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@Artisanwoodworks73

3 ай бұрын

@StumpyNubs I have a DeWalt735. What would YOU consider to be the best Helical head to replace the OEM head with? Thank you.

This may have been a bit tongue-in-cheek, but it really shows just how much time we spend making complex jigs when there is no need to.. KISS!!!!! Thanks, James. 😊😊

I love to see ideas like this! After 45 years as a maker, I believe I have built more things to build things than I have built things!

@cdjhyoung

3 ай бұрын

Sometimes at the end of a project I kind of think I built the jigs more to impress my friends than to make the project easier.

@kadmow

3 ай бұрын

- Of course if you haveto do the same hop manytimes over - repeatedly, jugs are the solution. (a jig is merely the "hardware" problem that CNC programming solves for - in software) - Just as a jig is "unnecessary" for a one-off so too is CNC for most simple geometries. (of course, most woodworkers have never touched anything CNC unless they have delved into CNC routing or 3d printing)...

@68HC060

3 ай бұрын

I consider the things I built to build things to be things too. 😃

@drewscreen

3 ай бұрын

I disagree that a jig is unnecessary for a one-off. Sometimes having a jig is the only safe way to make a single cut.@@kadmow

@hermit84

3 ай бұрын

The most complex and expensive jig I've ever made: a router table. I needed a lot round bars from the same wood and my only idea was to make them with a router. Now I have a router table, which has been so much more useful than the stuff I've actually built 😂 At least that's my view. My baby loves its climbing wall and runs away as soon as the router spins up 🎉

I always appreciate simple, and dry humor too. 😁

I've been saving money in an envelope for just this thing. At only $500 this is a steal. I may probably add $100 so I don't feel guilty about taking advantage of you.

@paul-ld9vh

3 ай бұрын

😂😂😂

@norWindChannel

3 ай бұрын

A steal indeed😅

@tomrund-scott7879

3 ай бұрын

Can I save a little money, and have you send me just the plans to build one if I source my own plywood? How about $300?

@MarksElectricLife

3 ай бұрын

I’m sure Woodpeckers will be releasing one soon for around $1,000

@---l---

3 ай бұрын

Got some big Car Talk energy here.

I can listen to you teach me tip,tricks and techniques all day!What I like most is you speak clearly to where even someone that doesn’t understand English would still understand you 😂

I came up with this myself just last week. Bought a $3 mdf shelf at Menards because it’s cheap and i have no self control. I used that factory straight edge to square up some plywood that I had to freehand cut with my circular saw earlier. I was particularly proud of that one.

@Coen80

3 ай бұрын

😂😂😂 'i bought a 3£ piece of MDF because i have no self control 😂😂😂❤

It will blow your mind even more when you learn how versatile hand saws are. Straight cuts, angled cuts, they do it all!

@kristinnkristinsson1369

3 ай бұрын

Hand saws are especially handy for those occasions that you want a 'straight-ish but not perfectly straight' cut.

@interiot2

3 ай бұрын

Saws?! Why back in my day, we used axes for everything. They're even more versatile - felling, splitting, hewing. Saw teeth are weak, axes are strong!

@blahblah9036

3 ай бұрын

​@@interiot2 -said the dwarf.

@Self_Evident

3 ай бұрын

Straight cuts??? Where can I find one of these mythical straight cutting hand saws? Every hand saw I've ever used cuts a line about as straight as a Rorschach test is clear... :)

@miket2120

3 ай бұрын

After I make the cut (usually angled) with a hand saw, all I have to do to make it straight is hold the wood juuuuust right so it looks straight.

I used this yesterday and got to say, it is worth every penny. Thanks. Wish I would have thought of it, and I could be making bank.

Miracle jig.. Love it. We sometimes forget that there are simple ways to get things done. Thank you.

I appreciate this channel so much. It's the only one in my feed that shows really smart tips for getting the job done without extra expensive tools.

