Video Table of Contents: 1:00 Hand Tools I Use for Accuracy 4:10 Accurate Cutting with Hand Tools 7:00 Table Saw Accuracy 11:18 Drilling Holes Accurately Tell Me Your Tips and Tricks here in the comments.

@garypillischafske1425

5 жыл бұрын

I found an ol paring knife from the kitchen (wife never missed it!) and after sharpening it on both sides to slim down the blace a bit it makes a great marking knife. I also have an old fillet knife that I am going to try as well. Good steel in those and very flexible.

@ronfox5519

3 жыл бұрын

@@garypillischafske1425 used sawzall blades. Spring steel, sharpens well to a fine edge. Can be customized into any shape.

6:20. OMG. The reflection on the blade!!! How have I never noticed that?! That's such a great tip for keeping your saw square. It's almost like a magic trick -- it's been in front of me the whole time, and I never saw it. I love this channel more every day.

For hand drilling, I use a pair of small mirrors glued into a 90 degree angle cut into a block of wood. The reflections allow you to see vertical in both X and Y axes. Use cheap mirrors if you have a concrete floor ;-) Clyde

@katzmosestools

6 жыл бұрын

Clyde Ulmer I'm going to try that! Good idea!

@deanawesomer9102

6 жыл бұрын

Just use an old CD and drill in the centre, easy 360 mirror Cheers

@katzmosestools

6 жыл бұрын

Dean Moroney great idea!

@darrenbaugh6579

Жыл бұрын

@@deanawesomer9102 I'm old school. I use an old record.

A complete newbie here and thought these tips were extremely helpful. Looking forward to some additional tips/tricks as I progress through my own skills. Thanks Katz!

I am only 15 and just started an apprenticeship as a cabinet maker as we call them in Australia. This is very valuable information for me. Going to impress my boss a bit more tomorrow with these techniques :)

@katzmosestools

5 жыл бұрын

My pleasure brother!

@JEbullinger

5 жыл бұрын

Hey man, I just bought my first house, finally have a garage to start woodworking in! In my very limited experience with woodworking I never felt like I could make accurate or repeatable cuts. I am super excited to try your tips out! I am buying a table saw on Thursday and have a four day weekend to make sawdust! Thanks for the video and I smashed that sub thumb and bell!

I use my pocket knife as a marking knife, because I just got started like 4 weeks ago. I was cutting dovetails and a pencil was not cutting it, and I watched your video and used my pocket knife, and got the best dovetails ever thank you for the tip.

If every video taught me so many new tricks I'd be a master craftsman by now. Very useful stuff

Being a newbie I found this very helpful. Thanks bunches.

Some great info there. A must watch for anyone serious about the craft. Thanks for sharing!

@katzmosestools

6 жыл бұрын

GuysWoodshop thanks Guy! It's all stuff I wish I had known when I got started.

Very helpful video! In woodworking the key to quality is accuracy.

Thanks for the great tips. Some I've heard of some not. These tip videos are great reminders.

@katzmosestools

6 жыл бұрын

Steven Kofoed so happy you got something ot of it bud! Cheers and thank you!

Very nice job. One of the best Moxon vises of the net...

Great tips. I make a lot of cribbage boards and find it quick to take a sharpened finish nail mounted in my drill press to make my starter holes the come back with the drill bit. It is quite quick if i use a fence to keep things in line.

@katzmosestools

6 жыл бұрын

Dave Rouse that's a fabulous tip! Thanks for sharing!

Great video. Thanks for the tips!

This was a gold! Real eye opener!

When i switched from pencil to marking knife my accuracy went up 100%. Great tips. It's always good to review tips because it reminds me of things I've forgotten or things I didn't know.🤪 Thanks for the video.

@katzmosestools

6 жыл бұрын

Kit Schuetze agreed hahahaha. Cheers my friend!

Dude - I really liked this one. Never thought of using my calipers for marking before. Thanks for the tip!

@katzmosestools

6 жыл бұрын

Harold Liles happy to help bud! Cheers and thanks for watching!

Great stuff! Thank you for some useful tips which I will surely use

Check the cordless drill from either side/direction. This will help to maintain accurate drilling. Pause half way and check you are still at 90 to the work piece from behind and to one side. Also if you are using a pencil, blade or knife if you run it along your square at 90 deg/vertical your marking will always be out by the tickness of the instrument you are marking with. You need to hold the blade or pencil at a 45 deg from level so it is angled into the square and the work piece you are marking in that makes sense. Good video 👍

At 8:30, I almost thought you were going to cut your hand on your table saw. Awesome advice, thank you for sharing your experience and knowledge.

