7 Easy Tips to Help You in the WoodShop - Bonus Material: Woodworking Myths Busted!
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- čas přidán 10. 06. 2024
- These 7 easy woodworking tips will make your time in the woodshop more enjoyable and efficient. Stick around until the end of the video when I discuss woodworking Myths and how they just are not true! These are tips that I have learned over my last 8 years of woodworking either by mistakes that I have made or by other woodworkers sharing their knowledge. Hope you enjoy!
VIDEO CORRECTION: When you use the speed square to find an angle, I used the wrong side to make my mark. The proper way is to measure the angle on 45) degree edge and mark on the other 90 degree edge. I was doing this upside down for the camera, got myself discombobulated and marked the line on the wrong edge in the video.
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VIDEO CORRECTION: When you use the speed square to find an angle, I used the wrong side to make my mark. The proper way is to measure the angle on 45) degree edge and mark on the other 90 degree edge. I was doing this upside down for the camera, got myself discombobulated and marked the line on the wrong edge in the video.
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You are genius......No, I take that back....you're GENIUS...great video.
WHAT!!! The tape measure trick at an angle is amazing. I feel like I need to pay you for that one cause that's a game changer.
Haha thanks buddy. I see you share the same level of mathematics as me hahah
Neat trick. Only works when the two sides are straight and parallel though.
LOVE the tip on finding center and dividing up!!!
I am a retired woodworker. I have a woodshop still with every tool you could think of. I have made many things to many to count. I am old and worn out, almost? With this said I must admit you taught me two things I wish I had known years ago. The tape and CA glue and using the tools you can afford. Your video was well made, Thanks!
Great job, I love that you get to the point and don’t drag it out.
Thanks! Preciate the support!
Great tips. Thank you, and thanks for the update on the speed-square
Watched many tip videos. Easiest to understand and best one yet.
Awesome!! Thanks for your support snd don’t forget to share it with your friends! 👊👊
I just found your site (and I am so excited). I am "diying," converting a van to an adventure van). I have minimal knowledge/experience. Your tips are perfect for me just starting out THX! I plan on binge watching all your videos before starting my conversion and having them there for reference!
Honest and to the point. Also having done this for a while (hobbyist) I know they are all true. Did I learn something? Sure did. Would recommend to other? Sure would. Did the YT "Like and Subscribe" thing, sure did. Had an argument with ANYTHING you said: no... you were spot on. Rec: don't do sponsored ads (which you don't) and have a Patreon link. Is there a takeaway here - yeah - you know what you're talking about; the video is good; thank you for sharing your time. I hope to learn from you going forward.
Great tips!!The angling the tape measure to divide boards is AMAZING!!!!
Thanks and I’m glad they were helpful!
Jess how'd I ever get this far without these tips?? I know you must be getting tired of me saying but"I always learn from your videos". Thank you for your time as I know editing does that!
Oh and 1 more thing. In a previous video you were talking about a yellow blast gate etc. I have a 1 HP Delta dust collector that looks a lot like the oneyou have in the your shop I saw in your video. I am thinking about erecting a dust collection system with PVC pipe like yours. The run won't be more that 15 feet for 4 tools Table Saw, Jointer, Roter Table, Chop saw, and Planer. My question is does the Delta do the job for the tool at the far end if it's a planer?
@@richragan4810 Hey Rich, thanks man I always appreciate that! I just took my dust collection down because I just didnt think it was sufficient for that type of run. Shorter runs would be fine though!
Great video and Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
My favorite tip,too perfect
I only have a couple of expensive tools but I do buy expensive saw blades and drill bits etc for my cheap power tools. I think this does make a huge difference
To keep slivers from falling through my miter saw plate, I simply cover the slot in the plate with blue tape and cut through it. It lasts a long time before needing replacement.
Perfect! Simple solutions are awesome
Making a zero clearance miter saw insert is pretty easy also. :)
Wow, an amazing video!
