several people can write brilliant music, but it takes a genius to conceive a piano that enables those people to do so.

@woodfather

6 жыл бұрын

Vr Hombal well that's the best comment i ever have or likely will ever receive! Cheers!

@robertbutler8004

4 жыл бұрын

And did this guy tell you that he might have copied this from other you tubers?

@woodfather

3 жыл бұрын

@@robertbutler8004 Not remotely true mate, I can hand on heart say this is my own design.

@joesmith1574

7 ай бұрын

@@woodfatherrobert butler is just envious that he didn’t invent it.

I love the use of a bolt having the same width of your blade.

I have made the jig and it's fantastic. Thanks a lot. I filed down the key (bolt), using my drill press, into a taper. This meant that I could move it up and down and get a more precise measurement for the width of the circular saw blade. I hope you find this a useful addition

Made this last night. Awesome! Thank you!

Mario, thank you for having milimeters on your free plans. You know, there are woodworkers all around the world. I'm going to make my own. Thanks for sharing.

Thank you very much for donating the plans. As a new woodworker box joints are a way to make joints visually attractive and structural. The arbor on my saw is buggered and wont accept A dado stack. i have researched box joint jigs that use a single blade for a while and your jig is by far the best. thanks again , enjoy your summer

@woodfather

8 жыл бұрын

+Mike West Cheers mate, thanks for the kind words, hope it was useful for you.

Great plan! I just made one myself. I’ve got no real improvements to add that haven’t been said already, but it’s taking awhile to get the fingers sized just right. It may be the spacer I’m using, or the height of my blocks (they’re lower than yours - leaving some wiggle room between them and my spacer resulting in differently sized fingers). But I think I’ve got it sorted. I just wanted to say thanks for this plan. It’s really helped me!

@woodfather

Ай бұрын

Glad to hear it, well done. If you haven't stumbled across it, I have newer videos on the jig, much clearer and easier to understand, definitely worth a watch 👍

This is a really fantastic design. It fits a "difficulty" niche for a box joint jig that I don't think exists elsewhere. There are a hundred videos on how to make a kerf-width only jig, and then much more complicated jigs such as Matthias Wandel's and others, but this is a beautifully simple design for variable width fingers. Well done, I think I'll be building this next weekend.

Nice job on the jig, very practical for me since I can't use a dado stack on my table saw.

@woodfather

9 жыл бұрын

***** Je vous en prie

@woodfather

9 жыл бұрын

Thankyou, I hope it works for you Darbin Orvar

Thank you for a great little box joint jig for those of us without Dado stacks or the desire to make something with

Great job Mario on the box jig, Thank you so much for sharing your idea !

You are genius . I made one for myself ( still in progress) . I used half-inch blocks. I trim one piece at a time and add a piece of paper between blocks for the second cut. Everything fits right in. Thank for sharing and again that's brilliant idea.

Why am I seeing this eight years after you invented it? KZread algorithm is such a mess! This thing is genius! Woodsmith magazine had an adjustable box joint jig that was ahead of anything I’ve seen, but it still required a stack dado blade. This jig is genius!

@woodfather

7 ай бұрын

ahahaha, that's the type of comment I love to see, thanks! 😆 If only I understood the youtube algorithm but I've no idea. For some inexplicable reason three of my older box joint jig videos have exploded in popularity from around midday on the 25th. Must be a Merry Christmas present from KZread to me! 😆

@royster3345

5 ай бұрын

Same here.

Great idea! One suggestion I can think to improve this would be to have everything on a platform, so making the sled bigger and protruding out the front so everything can be on it. That way you don't have to lift the wood off the table. Great build and video. Will definitely be trying this out!

Simple, practical and very, very clever. A great jig! Thank you for posting.

I've seen this done using spacers all cut the same size nut when lining them up across the back, alternate one standing up and the next lying down. Pretty cool and simple jig though. Excellent cutting two at once.

@woodfather

Жыл бұрын

Once you start playing with it, you can do a lot more than two at once. Check the later videos of this jig from me 👍👍

Such a simple and effective jig. Also looks fairly easy to change the spacers at the back to change the size of the joints

Amazing! I love how simple and functional it is. Thank you for sharing!

Love this design. I'm going to attempt to make this on the weekend. Thank you so much for posting!

love this simple, yet accurate design, will build one myself one of these days.

Great video, and awesome work showing how to do this! Your design and work make good sense with these joints; Greatly appreciated, and well done man!