Well done!! I find that I am more accurate when I act with patience, "haste makes waste". Those nuns were right, again!! Favorite tip, aligning ATB with scribe line...thank you.

@katzmosestools

6 жыл бұрын

Neil Baltes definitely my favorite of everything discussed. Cheers Neil!

@katzmosestools

6 жыл бұрын

Neil Baltes thanks bud! That's definitely my most used. cheers!

For the drill press with a small piece of wood like you used in the video, I often hold the work piece up to the drill bit to find the divot then lower the work piece and drill bit down to the table with the drill bit still in the divot.

thank you for your good ideas. A few tools can really improve your accuracy.

An excellent video, being more accurate is definitely something I need to work on. Thanks!

@katzmosestools

6 жыл бұрын

Randy Rodriguez my pleasure bud!

Great tips I always use the drill press tip I do the exact thing with the bit it works great and I used a small dull drill bit and made a scratch alw the other day I find myself using it constantly sometimes more than my marking knife. I shaped the handle fit my hand good so I kind of hold it like a pencil. Very simple tool 2 make

@katzmosestools

6 жыл бұрын

Holly Helton that's great advice. Never thought to use a drill bit. Cheers!

This was my first video of yours I have watched. Really enjoyed it! Excellent teaching skills... easy to follow, great pace, looking at your store next. Going to be binging more of these!

@katzmosestools

6 жыл бұрын

Brian Trenholm thanks my friend! That means a lot!

nice sensible ideas for decent accuracy thanks its improved my woodworking no end :)

Learned some new ways to get my cuts right on the mark with the table saw. Thank you for sharing Ps with the rest of your advice, it’s spot on with what I’ve been doing 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 Almost forgot, if you have a hand router, you can use that to make your cut lines and get hard to reach places spot on

@katzmosestools

6 жыл бұрын

theduck thank you my friend!

Good tips. Really benefited from the insight regarding the orientation of the teeth of the blade on the table saw. Thanks! Subbed.

@katzmosestools

6 жыл бұрын

Jeff Wiebe thanks Jeff and Welcome!

I just came across your channel and your awesome! I'm new to woodworking and I really learned alot from this first video I saw of your work. THANKS!

@katzmosestools

6 жыл бұрын

grbroussard thank you bud! Here to help!

Great tips Jonathan. Keep up the good work.

@katzmosestools

6 жыл бұрын

Josh at LuLo Custom Woodshop thanks Josh! Happy to share. All things I wish I'd known earlier.

When I use my pull saw to cut, I first mark the wood as you did, then using a chisel, press down on the line 1/16" or so and carefully remove a small chip of wood. Then your saw easily fits inside of that trough to begin your cut. Something I learned on Rough-Cut I believe.

@katzmosestools

6 жыл бұрын

James Jacobsen I think that trick is awesome! I learned it from Paul Sellers. I haven't heard of Rough-cut. I'll check them out

Excellent video!

Glad I found your videos. Just an enthusiast starting out. Cheers

@katzmosestools

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching and cheers my friend!

Good stuff! Thanks for sharing

@katzmosestools

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks Jeff! Cheers!

Thanks for the tips Jonathan. I enjoy your videos and learn a lot from them.

@katzmosestools

6 жыл бұрын

WB Fine Woodworking that means a lot bud! Thank you!

@douglasseagrim7379

4 жыл бұрын

When using a marking knife I have found that marking along the grain is better done with a rolling blade which does not have as much tendency to try and follow the grain as a straight marking knife.

Thanks for keeping it real and not editing out the garbage truck at 4:20. lol

Thanks Katz

Very useful for the newbie.

@katzmosestools

5 жыл бұрын

Cheers!

Thanks mate, great video

thank you Katz. i got my combo starrett square in the early mid 70s not sure . i got it out and was checking it and marveled at the fact i had never dropped it . yup i dropped it its okay 10 yrs in machine shops and ... yrs later i drop it lord oh and 3 out of 4 dial indicators still work yea . i can not tell you how many times i wished i still had access to the shop on the sub- tender i learned on to make stuff now days . great info again thank you Katz

@katzmosestools

5 жыл бұрын

Cheers Walter!

Thanks dude! You're awesome

Enjoyed the vid, Thanks!