Thanks for sharing with us James. I liked the jig you shared with us. Fred.

Always so practical, but highly informative!!! Thank you

❤ I wish I had seen this sooner. You are always a problem solver with the simplest solution.

Yeah, a piece of plywood does miracles! 😊 Thanks, James! Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊

Hello, I do not normally comment on U tube, but I have learned a great deal from watching your content. I was a welder boilermaker for 40 years and woodworking is quite a challenge. With your help challenges are easier

Great multi use jig. Good quality cutters. Thank you for y. Stay safe, warm, happy and healthy. From Henrico County Virginia 😊

This is such a great tip! Maybe obvious to some but this will be my secret weapon for solving some problems. Thank you!

I liked how you shared when you got your first “head “. Never forget ☺️

Just the kind of tips that makes me smile! Go on like this.

Yet another quick and easy jig to achieve accurate cuts in an efficient and safe manner. Thanks for sharing.

Bless you for this video Tom Byrne

Mr. Hamilton. King supreme of woodworking jigs. "Throw away all your jigs", by, of courae, making a tapering jig. LOL

Love woodworking humor! Thank you!

Great ideas! Thanks

Marvellous, imaginative, creative and simply genius!

I changed both my jointer and planer to shelix heads and the noise difference and cut quality is amazing. Best upgrade to older machines you can do.

Yeah, I've got a few of those plywood cut-offs..... Just used one yesterday to assist me in getting my NEW heavy tool cabinet over the rear threshold 'lip' in my SUV's cargo area....... Those plywood sheets are good for lotsa stuff.....

As always great video and love the humor..😊😊❤❤

This is awesome because I never made any jigs, so I don’t have any to throw away. Procrastinating pays off!

@drive-channel1834

2 ай бұрын

Same. Our strategy wins.

Superb. I’m a great fan of a “but wait there’s more” and use it in every video I make.

By far the most useful shop tip i have watched

LOL nice and simple. Love it !!!

Brilliant James!!

Now THAT was a thing of beauty!

Thanks man. Simplicity is a superpower..

I am working on building a guitar from scratch, which requires lots of odd, angled cuts. This idea is way better than the specialized jigs I have been making to help with these cuts. Thanks! I am setting up my first such jig now (laminating 2 thin sheets of plywood on my very flat reference surface, to which I will add a replaceable guide surface to run along the fence so that I can re-cut that reference face any time I want by running what is normally the blade-side of the jig along the fence to precisely set the total jig width for crucial cuts. I am considering pre-drilling holes so I can easily add reference blocks any time I want (and swap them around as needed for whatever cut I need to reproduce). Lots to learn and figure out.

Never clickbait Ideas that actually work Thank you

Excellent as always, James. But would you please follow up with how to make a jig to help me make one of these jigs myself? Also, a metric version would be helpful. Thank you.

Simple and usful... as always🙏

Thanks James. Oftentimes, it seems like simple is really better.

Such a deal! Good video, sir! Thanks for sharing.

Thanks James

Just yesterday I found yet another use for your jig. A neighbor's kid came to me with a 4 inch tree section complete with attached branches and bark. He wanted to keep the branches and bark, but he wanted the tree rings cut out leaving only the outer ring. The tree section had been cut in half and was mostly dried. I got a piece of scrap peg board and screwed the tree section to it with 4 screws, two on the narrower end and one on each side of broader end. I then began to rip cuts a blade width apart at varying blade heights until most of the heart of the tree section at the smaller end was removed. I then unscrewed it and angled the larger section repeating the cuts until most of the larger end was removed. With the aid of a sharp chisel and a hammer the remaining thin strips were removed. A little sanding with 80 grit sand paper wrapped around a section of closet rod and the job was almost finished. The remainder of the peg board was then cut to shape on my scroll saw to make a back for the project. The hollowed out interior held a collection of 9 volt batteries and wiring that would power LED lights on the tree branches.