This is by far the best box joint jig. Not only it is easy to make, but also flexible and easy to use. 🙏

@woodfather

3 жыл бұрын

Cheers mate, I'm actually working on v2 of this one. Managed to make a couple improvements to areas that I was never really happy with, hopefully I'll have a video out in the next week or two with the new model!

I really like your idea for spacing the fingers - much easier than many of the ideas out there. Thanks!

@woodfather

9 жыл бұрын

I was afraid I would forget how many times I turned the crank if I built one with a screw advance! If I end up with a dado stack one day I'll build one of them, but for now, these blocks work beautifully.

Mario - great idea and thank you for sharing the free plans.

Sorry that should read "without the desire to make something incredibly complex" Thank you for the free pdf plans as well. A simple effective idea and nicely shot build video to boot, you have another subscriber!

Excellent video. Concise yet complete. I'll be building one of these this week. Thank you.

Very good, Thanks for the video, thats what I call a really simplified single blade box joint jig, If and when I bother to make one for my tablesaw, this will be it.

Brilliant!

@woodfather

9 жыл бұрын

Cheers Jay Bates it came out so much better than I thought it would, really helpful for a lot of woodworkers too.

@millsbrian55

9 жыл бұрын

Great job! Innovative way to approach this.

@DanT10

9 жыл бұрын

Love this!

@thoslwwillis

9 жыл бұрын

What a great idea! You are a very sharp young chap!

@garrysmythe

6 жыл бұрын

for Jay to say its good is a huge compliments , Jay himself is top notch as we call it here in the UK

This is perfect! Can't wait to get one built for my shop and try out your design. Thanks for sharing!

Thanks for this great innovative design. I just completed building one and it works really well.

This is awesome. Thanks for posting. Good to hear an Aussie accent in the ocean of youtubers! . cheers

Thanks for sharing this it is a clever design, more versatile than a normal peg jig with a dado. Thank you.

this is the first time I have seen your video and I'm very impressed, so simple too , well done,. and a big thanks from me , I can make a box joint jig tomorrow and wife can't complain because it will be my 65th birthday lol. so I get my own way for 24 hours lol. thanks again from Garry in the UK

@woodfather

6 жыл бұрын

hah good stuff Gary, hope you had an enjoyable birthday out in the workshop!

@garrysmythe

6 жыл бұрын

didn't get to build my box jig too many grand kids here lol, just watched your video again, the pin you use, I don't get the importance within your jig of the thickness, am I missing something

Made this over the weekend. Instead of using a bolt as a key, I cut a piece of hardwood and screwed it to the end of the lip so it hangs down to contact the template. You can then sand it to get the perfect fit. Alternatively, if the key is too thin, you can add aluminium tape to thicken it until you get the fit you're looking for.

Many thanks for sharing. Great design, with great explanation for build and execution. I will be making one this weekend.

great Job Mario...this is by far the easiest box joint I have seen on here. I will definitely make this to use in my shop. thanks a lot

Congratulations. By far the simplest of all I've ever seen on the Internet. Fantastic ! Thank you for sharing this idea.

@woodfather

7 жыл бұрын

cheers mate, glad you like it!

Thanks very much for this jig, I'll go make one for myself right away.

Great jig!! Simple but very versatile!!! I'll download and build, thanks so much for sharing with us!!!!! W

Great video. Nice and simple and to the point. Brilliant box jig as well. Thanks for sharing. I'm definitely going to build one.

This is brilliant and thanks for sharing the sketch up. Will be making this jig this week! subscribed!!

Thanks for sharing the vid and the pdf instructions. I am going to give this a try today. Fantastic idea and great video.

Clever design! This is the first single blade box joint jig that I've seen that won't take longer to make than all the box joints that you'll ever make with it combined ;-)

@woodfather

9 жыл бұрын

That's a good way of looking at it, simplicity for the win!

@mpikas

9 жыл бұрын

Mario Cappellano I'm the guy that can build anything, but am more of a gear head and machinist than a "serious woodworker." My woodworking goes as far as practical stuff, stuff I need and stuff for people like my kids and my parents. So even though I could easily make a screw advance setup with replaceable gears... I know that I'm not likely to make 50, or even 10 boxes with box joints (Unless I was just playing with a box joint jig ;-) ) so something that becomes it's own project to build, possibly even making more than one iteration refining it doesn't make sense for me. On the other hand, circle cutting... I've been making speaker enclosures since I was 10 or 11, I have multiple other applications for it... and I'm anal retentive (the machinist part in the first paragraph). You should see the circle cutting jig I built/machined for my router. It's all about precision, 1 turn of the adjustment = 1/16" and 1/4 turns are easy (1/64"), maybe even 1/8 turns (1/128"). ;-)

Beautiful design. You nailed it. I have seen so many complex jigs, but I think yours makes the most sense and looks easy to modify for different size fingers. Just change the thickness of the spacers. Brilliant.

