Uncommon Tips to Make Woodwork Easier
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- čas přidán 19. 05. 2024
- Which is your favourite trick? Come across any before?
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Playing cards as spacers of infinite thickness (almost) and also protectors from glue, glue scrapers. Get the cheapest plastic coated ones. They don't stick to wood glue. I buy ten packs at a time, cheapest ones I can find. I don't mix cards from other makers in a deck, as there could be differences when you need to space out two ends evenly, but when you have 10 of the same decks at a time, you can just have a big stack and they last forever. Also, they're easy to cut.
A damp cloth and a clothes iron also works for dents and less chance of a burn mark. Well done Daisy more content required.
Second that, and it is far easier to control the heat, take your time and let physics do the work.
Also good for blocking a sweater!
Third that. If putting a few drops on it doesn’t work, out comes a damp rag and my hand me down iron.
I will agree with you all and add that i was tought to use brown paper, and for that matter the iron was a proper old fashioned non electric one. Also it's not good for the soldering iron , particularly the tip, to be constantly heated and the effectively quenched.
Came here to say that.
Thanks for the tips! Looking forward to using the vice plane, that's really clever.
Regarding the (US vernacular) hole saw (the things that look like a saw blade wrapped into a circle) and precision... I'm a machinist, and build motorcycle frames, and hole saws do have the ability to be precise with "One Simple Hack" [tm]. Put the hole saw in your drill press, run it at a low speed, then use a belt sander to whittle down the diameter until it cuts on size.
That's some top tier machinisting right there! You guys just see stuff differently, that's a brilliant idea.
You got me with "scalpelly-walpelly". Subscribed!
Instead of a soldering iron, use a regular iron like the iron that you can iron your clothes with. It has a temperature setting on it and you can adjust it more finally and it won’t burn your wood, but still only get the dent wet with a paper towel. Works great. It also can be used over the hole project to pull different parts of the wood up to give it a unique look.
Regarding the non slip glue trick, I've used a little sprinkling of salt added after the glue is spread, it adds coarseness to keep the work piece from sliding and doesn't affect the joint in my experience, just dissolves away
Dammit, now we need to start adding a "pinch of salt" to our woodworking recipes?!! You must work for the salt industry!
Another tip if you might find useful. Use a drinking straw to scrape glue squeeze out from tight angles or hard to reach places. The straw's opening will deform into the shape of the angle and scoop up the glue squeeze out. If you are using a paper straw you will have to cut of the end as it goes soggy, but you will get a good run out of one if you are careful how much you cut off to find non-soggy straw.
Cool!!! Thanks so much :)
This sounds like it’s worth trying. Thanks for the tip!
I put a hard crease at the end of the straw to help it get down into the corners easier. This trick works very well!
and you can suck the excess glue out while your at it
@@chuckgrumble5440
Or huff it........
In my cabinet work I use a clothes iron for ironing out a dent. It tends to not burn the wood unless you hold it there for a long time.
That "re-cycling" pun was wheely good.
That washer trick is an absolute gamechanger
A caution about clamping a plane. Vice pressure can crack the cheeks. Cast iron is not flexible. Be sure to set the jaws as close to the sole as possible.
Great tips. For your glue card, use a set of pinking shears, they will pink a zigzag on the edge of the card.
I used to travel a lot for work and saved lots and lots of hotel room keycards. I find a myriad of uses for them in the workshop.
I used to be anxious about sharpening. Once I was just alright with ruing my tools, a lot of practice, and a ton of youtube videos, I have to say that I enjoy sharpening now. so my tip would be to fall in love with sharpening.
I noticed in your ukulele build that you could use this tip: Use a straw to clean up glue squeeze out in tight corners. It forms into the space well, can continue to load up inside the straw as you go, and can be rinse out easily enough for future use.
It's not often to see a girl, and rarely still, one with the english accent giving tips on woodworking on YT. Enjoyable and refreshing to a point that I can't recall the tips you gave! 😊
After watching your vdo for the first time, I went back to watch your other clips on musical instrument making that I skipped earlier. I am a retired engineer who still play the guitar/uke at gigs/street side just for fun; and I usually know a skilled craftsman when I see one. You really are one of them.
yes and she talks pretty fast too.. so once in a while i need to hear it a second time.. replay it LoL
Only found your channel about 48hrs ago and have been binge watching whenever i get chance. I'm definitely not musically talented, believe me I've tried lol. I am a kitchen installer that has been wood working for 30 yrs, yes I'm getting old. love your skills and the witty underlying comments. Now a subscriber with all notifications turned on. look forward to the next one.
Thank you for your hard work.
