Make this Box Joint Jig in Minutes! | STEP IT UP
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Steve, I've been watching your videos for years, and they are EXACTLY what us beginners need. Simple and progressive steps to do things with basic tools. Some of the negative comments below puzzle me.....I'm a fan and think you do a great job! Keep the training videos coming! Loved the Bach Store intro....very clever and amusing!
After watching 10 other box joint jig videos, I’m glad I found yours. As always, very simple and straight to the point for those looking to do a one off project. Greatly appreciate your videos!
Awesome technique, beginning the second board that way never crossed my mind! Really cool and simple! Thanks so much for this one!
You are very clever and kind enough to share your techniques with us. Thank you for sharing. Thanks to MicroJig and Casper for sponsoring the show.
Thanks for this,I've watched a great many explanations of how to do box joints and always end up confused,this is easily the most direct and to the point explanation and I finally get it.
Thank you, I watched all of your lessons before I could afford the equipment and have now just used this for the first time. You really do make things simple to follow.... thanks again
I wish I could give an extra thumbs up for "Bach's Joint". Brilliant!!
So simple and yet so perfect, thank you
Thanks for showing me this way. I over complicated my jig but now I'm making a new one, thx Mr Ramsey 👍😆✌️
Seen something like this before - looks super handy and excited to try something like this in the near future!
I love the simple, straight forward instructions while using the basic miter gauge (which is what I have). Worked great! Thanks for the video!
This is an awesome tutorial! It's exciting to think that I, an amateur woodworker, can simply build something that looks professional. Thanks Steve.
Took a couple failed jigs, but I figured it out eventually. Turns out my table saw blade wasn’t quite vertical. Once I got that sorted out everything went really smoothly. I used this technique for a headboard for a twin bed. Even though the pieces were all over 48 inches long, the cutting and gluing were really easy thanks to this. Thanks for putting together this guide!
Love this jig, Steve! Gonna be building one this weekend for my home shop. Question about the Pin though: Should I make the pin as high as the thinnest piece of lumber I'll be making box joints with? Or since it's such a simple jig, should I just make different ones for different thicknesses of lumber?
Would 3/4" lumber not be secure enough on a pin that's only 1/4" high? Thanks again!
Just set the blade height to the thickness of your material
I can't wait to try this as I am a new table saw owner and fairly new too woodworking. Thank you for the GREAT tips Sir. Love your channel!!
Love it. Nice. simple. No gears, levers, wedges, cold fusion reactors, etc. See? This is the kind of jig you build when you just want to accomplish a task in the most effective, least complicated way. Thanks, Steve.
Steve, I've been a viewer for some time now. I have always been a DIYer but because of your simple way of woodworking I felt myself confident to step up and I started growing my own shop. Now I'm already making stuff, mostly jigs and stands for the tools. I just wanted to THANK you, and I am sure I am not the only one here encouraged by you.
The best box joint video I have ever seen. It is simple enough even for me to use. Thanks a million.
You made that look so easy, Steve. That's why I love this channel. Thanks!
Steve, you were there with me through my first project about the time you posted this video. (not literally of course) However, 3+ years later, I still come back and put awesome things like this to use. So as an exceptionally mediocre woodworker, I appreciate what you bring to the community!
That was amazing and clever idea and the commercial too. Thank you
I've been meaning to make a jig like this for some upcoming projects. Simple and effective, great video!
You have got to be the most informative guy I've seen on youtube, thank you very much for the time you've spent on these videos and making it easy to understand for newbies like me
Great tips here! I looked for a way to set up indexing for dados for shelves at 2" intervals to store plastic boxes. This will adapt perfectly. Dado tip: I keep a loose leaf notebook for all of my builds. One of the pages is the combination of blades and shims used for dados to achieve the desired width of cut. It's a lot faster to stop and write it down than to figure it out again later.
WOW! this is a great instructional video!!!! Thanks Steve! I also wanted to say, thanks for your simple approach to woodworking! As someone just getting into wood working, your video's are extremely helpful without me being discouraged because I don't have all the fancy tools or knowing all the complicated techniques. And it was really cool that you liked my instagram picture of the bed I made for my daughter! (a bed I made based on your twin bed design).Thanks again!
Awesome! I remember that bed...it really looked great. Thanks for watching!