@woodfather

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks Eric, the best thing about it is that the original version which I built in this video is still in use nearly two years later with no modifications! Did not expect that to be the case!

Bought an inexpensive first table saw recently, and wanted to start a project box. However, I was not looking to spend the same on a dado set as I spent on my saw, so I did a little research and came across your video. I must admit I was skeptical at first, but figured give it a shot, nothing to lose. Built the jig in a couple of ours completely out of scrap left over from building my computer desk, and it WORKS LIKE A CHAMP! Much more effective and accurate than I expected. Cuts are still a little wide, trying to get the key dialed in, but it is getting there. Thank you for saving me about a hundred bucks. Only addition I did make is a kind of backer bar on the back side of the blocks to keep them nice and snug to the front fence. Other than that, very solid design.

thank you for making the plans for everyone. I cant wait to make this!

@woodfather

9 жыл бұрын

My pleasure, enjoy!

Awesome solution! This is just what I needed!!

No dado stack? No worries! You can still make accurate box joints easily with this jig and a single blade on your tablesaw, free plans are on my site too.

Just what I've been searching for. Thanks

Thumbs up! I really like the approach of putting "templates" in the jig for different sized box joints...

@woodfather

8 жыл бұрын

+Daniel Scheibe It's good fun when you do it and it works!

finally, a useful finger joint jig design...I thought of doing something similar...not as well though...been looking for video's on this for a few days(in off time)just to see what others have tried, what seems flexible, what works and what doesn't...and this is the first one I saw with a solid no nonsense approach that can be accomplished in a relatively short time with results right off the bat. Thank you.

@woodfather

7 жыл бұрын

Cheers Justin. I'm surprised it holds up so well but can confirm that I'm still using this exact jig with no modifications almost 2 years later. Works a treat!

My favoriten finger joint jig so far! nice!

Thank you so much!!! Will be making this tomorrow morning!

This is what I've been looking for. A simple box joint that I can understand... not like the Wandel Wonder Wheel jig which, despite doing the job exceptionally well, I just can't wrap my head around!

@woodfather

7 жыл бұрын

haha, yes I had the same thought. I know I will spin the wheel once too many times and completely mess things up. Can't argue with his results though!

Very simple jig with a lot of flexibility. Good job!

@woodfather

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks Jim, much appreciated!

This IS the Coolest Box Joint Jig ever! I hope to make one, we can make the Fingers different widths…too.

@woodfather

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Larry, check the description for an updated and better version of the jig & video! 👍

Excellent solution, seems easy to build and very effective. Will try to make one.

Bravo Mario! Very smart jig, beautiful design. I'll try to do one similar to yours.

Nice one Mario. Great idea and well presented.

Nice build. There are certainly more complicate box joint jids out ther but this gets the job done. Well done.

@woodfather

9 жыл бұрын

Simple suits my IQ mate :-) Cheers!

That's the thing I was looking for!!!

That is genius.. Since I am not a professional I don't have a nice table saw and dado blade like other you tubers. Plus I am not a fan of pocket hole jig. ( I think they are crappy and weak tho ) this video gave me an idea to use box joint for my drawers and boxes. I made one for myself ( still in progress) . I used half-inch blocks. I trim one piece at a time and add a piece of paper between blocks for the second cut. Everything fits right in. Thank for sharing and again that's brilliant idea.

Great jig! Thanks Mario!

exactly what i was looking for, thanks!

Thanks for this. Just what I was looking for, a simple jig that works well. I'm off to my wood shop now with your PDF plans! Much appreciated :-)

@woodfather

8 жыл бұрын

Cheers mate, I hope it worked out for you. Mario

Great jig, thanks.

Thats a great jig mate,I just bought my 1st table saw and that jig will do nicely, Cheers Mario Cappellano

Awesome Jig, great well explained ( no faffing ) Video....⭐️⭐️⭐️

Cool jig! Thanks!

Super cool jig!

@Scotty32355

7 жыл бұрын

Did you build it. On the drawing it shows that the key is placed just over the first block. In this video it shows about 2 blocks over??? Does it matter? Anyone build this jig that's working and can tell me where it goes?

Wonderful and great idea, thanks for sharing.

@woodfather

9 жыл бұрын

Thankyou Francisco Corona, much appreciated!

