bite_me411

3 жыл бұрын

@@LazyGuyDIYGreat idea, thanks so much! Super video

Is it possible to use a jig saw to cut?

@LazyGuyDIY

2 жыл бұрын

Honestly, I would say no, there's too much blade deflection on a jig saw to get a straight enough cut. A bandsaw with a fence would work though.

Can you use a jigsaw to do these?

@LazyGuyDIY

2 ай бұрын

Blade deflection is such an issue with jigsaws that I think it would be tough to be accurate

@liamjrmatthews

2 ай бұрын

@@LazyGuyDIY thanks!

It amazes me how hard you tried not to use just an ordinary tenon saw.

@LazyGuyDIY

2 жыл бұрын

I use plenty of hand tools in my shop. The problem is that the new woodworker doesn't always have the skill set or the tools to make that cut repeatable. Not to mention to have a quality saw that's sharp and then chisels or a plane to clean up the cut to make sure it's a good fit. Not many people own marking gauges either early on or blade guides. At least with power tools they can make repeatable cuts in short time with a low barrier of entry to make it happen. Then that's a gateway technique to get them interested to learn more traditional joinery.

Table saw method may not work if you are using heavy long boards, like the ones to build pergola….

You just need a mallet a chisel and handsaw much faster and easier

How about using lumber next time instead of doll house pieces. Good god man?

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