It’s already been mentioned, but the table salt trick is one of my favorites for slippery glue-up solutions. With that said, i’ll definitely use the CA trick on smaller things! Thanks Daisy!
Thank you Daisy. Similarly, we'll use a spot or two of hot melt glue when gluing items such as cabinet toe kick to eliminate brad nail holes where totally flat isn't an issue. Works on attaching stair rail rosettes on walls to anchor wood 'til adhesive sets.
If you are going to use that idea, I've had better results putting a scrap of painter's tape down, then the glue then remove the tape for a clean surface
@@markbernier8434- Is the tape holding the pieces together while gluing (i.e., it is not *in between* the two pieces)?
To hopefully clarify, it stacks up this way. Scrap lumber as base. Layer of painter tape, super glue, more painter's tape, underside of the work piece. When desired easily pried apart and tape stripped away clean. @@AndreaCuchetto
That super glue anti slip tip is a brilliant one, I’ll be nicking that. I was messing around with tooth picks through the fret slots last time i glued a fretboard onto a neck
Good tips. Yes, I use bike tubes for lots of things. Cut them crossways, any custom width, for strong rubber bands.
Great tips! Another helpful video, thanks for putting the time into these Daisy!
That hold pencil, even line hack is one my dad used
I could never do it.
you had me at "scalpely walpely" 😁
Another anti-slip trick for glue-ups is to sprinkle a few grains of sand or salt into the glue before putting the two pieces together. It provides enough friction to stop the slippage but doesn't affect the joint.
This is a horrible thing to do to your tools. Either you are dulling them by scrapping them with the sand, or you are causing them to rust faster by applying salt.
Thanks for sharing some great tips! Ive gotten myself back into woodworking but there are so many little things I fear I've forgotten, its those little lessons/tips that add up big time! I really respect your knowledge/experience, wish I could just download a small percentage of that into my brain lol
Great tips. One note, the one with a soldering iron, use a clothing iron. Works great.
Love your tips and tricks, here is one if you have a split in the surface of a guitar top, you make a thin long piece of 'spruce that is sharply triangular (in profile) and with a bit of clear glue place it in the split, after it dries sand it down, Bobs your uncle, one hidden split. Iv'e heard it said that a good luthier is one who knows how to hide his/her mistakes, (as it can be a challenging task to make it absolutely perfect all the time :). Oh a glue has to be hard or the vibrations don't travel through the instrument, plastics like pva are soft and stop the sound, this goes for all joints, hmm like a neck joint. Used the damp cloth tip when we move a piano across our lovely floor, no more wheel dents,
I was 'reliefed ' :) just hot wet tea-towels, it worked. Oh dents in ebony fretboards, a bit of ebony saw dust and superglue works a treat, hard as nails, just like the old ebony which is very very hard like iron, one can cut the fret slots after.
Hello from Missouri in the US. Just came across your video. Never too old to learn. Looks like I have some binge watching to do. Thank You.
Haven't worked wood much in years, but wow, what great tips!
Thanks for the video Daisy - you just proved that you're never to old to learn something - Cheers from Canada
One for the algorithm. Thanks for great tips!
Just awesome, thank you
These were some seriously great tips! My favorites were the washer tip and super glue tip!
I see your planed pencil and raise you a marking knife (proper one with a flat side, not just a pen knife). It's not only more precise, it'll also last basically forever.
Inner tube clamp is brilliant.
Agreed. My life changed when I swapped a pencil for a marking knife. (Well, slight exageration, but...)
A few of these tips are totally new to me. Thanks.
A sprinkle of table salt on glue will keep joints from slipping too. Great video Daisy :)
That I've used a bunch, and it's great, but the superglue one was new to me. I could see a couple cases where that is likely gonna be super handy.
can you use fresh cracked pepper also?
I love that trick for rough work but only recently discovered how easy it is to sprinkle too much and be left with a seam that wont' sufficiently close in an even slightly awkward clamping situation. I ended up having to scrape away the salted glue and start over.
@@chuckgrumble5440 no it messes up the taste man, try balancing it out with some sugar maybe
Just stumbled across your channel, now I’m a subscriber! Thanks for sharing. I’m looking forward to more videos …..
LOVE your enthusiasm!
I am amazed by your passion and knowledge about woodwork. Love your video. I wish you lots of success. Jose from Melbourne Australia
I always keep some used bike tube around the shop. It's usefully for so many things!
Ooo I learned the inner tube one in my undergrad art class :), also sanding blocks can be put in a vice as well.