@katzmosestools

6 жыл бұрын

Tom Lagatol thanks bud! I enjoyed making it for you! Win win

Very good info nice vid

@8:27 Im sure you knew where your hands were but that scared me when you moved your right hand over the saw before it came to stop

@CHUCKYCHUCKYBOBUCY

3 жыл бұрын

It's a Saw Stop, so it'll only cut 1/3 of your finger off (kidding of course, but that was frightening to watch, especially after JKM's recent jointer injury)

@ab-jd6kj

3 жыл бұрын

Man that was a scary video transition!

I learned a few things. Thank you. Cheers...rr

@katzmosestools

6 жыл бұрын

Richard Rider cheers Richard!

Very nice and informative! Thanks for sharing your knowledge!!! Thumbs up =D

Thank you so much for teaching us. I have been trying to make accurate cuts but unsuccessful.

@katzmosestools

6 жыл бұрын

Glad to be of service my friend!

Thank you for this, with every video of yours that I watch, I progress a little further towards my goal of being more competent in this discipline! One possible tip I have: when working with wood and handling tools, my fingers get a little grubby but I use this to my advantage because I can moisten my finger and rub it along the knife cut line which makes it stand out even more-as I age, my eyesight is not as acute as it once was so I need all the help I can get because working with wood is my greatest passion and I don't want to give it up!

@katzmosestools

5 жыл бұрын

Great tip Ian!

@ibealion1

3 жыл бұрын

You could use a mechanical pencil to mark inside the marking knife line. I have a feeling it would keep the same accuracy and be easier to see.

Amazing video my friend please keep them coming! Have you tried the match fit dovetail clamp system instead of all your beautiful t-track setups? I’m going to use all your designs but with dovetail clams :) so excited thanks for the inspiration! Much love from 🇨🇦

Good tips

@katzmosestools

6 жыл бұрын

Hope for all that's great to hear. Cheers and HODL!

This was excellent! Many you tube woodworkers seem to be not exactly accurate. I work on metric and use caliber in all of my things below 15cm , ca 6”. I find it hard to be dead on accurate on tape measure. Also metric is different animal compared to imperial and some imperial plans turn really funny when translated to metric.

@katzmosestools

6 жыл бұрын

atteljas thanks so much bud! I believe really strongly that accuracy is so important in fine furniture. A tape measure is just not accurate and I only use it for rough dimensions

Thanks, I use a Stanley folding pocket knife as a marking knife

@katzmosestools

6 жыл бұрын

Ray Smith I love those!

Nice.

@katzmosestools

6 жыл бұрын

Martin W 👍

For finding the center line. or any even division between 2 sides, I like the ruler trick. This way there's no calculation mistakes.

@katzmosestools

6 жыл бұрын

That's a great one! Thanks for sharing!

@tmzarook7810

6 жыл бұрын

Path in AZ

For drilling a bunch of holes with hand drill at 90 degrees, I make a guide block on drill press first then use it to establish the hole aligned 90 degrees, then slide it off to complete the hole.

@katzmosestools

6 жыл бұрын

Rick Reed great tip! I should've included. Cheers!

Goldmine for accuracy!

@katzmosestools

6 жыл бұрын

Dustin Penner thanks brother! Do you have a marking knife you like? I'm becoming a junkie.

I make my marking knives from old planer blades, hacksaw blades and a few from some very cheap tool blades on clearance from Grizzly. I grind and sharpen them on one side like a chisel to different points/edges/angles as needed. The handles are easily made from scrap hardwood (like old crutches) and a slot cut on a bandsaw; widened with sandpaper if necessary. If I don't pin them, I will grind cutouts for epoxy to hold the metal in the handle more firmly. They are also made fit to my grip which is nice.

@katzmosestools

6 жыл бұрын

2300Kenzie that's a really cool idea!

@lightsnsiren79

4 жыл бұрын

What is the minimum thickness you'd recommend for a marking knife blade?

Really great video! Thanks! However, I get kind of nervous when your hand is so very close to the spinning saw-blade, on several occasions...

Unless we're Rob Cosman or Matt Estlea. Completely agree. Their cutting is incredible, especially Matt, as he's only 22/23 yrs old! Really like these tips, and I'm looking forward to watching more. I'm also hoping to get one of your Dovetail guides, as I hear it helps with developing muscle memory. Thanks.

@MD-en3zm

4 жыл бұрын

Or Paul Sellers.