Nice one! Think I might have to have a go at building this one! Cheers!

That's great mate. I have a Triton workbench which will not accommodate a dado stack even if I wanted to buy one. All I have got to do now is work out a way to substitute for the fact that it hasn't got any runner channels either. Once I get that sorted I will definitely give this a go.

A good solution and easy on the wallet. Nice job

@woodfather

9 жыл бұрын

Pretty much any project I take on has to be easy on the wallet Roger :-) Cheers!

Very cool approach. Simple ,quick and easy to build. I'm definitely going to build this jig. Thanks for sharing!

@woodfather

7 жыл бұрын

Great to hear, hope it works out well for you!

@Scotty32355

7 жыл бұрын

Did you build this jig? On the drawing it shows that the key is placed just over the first block. In this video it shows about 4 blocks over??? Does it matter? Having trouble making it work

I've been looking to make a simple box joint jig for a long time now... Thanks for making this video, I'm going to go make it right now! :)

@woodfather

9 жыл бұрын

Håkon Harnes No problem, good luck!

Brilliant design and quick build. The complicated one I was going to build is out the window. I'll go with yours.

@woodfather

9 жыл бұрын

This started off really complicated to be honest; levers, springs, flux capacitors and more :-)

Nice. Very creative. Good job!!

Great idea woodfather .Have one without the additional features.Am going to make your model.Thanks.

Great, simple idea. I don't have a dado stack so I'll be making this. Nice one.

@woodfather

9 жыл бұрын

Hope it works well for you!

Excellent and versatile

@woodfather

2 жыл бұрын

Cheers Karl, I hope you watched the later version of this video, it has many more pixels and you can actually hear me properly 😂

Brilliant jig! I love simple solutions to tricky problems, those are always the most beautiful ones. (Subscribed!)

@woodfather

9 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot Martin Brandin much appreciated! Must admit it didn't start off this simple but I kept dumbing it down until even I could build it accurately!

Nice jig, great thinking Mario!

I have built about 6-7 different types of box joint jigs, but this type seems to work best for me. It is about the 3rd using this modified body for the jig.

I found your design on Jim Steinbrecher's channel. Simple to build and to use, and yet very accurate jig. Thank you.

@woodfather

8 жыл бұрын

+Simon Derr Thanks Simon, much appreciated!

This is inspirational

Brilliant, elegant simple solution. Thanks, I've been thinking a stack of blocks was the way to go but how to control the side-to-side movement has been driving me nuts. Matching the pin size to the saw kerf is ingenious. I had a few ideas that might work.

Excellent idea! I've been looking for a finger joint jig solution like this for quite some time as my saw cannot be mounted with a dado stack. I already built a jig based on screw movement but your idea is better! I got here from Jays site BTW. Anyway, you got my thumb up and my subscription.

@woodfather

9 жыл бұрын

Cheers mate, hope it works for you!

I'm going to have to make one of these, since I don't have a Dado stack, and you just got another subscriber :)

This is an excellent idea! Thanks for sharing!

@woodfather

9 жыл бұрын

No problem, cheers!

Just brilliant. Building one of these this weekend.

@woodfather

7 жыл бұрын

Cheers mate, best of luck!

@woodfather

7 жыл бұрын

+TheAriarob33 cheers mate,hope it worked out for you!

Well done Mario cool looking jig. Trevor from AU

Mario, very cool. i thought I needed a dado blade which my makita mtl 100 does not allow for or a more expensive router table so , so more money. But now I know I can make a jig like yours. My makita mlt 100 has custom narrow mitre channels, yours seem to have 20 mm channels mine are T 12 mm at top and T of 15 below. But I can cut some 12 bars to make it work. Great to hear a no frills ozzie voice and no drama queen. Paddy

Really good video Mario. Well done mate!

@woodfather

9 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot Shane, much appreciated! I must admit I'm still surprised at how good the results are, the design is 1% skill plus 99% luck! Looking forward to your next video bud, cheers mate!

@diyforknuckleheads

9 жыл бұрын

Mario Cappellano :-)

Oh boy, thanks for the ideas. I'm going to draw some stuff up in sketchup and send it to ya.

Looks idea. Will make one today.

what a great idea

I have just found your channel and love this jig thanks so much for saying me lots of money and time trying to find the right dado set for my saw ... and thanks too to Jay Bates for bring you to my attention

@woodfather

9 жыл бұрын

You're most welcome and yep, a huge thanks to Jay Bates for sharing this video around!

Hi Mario This is just great

That was a great idea!!!! Thanks!