Swap the soldering iron for a laundry Iron or smaller travel Iron and you'll thank me. Steam function too :D
Great video Daisy. A trick that was a game changer for me was the masking tape and super glue trick. Or known as the blue tape and super glue method. I find it way better than double sided tape. For anyone who doesn't know it's simple. Put masking tape on your work piece. Then put masking tape on the corresponding, let say template. Put a bit of super glue on the masking tape on the work piece. If you have and spray excelerator on the tape on the template. Then simply align both and press down. You can route the work piece to the same size as the template and the template isn't going anywhere. When done pull them apart because the only thing holding the pieces together in the tape. I use it all the time for a variety of different jobs, like a quick way to keep a cutting guide in place whilst using a circular saw. It will come in handy a lot and has saved me a few times.
Change just use to face tape that's what it was me for! Also you using two very expensive products to achieve the same thing and spending more time at it! More monkey see monkey do no logic required here is it
@@makenchips The logic is that blue tape consistently holds well _and_ isn't too thick _and_ removes cleanly without tearing, leaving residue, or ripping out wood fibers _and_ allows separate application to each surface which aids alignment without compromising bond (or, again, taking up too much space for an interfacing foam layer) _and_ serves double duty protecting against tearout _and_ is a readily available _cheap_ commodity product just about anywhere _and_ isn't easily confused with some other product which might end up ruining your project, whose raw materials cost way more than any roll of tape ever will. You're also going to already have it anyway, since it has so many other uses.
And what are you smoking, blue tape expensive? 1" x 60 yards, $5. I've no idea what "to[sic] face tape" is supposed to be, but two sided tapes offer maybe 1/4 the coverage (accounting for the doubled use of blue tape) per roll if you're lucky, for about $20. Carpet tape will come in slightly cheaper than two-sided tape but fail to hold, ruin your surfaces, or both.
Blue tape/painter's tape stands alone in being the only tape that's actually designed to be removable and maintain a firm but _delicate_ hold. You _can_ use something else, but every unique product will be a gamble. Congratulations on getting lucky with results, but I doubt you actually did the math on cost.
I've tried the CA glue and blue tape. It was a pain. I'm sticking with my double sided tape 🙂
@@HonoredMule Yards, inches, knots... I'm waiting for people to finally understand that the metric system is just simple.
I understand that when you're born in the US you think in fractions of inches, but it's like I'm using a lot of different measurements. One is x/16, the second is x/2, the third is x/48, the fourth is x/4, etc.
Do you understand my point?
Now imagine the same system as a monetary one. In the store you pay 12/34 of an inch with 3/14 of an ounce, and in the wholesaler you pay 3/4 of a bucket of cement, which must be enriched with 35.2739619 ounces of water.
Instead of constantly jumping around, I just simplify the system.
I tried the plane in the vise with a small part its a good method & easier to find out if your blade is dull, i will be sharpening
So many great tips! The inner tube tip was brilliant. 😁👍
That washer trick blew my mind. I feel very dumb that that's never occurred to me
planed pencil improvement: lay the pencil planed side down and lengthwise on the middle of a piece of wide packing tape placed sticky side up on your worktop. fold the sides of the tape up around pencil and adhere them to each other. This protects the lead and your surface and gives you a tab to hold on to.
All great tips!
"Finger depth gauge"... The drywallers next best friend to a 4' T-square, lol.
Superb Daisy. A couple there that I will certainly be using! Thank you!
Enjoying your channel. Lovely job! So much talent!
Great tips. Knew many, but just like watching your vids. Feels like the friend next door.
I use a steam iron and cloth for raising dents. Super idea for "taking" wood for gluing.
When gluing two pieces of wood that may slip, instead of super glue in the middle, sprinkle a little salt on the board. The salt will prevent the boards from sliding.
I'll just add you sprinkle the salt onto the glue. You don't need to wipe it away. But not too much glue. If the wood is soft you can use sand.
The upside down plane trick is a good one. I clamp my No8 on it's side and run my tops and backs along it to create a joint, I find it much easier than a shooting board.
Always enjoy your videos! Picked up a few neat tricks!
You are so cute and funny and extremely masterful at what you do. Keep it up.
Impressive craftwork imo, very cool, thank you CZcams algorithm.
Thx for the tips! Another: If you need some more flex, you can use elastic stretch bands, the kind you get from your fysiotherapist. I find for glueing tops, backs or fretboards, for me, this works also very good.
Great tips girl.
Very cool, I like the 'steaming the dent' part of your tips video. And it's nice to see more women who do this sort of work. Keep it up.... :)
Great hacks-love your style!
Thanks for the tips
Very useful tips Daisy! I hadn't figured out most of them myself...