If everyone on CZcams discussed their sponsors like you do Steve.....they'd be a whole lot happier about sponsored videos. That was so hilarious and had me giggling the entire time. Very creative indeed. Lee :)
Thank you! I am thinking of making some masu boxes for a family member and I had never made box joints before, this relieves the stress i had
Finally, someone explains, step by step how the inserts are made. Thanks Steve!
FINALLY! Common sense prevails. Thank you for the simplicity in this jig.
I have made a jig before and watched many videos on thumbnut this one is the best.
his original box joint video is pretty good too. that's how i learned it.
then which was the worst
Genious! Thank you for figuring this out ahead of time for us.
Simple and practical! For most of my projects your approach is perfect. Thanks.
I don't know which one I like more... you "commercials" and GRR-RIPPER intros or the Woodworking part :)
The ways you lead-in to the Micro Jig clip....cracks me up everytime!
By the way, your videos are good too :)
Thank you! This is exactly what I needed for a Langstroth beehive project I'm working on!
I love all of your intros. Thank you for all the tips over the years!
This whole video could fit into any "Most satisfying videos" collection.
+Dukefazon Thank you!
Steve, you are seriously the "Bill Nye" of woodworking
3 years later, and you need to know this comment is perfect.
So I tried this. Your video was the most helpful one I found. Not quite as easy as you make it look, but thanks to you, I was successful!!! Your presentation was very well done.
Amazing inspiration on how to build complicated & genius stuff with basic resources. Appreciating it really much!
"The Gripper" gets me every damn time
I would watch your videos just for the ads
Thanks for this. This was the guide for my first and second ever box joint jigs, and I just referred back to it years later after buying a new, fancy- pants brand adjustable jig to untwist my brain after the initial setup. It helped to just watch the simple version in use and remember it's not all that complicated a process.
Great jig! Worked well for me. Tip - for the little pin piece of wood in the jig, make it long enough so you can fit a sacrificial backer board behind your project workpiece, to reduce tear out on your project workpiece. This way, the project workpiece is in front to it contacts the blades first, followed by the backer board, followed by the jig. Just as you move your workpiece with each cut, you'll do the same with your backer board. I also found it helpful to use a use a trigger clamp (or two) to stabilize the workpiece and backer board against the jig. Finally, clean and wax your table saw surface so the jig and workpiece slide easily across the table, for a cleaner cut.
Great vid. & great explanation. The trouble, is some weird and wonderful reason, we seem not to have or be able get / use dado stacks here in the UK.Still a nice idea though. Thks
Brian Knowles There are some from UK sellers on eBay. They are not cheap though!
It also works with a router! I made a video about it, called "⚙ How to make a simple box joint jig for small parts "
Just use a single blade. You'll make more cuts with thinner fingers and grooves, and have much more surface area for glue (making an arguably stronger joint). The only downside is more cuts, but it's not that big of a problem.
Many thanks to one and all for the comments and ideas. Noted./ appreciated
I love getting in before the video is publicly listed. Great video!
Woohoo! That's for your support, Daniel.
Daniel Worthy Seconded!
Thanks for posting this Steve! Your videos are great. Thanks for making woodworking fun and accessible to the average weekend hobbyist!
Love this! I really need to buckle down and make me one of these! Thanks for sharing the technique.
Bach's Joint! Bwahahaa!
If you dont have a dado stack, you can use just a regular 1/8" table saw blade (which will just mean more fingers), or use a router table with a straight bit..
I do not have a dado stack (not possible to mount on my circular saw). I tried it using a router but my router cannot
cut 15 mm of depth in one time. I'll try it with a standard saw blade next week.
If you don't put the outer flange on the saw, you can actually stack 3-4 regular saw blades on a european saw. If the teeth hit each other, make some shims to put between the blades out of plastic soda bottles. If your saw has a brake, be sure to tighten the nut well though, so the inertia of the stack doesn't loosen it.
I am european, and i have done this with cheap blades from the local hardware store.
Ps. a channel called pocket83 here on youtube actually demonstrates this. He uses bicycle inner tube as shims.
It's worth pointing out that in places where Dado Stacks aren't readily available, single blades can be passed through the work multiple times for wider notches, and spaced for wider fingers...
It's going to call for a narrower "peg" to allow the work-piece notches to move from side to side a bit, and it's up to THE OPERATOR (that's you, running the saw) to watch carefully for each pass... So you DO NOT try moving the workpiece with the whirling blade still buried inside it.