Thank you for sharing these great "tips & tricks"!
Well done!
THAT MEASURING TAPE EQUAL DIVISION JUST BLEW MY MIND
Yes!!!! It’s awesome!!
Nick Engler has a neat warning about pocket holes. NOT "don't use them" but how to help reduce fracturing the receiving material by using a second drill bit.
Saw guide is still as good now as when I started in construction/woodworking.. I made an 8ft one for rip cuts .. and a 4 ft one for cross cuts .. pocket holes are a great way to attach face frame on cabinets or exterior window trim.. I don’t care what anyone thinks.. great video .. keep them coming..
Thanks Scott, I couldn’t agree more and I appreciate the support snd kind comment!
That's a new one for me...pocket hole for exterior window trim. I am probably being dense, but i can't picture that. Anyone recommend a quick vid showing me what he means?
You can find the center of a board with a speed square by marking a line about the center then turn it over to the other side and mark a line again. Perfect center.
Tip 2 is certainly a show stopper. Keep posting videos.
Thanks man!
Great useful and simple tips! Thank you for investing in us!
Awesome, thank you!
Thanks for sharing!
The ruler trick for dividing a board into equal parts is good, but there is one problem: you are not considering the thickness of your saw blade. When you make the first cut, it throws off the sizes of the other pieces. You then get pieces that are not of equal widths.
Great video, but one thing I see missed a lot when people say you done need expensive tools (which is 100% correct) is that you are better spending money on the right consumables for those tools. You could have dewalt, festool, whatever but if you put cheap blades/bits etc in them they will still under preform, on the other end take a ryobi and put a good blade/bit in there and it greatly improves the results over the supplied consumables.
Great video thank you
The last tip is have a airtight stove. For those projects that fail.
It is very satisfying watching it burn to ashes.
Hahaha very true
I built a cabinet for my table saw and used pocket holes for joinery. I had never used them before but watched enough video so when it was time to go to work there were no mysteries. As was said, do your research....my cabinet is solid as a rock. Great job.
Thanks!!!
Great tips
Great tips and tricks! Maybe a good idea for a video and you said it yourself is when to use and not to use pocket holes!
I think that’s an excellent idea! Thanks Mike glad you enjoyed the video!
Some good tips, especially the one using the tape to divide a board. Thanks for posting.
Thank you! 👊👊
These tips are probably the best wood working tips I have ever watched because they are so useful and easy to do. Im new to woodworking and I'm horrible at math so im always intimidated by some measurements but the measuring tips are awesome and I never knew you could do that. Thanks for the info!
Man, I really appreciate the kind comment, Shaun! Welcome to woodworking! Don’t sweat the measurements that stuff will come!
GREAT TO WATCH ANY TIME
Thanks!
Stumbled across one of your videos and enjoyed it enough to watch several. I appreciate your style and straight forward way you present the information. I enjoy doing the occasional wood project, but doubt I'll live long enough to get good at it. Your tips will help me improve little by little.
Just started getting into wood working coming from construction background. Great tips and info thanks man gotta new subscriber 👍🍻🇺🇸
Good video !!! Keep doing it...
Hey thanks for the tips! I appreciate it as I am just starting out and can really use them!
Glad it was helpful! 👊
Great video man! I'm a woodworker and Damn great tips!!!
Thanks!👊👊👊 I appreciate the kind comment and support!
Excellent brilliant usable ideas! Thank you!
Awesome! Glad it was helpful!
The math tip with the tape measure got me to subscribe. Thanks for the help. thumbs up too
Thanks for the support! Glad it was helpful
OMG this is a game changer for me thank you so much for sharing 😃
Heck yeah! Glad it was helpful
Some great tips there.
The trick with the painters tape I actually use while making guitars (although I use double sided tape a lot of the time too). Great for holding down fretboards when shaping, holding on templates for routing and holding on sandpaper to flat fret leveling beams. The only downside to this is the tape sometimes sucks in moisture and creases over time. So in that case, double sided tape is the better option if you want it on there for a longer period of time.
