Homemade Center Finder
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- čas přidán 21. 11. 2015
- Making a simple, but accurate center finder from scraps of laminate flooring. It will be used mostly for woodturning, to mark the center of blanks.
Laminate flooring is a great material for workshop projects since it's basically MDF covered in melamine on both sides.
I used the factory edges to get an accurate square then used it's diagonal to mark the 45 degree angle for the ruler. The ruler itself is a piece of leftover aluminum transition strip.
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Love this video. No small talk, no stupid music, (good editing).
Attention all you-tube DIY'ers, please learn from this person.
I just subscribed to your channel. No talking, no life story, just doing the job, that's what I like.
Thanks! To be honest this kind of videos is a lot easier to make than the ones with a proper host.
Yes indeed to the point with out all the fluff and bother very humble
Excellent editing choices made for the perfect flow
Looking forward to the next one
Well done Sir
This one goes straight on the todolist!
Happy you liked it Willem!
You all probably dont care at all but does anyone know a method to log back into an Instagram account??
I stupidly forgot the login password. I would appreciate any assistance you can give me.
@Emerson Wilson Instablaster :)
@Milo Roland i really appreciate your reply. I found the site thru google and I'm waiting for the hacking stuff atm.
Looks like it's gonna take a while so I will get back to you later with my results.
@Milo Roland It did the trick and I now got access to my account again. I'm so happy!
Thanks so much you really help me out!
THANK YOU!!! I have been needing one of these forever! Never got around to making one, have all the materials so I'm off to the workshop to make one right now! :)
funny...while watching this, an advertisement popped up for a center finder for $28.07. I think I like your better. Great idea
The algorithms decided that it was relative to you. It is one of the rare cases that it was actually relative to you. Be happy. :)
The algorithms never work for me. Yesterday someone sent me a link to a gross video and the ad before the video was about food. xD
Your channel is going to make me very busy making things lol.
Easy to build and precise tool. I am happy to find your channel. h also have a small shop. So, it's good to learn from one with same basic tools. thank you.
Beauty, simplicity and elegance. Great, I shall now have to make one. Thanks friend, pierre from New Mexico
Nice! I like your simple approach and attention to details.
Thanks!
Thanks for not bombarding your video with loud distracting stupid music ! Good build and very handy !
I was going to buy a center finder, but you have just inspired me to make one. thank you very much.
Video Format: Excellent. No useless dialog, no stupid grunge music, short and to the point.
Shop Practices: I get a little anxious watching your fingers in harm's way on that table saw!
Thanks for your concern, but that is a 2 inch blade that only sticks around a quarter inch above the table. So worst case scenario it nicks my fingers! ...But, given my recent luck, it will probably pull me into the saw one day... bet that would make a great video!
Thank you for posting this, I had seen this piece of kit in another of your videos, great job
Thank you again
You basically built a center square, but very ingenious none the less!!
Simple to the point and yet An excellent design! Bravo
Small Workshop... you are amazing and so efficient with your vids, keep them coming!!!
Excellent again, thanks for sharing. I'm off to the shed now
Thanks for this video, i am a beginner wood lathe user this will help a lot
Finally!!!!!! Something that can be used on the end of a barrel tapered dovel, instead of the blade cut 90 degrees jig
Late to the party, very clever, and a great idea about the flooring. Many Thanks!
Nice looking and useful tool, excellent work. I like your precision a LOT.
love the tap handle. blew my mind with the math is funny section, never noticed that. happy new subscriber
thanks so much, I have never seen a tool like this, and it's so simple.. like a speed square.. I'm fairly new to woodworking
Beautifully executed - will make one soon...Bravo
True craftsmanship!!
gotta be close to one of the coolest home made tools i've seen to date,, once made ,,the handiness of it is the shit.
Nice work and great detail, its also on my todo list. Thanks
Oh my goodness. Thank you so much for the idea.
love this idea very, very clean work well done
Very smart idea for video, spending time to make such a thing is definitely worth for all the uses of this tool. A great and important project for an amateur like me. Very enjoyable videos, well done!
Thumbs up for that trick marking the square.
Nice project and video. I always enjoy your videos. They are well done, have fine workmanship, and get to the point quickly. Thanks for these.
Thank you very much for all your comments Dave!
Thank u sir for showing to make this wonderful tool at home such a simple device
Outstanding, genius idea.
Thanks heaps.
Nice job! Thanks for sharing.
man, when i first saw that table saw i thought, "my god, this man is a giant!" Great video, i'll need to make one of these
LOL Likewise
A well needed tool.. That is something that I've needed many of times in the past and I know I'll be making one very soon in the future.. Thanks
Thank you too! Like I said in a previous comment, it's a super easy project.
Very clever, you are displaying your ninja skills.
