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@JP-st2mk

2 ай бұрын

Just thought I'd tell you that after watching one of your videos I bought myself a BOW Featherboard, I love it. Beats making my own and also beats the yellow one I had bought a few years back.

I'm largely a metal worker but I still watch your delightful content.

@johnanthony2545

2 ай бұрын

Same here retired industrial sheet metal. I enjoy wood working. Many of my metal skills apply to wood. Lay out and working with machinery. I like his vids for the tips and practices but also the easy way he presents what ever the subject of the day is.

@donhappel9566

2 ай бұрын

ha...was going to say exactly the same thing. I mostly work with steel yet still watch this stuff thinking 'you know, I might use that one day....'

@johnanthony2545

2 ай бұрын

@@donhappel9566 I thinking you will and your steel buddy’s will wonder how you came up with it.

"I suggest labeling it." The best advice in the entire video!

@fatroberto3012

Ай бұрын

Drill a hole in it too. If a piece of timber is hanging on a nail it makes me think I must have kept it for a good reason!

James, we can always count on you!! Great info.

You’re the textbook example of “work smarter not harder” philosophy! Great videos, keep them coming! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Wow. Novice here. Started this retirement hobby doing small boxes and frames. Awesome idea. Thanks dude. Go Wings

@LyleAshbaugh

Ай бұрын

You’re living my dream. I’m 4 years from retirement

Finding leprechauns is easier than finding a straight 2x6

@bryceanderson4864

2 ай бұрын

I hear ya on that, although it also depends on where you're looking for them. I've had better look with small lumber yards than the big box stores for that kind of thing. Of course, it's not going to be as cheap as the box store.

@clemmcguinness1087

Ай бұрын

Sure it's easy Just ask one of dem liddell fellas

@brettbarager9101

Ай бұрын

I have seen hockey sticks straighter than wood at the Depot and other places.

@clemmcguinness1087

Ай бұрын

@@brettbarager9101 we have a store in the uk called B and Q. I like to think of the wood that they supply as "bendy and quirky"

@VoltisArt

Ай бұрын

@@clemmcguinness1087 then you understand the Home Depot experience here in the states. :)

Never thought about plywood for splines, makes good sense, and simple.

Genius! I always learn something watching your videos.

There’s a directly proportional relationship between a persons experience level and the number of simple but extremely effective jigs hanging on their shop walls.

I love that you support small businesses like that too.

I’ve used biscuits for this purpose when I didn’t want an exposed spline and the biscuit cutter largely eliminates the problems of material slippage or alignment to the cutter. I also do like cutting these on the table saw because then I can leave the material flat on the table, supported with a miter gauge to ensure alignment, and just tip the blade over, resting the pointed end of the material against the fence only now it can’t slip under the fence.

Thanks for ALL the great information in your video and the feather board information James, both were great. Stay safe and keep up the great videos. Fred.

What a spectacular idea James! Thank you so very much. 😊😊😊😊😊❤❤❤❤❤

My Wood Shop teacher 60+ years ago taught us about using splines in our miter joints. I’ve been doing this ever sense using the table saw. Your router table setup is great. Will be using that from now on.

Exactly the solution I needed when I needed it, thank you

Thank you, Stumpy. Once again, another great video to help us all become better wood workers

Once again Stumpy made me feel like a fool! Something so simple and yet I have never though it. Thank you Sir!

James, so much to learn watching your videos. You have the knack to explain the underlying principles - engineer in me loves it. Keep up the great work.

I got one of those Bow featherboards. It's great. The best featherboard I've ever used.

Thank you for sharing your awesome tip. Everyone stay safe, warm, happy 😊 and healthy. From Henrico County Virginia

These kinds of videos are the best. Simple, useful and easily usable.

A very useful tip! Thank you, James.

Definitely want to try this on a box. And, I love that Bow feather board.

I've been watching your videos for several years now and I've seen many of them, I will say you are very experienced and intelligent, keep the good content coming

Thank you again I started by watching your videos

Great tip James thanks for sharing definitely going to try this. Thanks for sharing

What a great idea. Thank you for the excellent tips and tricks for splines.

I use my biscuit jointer for splines like you proposed. Easy, fast and precise.

Great, practical tip (as we’ve come to expect). Thank you!

So cool how construction workers and carpenters figure out things to use to make everything easier

Hey stumpy, I just watched the video about bevels. And putting a spine In them and using a 2 x 6 for a guide. Holy cow, what a super idea? I gotta give that a try thanks so much.

Great tip, this sounds like something simple i can easily make and use. Now i just have to remember to do it when i try to make my next box.

I’d 2nd the 👍🏻for Bow feather boards.. been working with them and they are super. Got rid of my old ones

Awesome tip James! Thank you! 👍👍🔨🔨

Love this channel, always something new to learn. Getting ready to be making some frames and would have never thought of this.

Thank you for the info. I’m going to be making a few boxes soon and that. Will work out well

Awesome tip! Thanks for sharing.

This video is excellent. I like the idea of using both pieces back to back. Thank you for sharing. Have a great day and stay safe.🙂🙂

Something like this is just common sense...that I never would have thought of on my own. Thanks for sharing.

That is freaking brilliant. Thank you.

Simply brilliant!

Love this, James! Thanks!

Not just smarter , but safer. Excellent upload, James.

Your videos are on my list to watch first because they are always good. I think this one is one of the best you have had in a while. Please don't misunderstand all are good but this is better. Thanks.😀

I love this tip and plan on building a jig like that. I do have a point about your comment on grain direction, however. You state that the mitered end of the board is end grain, but the slot for the spline in long grain. A quick look at the end after slotting will show that both the mitered end and the slot are at 45 degrees to the grain; no difference. I'm not saying that this makes the joint weak, it has been used for many years to strengthen miter joints, but I did want to clarify that grain direction is 45 degrees on either part of the joint. Thanks for all the great videos.