You've changed my life thank you... EXPECIALLY PLANING A PENCIL!
the very first tube i saved has been laying around for years. Ever since i thought of them as huge, bump resistant, quite waterproof condoms for flashlights, lighters, tools, the one crappy, 5 bit in a handle combo socket screwdriver, that failed to lock only 10 minutes after you paid for it the supermarket and plenty,plenty more I realised how great it is to have them salvaged, especially diferent sizes, as mostly you will use like a couple cm. Well... the rubber saves lives. Embrace it as you like
Great tips, and I'm going to be using them. Never ever considered how to use the inner tubes or gift cards before. Thank you!
If you find you have collected a bunch of business cards from people you'll never contact, folded in half they make a good glue spreader in a pinch.
For dents what I do is put the piece of wood over a steaming kettle! Works great and you're always keeping an eye at what you're doing.
For very accurate holes, i use a Rotabroach or the Evolution Tools equivalent Not cheap, but very accurate (I use them in steel) and they are spot on and stay sharp for years of use in steel. They will also leave the centre portion in place. The only drawback for you is that the shaft is 20mm so you would need an adapter for a drill chuck. If you want to go down this route, i could make an adapter for you on my lathe so you can use with a normal 13mm drill chuck
Crazy to think about how much wood there is on planet earth, since we use so much of it and there is still more than we can imagine lol
A lot of useful hints. Thank you.
Well, I knew the finger depth gauge already. Very handy. Good list of tips.
Great tips, ty for sharing 👍 Something I do to minimize the float or slide aspect of trying to glue boards together is to sprinkle a little sand or salt on the glue, then clamp....... works great.
Salt works great to hold the wood in place during a glue up.
Nice tips! I use an iron and a wet cloth and an iron to get out dents, it probably spreads the heat a little better than a soldering iron.
Washer trick was good I like that.. and here's one back.. clear packing tape on anything you use to clamp, or your cauls.. that you don't want wood glue sticking on.
Thanks, Daisy. 🍻
My top tip: when you've superglued your fingers together, nail varnish remover will undo them. Don't ask me how I know.
I really like the paul sellers tip for dents which is really similar, he does a damp rag and a normal iron for clothes to get dents out, it seems a little more forgiving than the soldering iron
I can just imagine “Little bit of scalply walpaly.” Being used by a crazy torturer.
Tips are always useful.
Always great. Thanks for the information.
Great tips. I find the dowel lathe trick works better with a file. I also file thick Brass or Stainless tubing to make all sorts of things, like bushings, tiny washers, etc. Very precise cutting off is also possible with a fine sawblade and a kerfed block.
An old woodworking guy writes:
A pencil with the wood on one side planed away is sometimes called a "mouse" - draw a big sketch and you'll see why!
Holding a plane upside down in the vise is a good trick - but when you do it with a bailey type plane make sure the plane is LOW in the vise jaws - otherwise you can snap the cheeks off as you tighten the vise.
Daisy great tips .. loved bicycle tires ,’ recycling’ late made me giggle. On the iron I use a travel steam iron [smaller one] like ya use on laundry. Grearvid👍😇🇺🇸
Cheers for some great advice!👍
I have used bungee chord to wrap the guitar bindings up with and fret boards, I also use super glue like you but on the outside edge or a 1/16” drill bit leaving it in while the glue sets up!
Best to you.
LOL... the ending! Great info. I'm going to get some innertubes!
the bike tube is a very old school thing when riving wood, but traditionally it was a thin strip of leather.
the plane upside down is common for staves in coopering.
when using nails and predrilling holes, you can use a nail as a bit, but then put a little plastic circle on the nail to keep from marking the wood with the drill chuck.
I work on metal for a living and I often use the "finger depth gauge" to get a parallel line to an edge for, say, a row of rivets when the actual distance does not matter a lot. The bicycle tube is great, another alternative is the so called surgical tubing, it's flexible latex tube that can be had in different sizes.
And if you clamp a knife in a vise, you can pull the inner tube past the blade in very thin strips. Great for binding up wood pieces for storage.
What do you clean the inner tube with before use? Just soap and water?
Yes. But regardless the black rubber does wear off and can mark quality wood.@@AndreaCuchetto
Thanks for the tips!
Hey I find a plain old clothing iron instead of a soldering iron to work great for steaming out dents. Same technique, just lower heat.
Quick way to check small hole sizes: Press thumb into small hole, measure mark let on thumb.
Wow. All around wow
That superglue on glue joints *Facepalm moment*, sometimes it's the simple things that elude our thought processes. I use Titebond and I've found that if you wring the joints together and just leave it for 30 seconds to initially 'grab' before clamping, most of the time things stay where they are supposed to, but this tip will just speed things up. Thanks for the tips :)
Daisy, you could read the operators manual for a forklift, and I would listen to every word, lol.
Great tips