Awesome tips!! Thank you!

Really great video. Thanks a lot for your info, as always.

Smiled the whole time.

Hey, thanks for sharing the company that sells helical heads for older machines. Had no idea I could get one for my planer and jointer! Now I have something to save for....

Maybe won't replace EVERY jig, but that is really a great idea. As is usually the case, its beauty is in its simplicity.

KISS. Yep, totally agree. Thx Stumpy!!

I've been doing this for years and it works great with little time and effort. My favorite material for the "jig" is 3/16" or 1/4" MDF because it's almost always nice and flat...unlike a lot of the plywood I'm seeing these days.

This gives me an idea,thanks!

Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant!

SASE. Now that’s a trivia question! 🤣 I’ll take two, both the long and short versions, I’d probably hurt myself scavenging my scrap pile.

Beautiful.

If you get something straight and square, it is amazing what you can do with it! :)

Lol love the video. Just getting started in woodworking, and I don't have dedicated space for workshop so I have to drag everything in and out of the house to work on projects. Because of this, I haven't made a table saw jig yet except for a 24x18 in piece of 1\2 ply wood that I attach plastic runners whichever direction or distance I need for the various cuts, and use double sided carpet tape I had lying around to attach my wood to the "sled" the carpet tape also works great for the runners. If only I got get my dewalt 7491rs stand a little storter I would be good to go! My table saw height for some reason is 39 inches from the ground and I am 5'1 so maneuvering large pieces is even more difficult, I end up wearing 4in heels when I need to cut larger stock so I am at a more comfortable and safe height. If I didn't have a narrow doorway and high stoop in and out of the front door I would build a mobile cabinet for it but I wouldn't have enough clearance for that. Can wait to find a house with a dedicated workspace.

Great! I love it, thank you.

i use a very similar jig but with t slots routed in it for clamping, and it runs in my mitre slot rather than against the fence

I have not laughed so hard all week. excellent!

Love this!

Finally, something I can use in my not-one-fancy-tool garage. You da bomb.

I've done something similar where I take the plywood, drop the piece I want to bevel and draw an outline. Then I cut the outline on the bandsaw and I have a "notch" that I can drop pieces into and rip quickly and efficiently. Afterwards I just rip off the notch and have a fresh edge to do the next "wonder" project. I must agree though, a plywood jig is awesome! Thanks again!

James, thank you. I have something I was trying to figure a good and easy way to taper. This is so simple, for all the things you mentioned. I love simple. ❤ 😁✌🖖

I have just the piece of plywood waiting for me in my shop!

Just cut 15 decorative oak stair risers to fit. Used a scrap piece of plywood and double sided sticky tape to taper them when the space wasn’t square. Really handy and quick.

I didn't see this until April 1st. I entirely thought it was an April fools joke, providing useful information regardless.

Thankyou for sharing

Thanks again for making us better makers. This “jig” is genius. The folks that want to sell me plans for complex jigs are gonna hate on this video. After all, “real” woodworkers must “complicate every sunset” if they’re worth their salt (or sawdust). The rest of us will continue to admire, respect, and, of course, remain supremely satisfied subscribers. We’ll keep learning from your videos and spend our time making things.

THANKS FOR THE VIDEO

So simple it’s genius

Brilliant!!! Thanks!

Very nice, great to go back to basics...... - also - any size plywood sheet can be used - to act as a large flat infeed and outfeed table for straightening full length construction lumber... (a "in table" hold-down - to stop the "training board" from tilting - very handy (coupled with "in-board" hold downs for the workpiece)...

Genius. My checks in the mail.

Excellent. I took that tool to the extreme. I used to make log furniture and cabinetry. To shave the edge (or split) a 2 to 3 inch log, plywood was the only way to go. But in that case, it couldn't be the 1/4" stuff. Half inch was better for that purpose.

Impressive! I was able to build one of these jigs in less than two hours!