Should you leave slivers behind in the notch, it's not much work to break them out, either with a chisel (if you are so equipped) OR with a flat-ended screwdriver... which you can also sharpen like a chisel, because it's cheaper and flat-head screws are the bane of human existence. (aka "should be outlawed")
A little care and a file or a bit of scrap wrapped in sandpaper and the fingers and notches will be perfect every time. ;o)
I knew there was an easier jig!! This is why I love your channel! Thanks for your videos!!!
Absolutely love this. It works on my basic cheap saw. Lovely finish
Thanks for this, Steve. I knew about how to create the jig, but this was a new technique to line up the 2nd piece (by using the first piece). I love your channel, as you don't assume your viewers have $20k worth of tools.
Man, I absolutely laughed out loud (AKA, 'LOL') at that intro...
Me too!
Great video Steve I look forward to using this method to build new cabinet drawers. So simple an idea yet useful. Thanks for the great explanations.
Hey mate thank you for the video I'm making some draws to fix a set and you've saved me hours of frustration of trying to figure out how to do this Cheers
Steve, do you know of any way to do this without Dado blades?
You can use single blades, just have a lot more fingers
@@danielmitchell6940 Spot on, Daniel, not every sawbench will take a dado stack, single blades work as well!
My table saw doesn't accept a dado stack. Any tips for a jig for box joints on a saw that won't take a dado stack? Any help would be appreciated for this woodworking newby. Please don't just say to up-grade my saw. Thanks!
Bill Diehl Use a single 1/8th inch flat toothed saw blade. It will become the width of your finger joints. You'll have more cuts to do, but you'll get a great result.
You could either make it with cuts the width of your saw blade, or if you want wider spacing you could hog it out. Basically just take multiple passes, sliding the piece a little bit over each time until each notch is fully cut out. Starting the first notch accurately would take a bit of patience, but it should be possible. Otherwise it would be possible to make a similar jig for a router table if you have one.
Just keep the key the same width as your blade and make multiple cuts. Look for the dado jig by the woodfather. That will work too.
Or use a router instead of the table saw. That works too. Same jig same everything. Your key is the same width as your bit.
I was going to say the same thing as Frederick. A dado stack just means thicker fingers and wider grooves. Without a dado stack, you just need to make them thinner (1/8" is the typical blade width). Arguable, it's a stronger joint, due to the much higher glue surface area.
using a router is only slightly slower than a dado stack
Watched four box joint videos today and yours was by far the easiest and most concise.
This is the best box jig design I have tried to date. Subscribed!
Why not cut the rod before cutting the slot?
Then you would only need to change the blades once.
I had the same exact question. Would like to know the prep needed to ensure the rod will fit the slot snugly.
so that he could cut the rod to be a good fit in the slot, using the slot to check it.
use the stack of dado blades to space the fence the correct distance from the blade to cut the rod.
make some sticks up ahead of time and tweak them in a planer for exact fit. if you have a planer.
As soon as you say 'dado blades' im gone. Pretty sure only the USA has saws that handle those, we sure we heck don't have them here down under.
Not true, Carbatec sells dado stacks.
Its not the blades, i have a set, they dont fit in the tablesaws we have - unless you have craploads of money to buy something $700+ or more
yep,dado blades here are way out of my budget,cheapest I've found are around 160 bucks,and don't get me started on a price for a saw that can handle them.
you could do the same thing with a router table
You can buy them in Australia no problems from Carbatec, Timbecon etc. Also Steve's method will work with a standard blade if you want skinny 1/8" fingers which can look cool. that Jig will also work with a router table.
Your video was the one that got me through it. I finally made my first box! Thanks!
This is perfect for a project I am planning.
Thank you so very much.
Dado blades are not available outside the US 😭
You can buy them in the UK, every saw listed here has the option of a Dado Set...
woodfordwm.co.uk/acatalog/Table_Saws1.html
dabbishaw I got them in Canada
Just use a single blade. You'll make more cuts with thinner fingers and grooves, and have much more surface area for glue (making an arguably stronger joint). The only downside is more cuts, but it's not that big of a problem.
dabbishaw You can get them here in Australia, but even a cruddy set is unfathomably expensive. The Freud set you guys would buy at Home Depot is multiple hundreds of dollars. A nice set from CMT is $500AUD :-(
I'm in the Uk and I have 2 sets of dado blades
best video I found on how to make the box joint jig. easy to understand
I just made a jig based on this video and made my first box joint box! Gonna make some salt cellars/keepsake boxes for Christmas this year, using this. I'm super psyched!