@StumpyNubs

2 ай бұрын

My drawing is not entirely accurate. The end of the board, and within the slot is not strictly end grain OR long grain. The long grain that is introduced is on the spline itself. Frankly, I should have just skipped that part to avoid confusion. The real strength comes from the mechanical component, the added glue surface, and the cross-grain nature of the spline.

@jasone3166

2 ай бұрын

I was reading through all the comments to see if someone else had noticed this. I'm glad you did as it saved me the trouble of mentioning it. Again, not that it is a big deal. Still a great idea for strengthening joints, although I am curious about the claims that a glued only miter joint can be just as strong, or stronger?

@VoltisArt

Ай бұрын

@@jasone3166 Glue alone on a flat surface will never beat mechanical advantage _in addition_ to glue with more surface area to grab. This is why biscuits are a major part of the industry. This spline is a less labor-intensive but generally stronger take on the same job biscuits do. It's less flashy, so those who spent hundreds on specialized tools may be hard to convince. Different woods, glues and production techniques (skill) factor into strength of joints, so mileage will vary, but given these things being equal, the spline will always make the joint stronger than two flat surfaces alone.

@PRH123

16 күн бұрын

​@@VoltisArt for a drawer box, there's just not enough wood there anyway to get a biscuit into it for a miter joint...

Thank you, appreciate the video.

Great tip. I will definitely use this tip the next time I cut miters.

You always have good advice. Thank you sir.

Oh... Really fantastic tips, James! Thanks a lot! 😃 Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊

Nice. Beautiful and simple.

This is brilliant!!! Thank You

Looks like you could use a 2x4, but great idea. The splines aren't invisible from the ends. Stops might help.

Brilliant, Thankyou for this presentation . . . Chris . . . Norwich, England

the next level of that would be to put stops ahead and behind, so the cut for the spline comes short of the edges of the piece, hiding the spline entirely inside the joint.

@chrisanthony579

2 ай бұрын

I thought the same but need to play around with an accurate initial plunge.

@kenbrown2808

2 ай бұрын

@@chrisanthony579 true. at that point, you might be better off making a jig for a handheld router.

@richardoverthrow1358

2 ай бұрын

Why not enter from what will be the base, but stop short of what will be the top? At least the joint will be hidden from the top.

@kenbrown2808

2 ай бұрын

@@richardoverthrow1358also an option.

@TheWardagh

2 ай бұрын

A biscuit joiner would pretty much do that if I’m understanding what you mean?

Great, smart, easy jig and tip. Plunging can completely hide the splines as well.

Short and SWEET. :-) Thanks.

Great job. Thank you 😊

Very clever tip, thanks.

Thanks for an excellent "how to" video. Will use.

Thanks again for a great tip!

Another great idea, Thank you!

Great tip! Thanks for sharing! 👍

Youre always giving me some good ideas, thank you.

Great stuff! Thanks Tom Byrne

Excellent idea. Thanks for sharing.

I really like simple jigs like this. Thanks for sharing! Also, Scott Walsh has a vid "This Simple Joint is Stronger than a Dovetail" & proved miter joints can be incredibly strong when glued correctly, even without splines.

Fascinating

Nice, thanks

Brilliant!

Another great video. Love all your help.

Brilliant idea you always amaze us with your tips tricks and more💯

Good tip thanks for sharing it

Great tip on running grain perpendicular to the slot.

Great video. I love this a lot! Thank you thank you!

Nice, easy and complete

I add biscuits to miters. Usually they will be the small FF size.

Nice tip, thanks.

Another great video!! Thanks

Great tip thanks

thanks, that's a really elegant setup! That featherboard looks cool as frick too, gonna have to check it out.

You did it again so simple but so practical. Julien

Awesome tip!

A great idea. I use it with a horizontal slotting cutter as small straights tend to snap.

This one gets a save for later! Thanks!

Great tip.

Very good! Thanks for sharing

Great information 👍

Great tip, Jim. 😊😊

Great job 👍

Ingenious, must have a go at that.

Very clever and useful.

Great vid!

Good ideas. Thank you.

Excellent

Great idea. I think the only thing I might do differently is to use a couple layers of 3/4" plywood stacked up rather than a piece of framing lumber. Much more stable and accurate in the long term.

"Your joints will thank you." Trying spline bevels for my arthritic shoulder and knee joints.

So smart!

Thing about woodworking. The more complicated it is the more impressed fellow woodworkers are. Same thing done with a hand drill and some bamboo skewers.

@StumpyNubs

Ай бұрын

You think this is complicated? And how are pins, which are visible from the outside, the same as a hidden spline?

@VoltisArt

Ай бұрын

If you want your work to show, something along the lines of a decorative dovetail will impress more people than a few dowels. This is for a simple look that's impressively strong, which may often matter more to the end consumer.

After watching Pat Sullivan's end grain glue strength video, I put it to the test. I used some red oak, 1' thick, 2-1/2" x 2-1/2" squares. As the oak is so porous, I doubled coated the end grain. It gave the joint a micro tenon effect as the glue wicked into the grain. Result was a joint stronger than long grain glue joint. Long grain will break before the glue fails, end grain will not. I let several guys attempt to break the joint with hand strength, no can do. That was a year or so ago, still carry the joint in my tool box for the occasional test subject. Your miter joint spline set up would work equally well with a table saw with some adaptation.