Thank you for the $500 jig James! It works spectacular!!!!! 😊😊😊❤❤❤

I can’t believe it hasn’t been 24 hours yet since this was posted and already I am seeing cheap knockoffs of this amazing jig being sold at the local big box store!

wow..... so simple 😧 as soon as you said taper jig I started feeling super stupid. This would have saved my but so many times before, I can't believe i didn't think of it!😱It's so straight forward

Can tell you from personal experience, making your own tools is one the most gratifying jobs in my shop.

ooh ooh I have a PILE of those jigs in my workshop!

@lhpl

3 ай бұрын

Wow! At $500 a piece, you are going to be rich! 😂

I feel a purchase coming on. 😂 Love your videos, keep up the great work 👍

Eureka! You have come up with what is truly the wonder jig of all time. And what a great deal at only $500.00. The envelope, with appropriate postage, is winging its way to you as I write this comment. Seriously, always enjoy your videos. I always wonder how many takes you do in order to keep a straight face while recording. Thank you so much for all the great information.

Who knew April Fool’s Day came a month early in a leap year? Well done James reminding folks that sometimes “simple” is better.

I’ve been truing up the edges of heavy plywood cutouts for years. The plywood was cut out freehand so the edges were far from true. I have a three inch wide length of plywood that I screw to the top of the cutout with a little bit of overhang and run that side against the saw fence to true up the opposite side. It then has one true side to reference for every other operation.

The check is in the mail 😉

I was shown a similarly simple jig for tapering, but instead of gluing blocks you trace the leg as it should be held. Then use the bandsaw to cut out the area to hold the leg at the desired angle, and use scraps as wedges to secure the leg.

I'm hoping the followup video will let me know how to make dovetail joints with this amazing jig!

Amazon has hold down toggle clamps at 4 for $13. I made blocks out of several layers of plywood, and put such a clamp on the blocks. Then I put those clamps where they are needed on my magical piece of plywood with hot glue. This lets me run lots of pieces without having to glue or tape the workpieces down.

Damn you and your simplified methods. Now I can’t justify building complicated jigs. 😂

About time someone posted this content.

GENIUS!!!

Great vid

Too funny! Point taken. It reminds me of observations of engineers designing complicated and expensive equipment to do relatively simple tasks. When they are asked why they came up with such a complicated design, they say “I paid a lot of money and went to school for years to become an engineer and it wasn’t so that I could build something simple!”😂 Thanks for reminding us that overdesign is not the end goal.

@bobbylibertini

3 ай бұрын

They could sandwich the computer, sensors, digital indicators and servos in the middle of the plywood between the layers, with the battery (Can't have clueless woodworkers doing complex and dangerous things, like changing a battery- someone might get hurt!)

@rogermccaslin5963

3 ай бұрын

Would it have a magnetic charging thingy or some plug-in doohickey like a USB-C? And Bluetooth, what about Bluetooth? Can you imagine the data you could collect if the sensors were downloading in real time? Next level! @@bobbylibertini

@bobbylibertini

3 ай бұрын

@@rogermccaslin5963 There's have to be an "app" of course, so you could see what your jig is doing (Like: Relaxin on the shelf) while you're at work. And a voice synthesizer so it could give you audible safety warnings, like: "Your farts reek of chili".

I hope you have applied for a Patent for your multi-purpose jig. Your channel is great, fabulous make sense content you provide. Keep it up!

I have several of those sleds in my shop

YAYYYY!!! MY CHECK IS IN THE MAIL!!!

Q: how many cabinetmakers does it take to change a light bulb? A: only one, but he has to make a jig for it. more seriously, sometimes a jig is a craftsmanship project in and of itself; and there's nothing at all wrong with that.

I’m newish to the world of table sawing. This is genius 🤌🏼

lol 😂😂what an amazing jig my money and envelope are on the way 😂 Thanks for sharing as always such a great simple idea