This is a good quick box joint jig I have used in the past. For those who can't use a dado consider a 1/4" flat bottom saw blade that fits your saw. I do a lot of finger joints now and rarely use anything but the 1/4" blade because I like the look of it and its a great choice for making wooden hinges as well.
I've been a carpenter and woodworker for about 40 years and you're never to old or experienced to learn something simple. This is by far the easiest and simplest box joint jig ever!! You can make several of them very easily for different sized joints and they can be attached very easily to any table saw miter slide. Very nicely done!!
Just a word of thanks...went back here to brush up on making a jig...love your energy level, not to even mention your worthwhile valuable teaching videos!
Thank you for the tutorial Steve! Super straightforward and my box joints are looking great!
Thank you for this. Simplest setup out there for box joints.
What a brilliant jig! Just made this in 10 minutes - no Dado blade here in UK so went with the blade kerf instead - perfect on my first attempt ever at finger/box joints. Was using Sapele - softwood might not be so good with such a narrow finger but SO impressed!
Thanks for making easy simple and effective solutions.
Thank you! That was a great video and the job was easy to understand. I just got a mw tale saw and I’m looking forward to making box joints.
Thank you for making this so simple!!! So many people are over doing it! 👍
I love how simple this box joint jig is, I know what I will be doing this weekend! And thank you, I am excited to be a part of the HGMM team!
很感謝你，你的教學就好比早晨的露水滋養了任何一切
Thank you very much, your teaching is like nourishing everything in the morning dew.
It is very good to see your explanations on how to work the wood, thank you very much.
I felt stuck on where to go next with my woodworking. Great jig for the next step in learning! Thanks!
Looking forward to trying this simple yet economical box jig
Really enjoy the way you do things- your woodworking, videos, jigs, editing, and even the goofy spots. The syncopation of you voice goes well with how you cut the vids. Thnx!
Thank you!! So Cheap and Simple!! I like your style. Making silverware drawer dividers for my Kids.
This is awesome. Thank you. I'm not a woodworker but want want to start building my own bee hive boxes and they're extremely basic but need to be strong. By using this method there will be so much surface area in the joints that I can hold them together with just glue. Thank you. This makes the project so more approachable.
this is so awesomely simple I've never wanted to use box joints based upon other youtubers extremely over engineered complicated painfully slow jugs. Thank you so much for all your awesome videos.
Steve ,,thank you for posting this video,last year I made a big complicated box joint fixture,I saw from another video, it worked good but I made it from soft wood and left it in the shop over winter and it warped ,,,It was thinking I was going to have to start all over again with hardwood,it took days to make it.I saw your video and quickly made it,, works great.
Thank you sir. The way you teach is very satisfying. After watching your videos I am planning to start my own small wood working .
Best explanation I've seen so far. Thanks for making this easy, informative and without a ton of fluff... Subbed.
This was the most informative box joint video I have watched so far! Thank you!!!!
Thank you Steve!!! I always knew what the box joint jig looked like, but noone had ever explained how to use one and how the last cut worked out. You taught me something new!
One of my favorite channels. Good work.
Great video. Simple and instructive. I am going to try some box joints now!
Thanks for your great tips and tricks Steve. I've been wanting to get into making boxes with box end joinery and looked at tons of jigs online some really complicated. This is all you need. Can't wait to try it out. I did go ahead and buy a better miter gauge with fence on sale that will help because the one that came with my table doesn't even have a way to secure a piece of wood with screws. Thanks again.
Love your videos Steve...even the ads!! That looks so easy to do I think I'll give it a try. Happy days.
This is genius and so satisfyingly easy!
I did this with just a normal table saw blame, sure I had to make a lot of passes but it worked like a charm! Thank you so much.
Every time I want to build something u always read my mind and makes it!
Simplicity sometimes takes being a genius. Thank you Steve!
Just made a jig using this video. Thanks for the info and motivation!
Thanks for this video, Steve! I referenced it a lot in my first table saw project, a guitar amp cabinet. I made sure to mention this video and put a link to it.