2 points about what you do (that I also do) that you didn't speak about: firstly, at kzread.info/dash/bejne/maOJxZltgrS4pdY.html, you made sure that the flat side of your marking knife was the side that you run along your straight edge, and secondly, transfer dimensions directly using your gauges and squares as you described instead of measuring X inches (or millimetres) several times. Every time that you use the scale on a ruler, you're introducing a variation that will eventually work against you. Also, when using marking gauges I find that I have more control when pulling the gauge towards me. Canting the pin-style gauges slightly so that the pins are dragged helps keep them from wandering with the grain.

I SPY Katz-Moses Dovetail cutting jigs.

On that Pfiel marking knife, sand or plane a couple flats on the handle to keep it from rolling off the bench. Broke the tip off mine before I did the flats.

@katzmosestools

5 жыл бұрын

Good call!

I don't know if I mentioned this last time I heard it, but you're clipping somewhere in your mic chain. You have a powerful voice, just keep it in the green or yellow while recording and bring it up louder in the edit phase. 🤙 These videos are tops, otherwise. Very helpful

Use templates and flush trim routers, as well as making my cuts on a spare piece of wood to ensure a good fit before I use my nice stuff.

@katzmosestools

6 жыл бұрын

Always a good idea but I think with a marking knife you can (once you're confident of course) measure once, cut once. I like to use my actual piece to measure instead of a ruler or tape measure. For example, in the Moxon Vise video, I made the bench first and then measured everything else off of that with nothing but the flat surface of my table saw and a marking knife. Each piece was scribed based on it's mating piece.

This channel was recommended by Stumpy Nubs. You're the real deal dude! Just don't saw your arm off... Subscribed.

@katzmosestools

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks bud! Did he reccomend in a video?

@joestallings6993

5 жыл бұрын

No, it was from Cool Tools #1 from 2016. He demonstrated your dovetail guide. It was wooden rather than acrylic. I think I got your channel from the show notes.

@katzmosestools

5 жыл бұрын

@@joestallings6993 wow that was when it first came out.

The angled face is a HSS bit, high speed steel

Ok thanks,

@katzmosestools

6 жыл бұрын

Robert Brunston you got it!

great tips. but maybe add a tip video cut in of "holy crap did you just see me almost lean on to that blade?" might help cut down on the comments stating the obvious.

Great Video. Can you tell me the small table you show, is it made or store bought?

Great tips. Thanks for posting. Yep .. saw what you did with the saw. Have done it myself from time to time. And I know better too. I'm reminded of the saying 'let he who is without sin cast the first stone'. So I won't because I'll bet you find rants from Captain Obvious as irritating as I do. I hope you found this one amusing instead of irritating.

11:02 Saved by the riving knife!

@earlwilliams6639

4 жыл бұрын

This woodworking book is absolutely comprehensive, *www.WoodPlanner. xyz* It breaks every little thing down, using words, drawings, real photos, and different diagrams.

@solidsnake9332

4 жыл бұрын

@@earlwilliams6639 fuck off scammer

I use my marking gage with the circular cutter as a router plane. It works great for shallow mortises for hinges. The only thing I should say is that this only works with marking gages that have an inset screw that holds the cutter

@katzmosestools

6 жыл бұрын

Brian Potter never thought of that. Great idea!

@brianp1993

6 жыл бұрын

Katz-Moses Woodworking Shop Thanks!

Alright, I'm going to make it a point to use my marking knife.

@katzmosestools

6 жыл бұрын

Tim Newsome you better!

who makes the spring loaded center punch? I have a few of the all-metal punches made by general tool but I really like the looks of the one you use. the ball end looks like it would be much easier on the palm... great videos, brother.

@katzmosestools

4 жыл бұрын

Check out my video called Woodworking EDC. Its linked there

Where did you get that clamp that holds your vacuum hose to your drill press?

I like to use drill blocks when I can’t use a drill press.

@ryderscustomcreations3665

4 жыл бұрын

I’ve watched this at least had a dozen times but I’ve never picked up on the reflection tip for handsaw technique. Very cool. Thanks again JKM

What is the size is of your table top wood bench and would 1.5 inch thick be fine for bench dogs. I am asking because 2 inch this hard for me to remove from my table.

Just one question: Is "the mark" on the minus side, in the middle or on the plus side on a rule or tape measure? Is there an industry standard? Is there ANY standard?

Important to always cut on the waist side of marking line

@katzmosestools

6 жыл бұрын

Johan Van Dyk agreed

@markus1564

5 жыл бұрын

Johan Van Dyk Do you mean “waste” ?