Great build! I need one of these!
Thank for sharing! Love it....I'll add this to my shop tools for sure!
Thank you too Tony!
Bravo! You are as Leonardo!
Greetings from Italy. 😃
That is too cool and super useful. Now I gotta make one for myself
like your tap holder !
Awesome videos. Easy to follow, very clear and always making something useful! Great job.
Your comment makes me very happy, since that's exactly what I try to achieve when I make these videos: to make them easy and useful. Thank you!
Simple is good. Well done.
Great project. Here in the Philippines, I would surly here "out of stock" at any local hardware store. The sad part is, several times I had to "eyeball" the center and live with the results. This is now on my to do list as soon as we return from a visa run to Thailand. Thank you for the inspiration.
Out of stock is still something, here where I live they never heard of such tool :)
You are very innovative, thank you!
So neat... great work
Freakin awesome! Great idea!
Parabéns meu amigo um belo equipamentos ótimo vídeo, fiquei impressionado com o tamanho da serra muito bacana.
beaitiful.!!! I need that in mi garage!! thanks for sharing!!!
that was fun to watch.. thanks!! might just make one!!
I have one and it's a must have that tool.
The time you save an the Précision you can work with this tool is not normal every ironworker must have one 😁😁😁😁👌👌
Good idea & nice work.
Clean build, good stuff. Gonna check out that mini table saw and probably subscribe.
Nice! That is so much better than the one I made out of old lasagna noodles.
Wow! Its amazing trick... and tools
just watched all videos - looking forward to seeing more project.
Thank you, I have some in progress, hope to have a new video out soon.
you making great stuff!
and i really like the way you make your videos. big thumb up!
easy and nice to follow. i wish there was more people like that on youtube.
subscribed!
have a nice day, geko
well done. great work and neat.
Awesome! Thank you for sharing.
Nicely done toolwork, you'll be one of the best nine finger carpenters out there if you keep cutting that way🤣🤣🤣
excellent job, like the chuck holding the tap.........
quick and easy! Absolutely nice!
Thank you!
very nice work,many thanks
Nice job brother.
This is great! Thank you.
Great stuff thanks for sharing with us....👍
You may not be a genius but you will do till one comes along! Great video.
LOL, thanks, I guess!
wow! very good! awesome! it's just I was finding!
Very nice tool. Thanks for posting. I'll have to make one.
Thank you too!
Very nice, thanks for the video!
Brilliant! Thank you for sharing
Thanks, I didn't come with the idea, it's a common tool among woodturners.
Wow what a Work!
Nice work thanks!!!
:) Awesome seeing DIY stuff made locally. Nice shop and nice tools. That screwdriver handle is awesome.
Last time i saw somebody using a "analog" caliper was 15 years ago and that was the last day of work of my dad.
TIP: When you drill aluminium use small steps, plunge retract plunge retract. AL and other soft alloys drilled or machined with a steel purpose tool have a nasty tendency to stick to the tool resulting a pull of the tool into the material causing unexpected problems. Yes that is a thin profile but i bet you hand secured on the other end.
Keep Up.
Multumesc! I was surprised myself when I noticed there are few DIYers from our country, at a time we were proud we can fix everything. I guess today we are more proud when we can buy everything.
Thanks for the tip, sometimes I follow safety rules, sometimes I take chances and sometimes I get hurt. In this case the aluminum was clamped to the wood piece and the tail of the clamp itself prevented rotation in case the tool caught. I need to make a proper table for the drill press to allow better clamping but I have little time for the workshop and a long to do list :)
Andrei Sima ,foarte frumos
Very handy little tool, all the best Harry
Thank you Harry!
Awesome!, and I made one. Now you should make a video on how you made that little table saw.
Superb idea
interesting and handy little mini table saw. too bad you don't have a vid on that.
he has one :)
Hell yeah, I like this channel, I subbed.
I'm definitely making one of these!
Go for it mate, it's fast to make and has lots of uses, especially if you are a woodturner.
Well done !
great video! i have been wondering how to make one of these for a while now!
Thanks! It's very easy to make, whole thing took less than an hour.
great job man
Very nice.. I know it's an old video but cool idea for flooring scraps.
Brilliant this is one Item I will be coping
Nice job, as usual. Paul
Thank you very much Paul!
Love the manly box lid... 😂
I like the tap handle you use haha
dammm thats nice good job man
Cool idea. Also no techno music. A++ TYVM
parabéns que top . amigo ficou
muitíssimo bom
I laughed at your "Math is funny" caption when rotating the square wooden piece. I never realised that centre finders worked on square pieces at funny angles. Interesting fact.
thank you for sharing you idea
Nice work. Think I'll have to make one too.
Thank you!
Very cool man!
Perfect idea bro
Thank you!
nice idea 💡