Your cut will be never 90 degree unless you are Rob Cosman. Love this line 😂😂😂😂😂

@katzmosestools

5 жыл бұрын

Hahahaha

What kind of plane do you recommend for a shooting board. Im New to woodworking .I wont to make a shooting board ,but don't know what kind of plane to use

@katzmosestools

4 жыл бұрын

No 62 jack is a great start

Hi good tips what make of apron you wearing

@katzmosestools

6 жыл бұрын

Gareth James I did a video on it a few back and there's a link there. Thanks for watching!

Where did you get that apron? Looks heavy duty and well made. I ruin a lot of clothes in my shop!

@katzmosestools

5 жыл бұрын

Check out my "woodworking EDC " video. Cheers

Does the Saw Stop table saw still stop the blade when it's turned off? I am making an assumption that when Mr. Katz-Moses reached over the spinning blade he had turned the saw off. No criticism intended as I have scars, just curious about the mechanics of the saw.

@MD-en3zm

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, a sawstop will stop the spinning blade even after you cut the power if you touch it.

Nice Workbench there is a video of it????

@katzmosestools

5 жыл бұрын

Yea. Check out my moxon vise video

Ng is the man.

@katzmosestools

6 жыл бұрын

Brian Prusa I took a class from him! He's so good!

legit question....What's the advantage of a marking knife over let's say, a box cutter or an exacto knife?

I like to drill through the work bench. I know it's wrong and makes my work bench look like Stalingrad, but it's satisfying as f***.

drilling at exactly 90 degree would be so much easier if the drill wasn't designed as a toy. If it had flat top... man... So much better

@MD-en3zm

4 жыл бұрын

Petar Paskov If you need a really perpendicular hole and can’t use a drill press, use a plunge router.

if in doubt measure once and cut twice 😂its expensive but accurate... hopefully

Nice tips, although a bit scary with your wrists near the spinning table saw blade. I was wondering why you didn't mention the fence on your drill press. I notice it has a T Rack and yet you did not use it at all, is it just for looks? Why not talk about accuracy on the drill press using stops, clamps, and jigs? I can see another video on the horizon. Take Care and thanks for posting this video.

@katzmosestools

6 жыл бұрын

Jean-Marc Labonte that's a great idea for a video. Cheers and thanks for watching

Sawstop any how he be good lol

Some good info, but scoring with calipers is a flaud idea. Calipers are about precision, and marking at an angle throws precision out the window.

problem with marking knife is in some wood grains i can't see the mark.

@katzmosestools

6 жыл бұрын

bryan greifinger run your pencil along it and it will highlight it. Cheers and thanks for watching!

@atlas227428

6 жыл бұрын

Then why not use the pencil to begin with? Seems to defeat the purpose no?

@katzmosestools

6 жыл бұрын

bryan greifinger think of the pencil as a highlighter. It is literally impossible to be more accurate with a pencil than it is with a marking knife for all the reasons I laid out in this video. Even if you highlight your marking knife line with the pencil you can still use it in all the same ways I laid out. The pencil just helps you find your marking knife line when you look away and look back again

@atlas227428

6 жыл бұрын

I think whats needed is a highlighted knife.....one stroke makes a thin line that includes highlighter inside it.....wanns design one with me LOL

@katzmosestools

6 жыл бұрын

bryan greifinger hahahaha I'll model it in fusion 360

Can you use an X-acto knife? They are very thin.

@katzmosestools

6 жыл бұрын

Richard Glaholt sure. The reason a marking knife is great is that it is single bevel. Meaning it pushes itself against the square while scribing. Just be careful with any double bevel knife that you stay firmly against your square.

@richardglaholt5840

6 жыл бұрын

Katz-Moses Woodworking Shop Thanks. I plan to buy a quality marking knife but wanted to know if I could use an X-acto in the meantime

How long is your engineer's square?

My son is into model railroads and likes large steam engines. Unless the ramps are very precise those locomotives tend to derail very easily. When building a major expansion I started trying to measure to 1/1000th using microfence.com/product/micro-stop-basic/ on the table saw. I found I could only cut within 1/100th but that seemed to be good enough. Anyway the point is the microfence is another tool for extreme accuracy.

My tried and true method is to eyeball, measure once, cut/drill, swear, glue fix into place, try again, swear, glue off color wood into place as an accent, carefully sneak up on the cut, say good enough, apply wood filler after assembly, go to ikea and replace piece after it breaks. It works every time.

@katzmosestools

6 жыл бұрын

Hahahahaha

The two different marking tools have different purposes. So essentially not the same thing.