As for pocket hole jigs, I was one of those people that though they were only used by people with no woodworking skill. Although now I've realised they're actually great when attaching MDF together as the screws go in at an angle and not straight in. It helps to not split the material as you would if just going into the ends, especially on cuts that aren't very wide.
When buying tools, I think you should invest heavily into the tools you'll use the most. The ones you use every now and again can generally be a lot cheaper. But also look for tools you can upgrade (like a cheap bench grinder with better wheels etc). One of the best investments I've made was a cheap 4" angle grinder that came with 40 discs. Still going through the discs 20 years later and used the grinder to cut replacement panels off cars. It took a pounding and still going LOL. Haven't had to even change the replacement brushes yet!
Love your videos! Thanks for your efforts. They are much appreciated. From your neighbor in Mt.Juliet!!!
Hey Mike! Thanks man I really appreciate that!
Number one rule in woodworking whether amatuer or pro, enjoy it. In all probabilty woodworking is or is going to be your hobby, take the pressure off, you're not building a space shuttle. I can see it plain as day, Penalty enjoys woodworking and the advice he gives is solid. The major myth in woodworking is perfection. Whether amatuer or pro, absolute perfection is myth (unless you're a robot), allow yourself tolerance for that minor mistake. True a CNC will get one close to perfect but to me CNC is manufacturing not woodworking.
Michael, I truly appreciate such a kind and well thought out comment. I could not agree more! Woodworking as a hobby is your perfection, not anyone else’s. Enjoy it and enjoy the process!
A super great video, keep them coming!!!🤠🇺🇸
Thanks Gates! Thanks for the support
Great hints. Thanks
Thanks!!!!
excellent
First time to see your videos, you tell the truth as I see it, so I will be back I got 60 plus years in the woodworking trade and learn something every single day. Still love to make sawdust, don't care if it is cutting hip roofs or building corner cabinets, it is all fun.
Thank you! I really appreciate the kind words and support!
Thanks. Greetings from Ireland
Greetings! Preciate the supports!
Really enjoyed the video. Have ordered some of the Bottles. I have used them for years for BBQ, but never thought about glue. Looking forward to trying this, I know glue bottles are a pain. Watched several of your videos and enjoyed each.
Thanks James! I appreciate that and you’re gonna love using the bottles. So much easier and better
Your tip on easily dividing board width is awesome and ill definitely be trying that out!
Heck yeah! Gotta figure out these tricks when your bad at math like me! lol
@@PenaltyBoxWoodshop haha even as someone who is good at math this is still very useful because it saves time instead of having to simplify fractions in my head to divide a board into even sections
My wife heard “you don’t need expensive tools”. I heard, “accurate and easier”.
Hahaha
Love the diagonal measuring! I can never get equal halfs
great tips. I go for the yellow squeeze bottle for visibility. but the transparent has the advantage in showing how much is left or for dif. products. thanks for sharing.
Thanks! Yea they work great for that!
Good tips 👍
Thank you!
I got an old Sears table saw used for about 50 bucks. Took a little tweaking and I did have to add on a wooden wing that was missing but after that It works just fine!. You don't need those 2000 dollar table saws in my opinion. Save some money for the CNC! :)
CA accelerator should be on the opposite surface. If you don't blob on the CA glue, the accelerator will harden thin applications quickly.
Thank you, I liked most of what you said. I hit thumbs up early. After you advocated creating more plastic waste for convenience, I changed it. I'll watch a few other videos to decide on subscription.
Take care.
Hahah okay…..thanks for your honest opinion. what plastic waist did I advocate?
@@PenaltyBoxWoodshop the containers you switched the glue into.
thanks
👍👍
Great video. Only thing I gotta disagree with is the glue bottle. Those tite bond and rectangle opening tips are the best. You can throw down a thin line with relatively large coverage with minimal squeeze out with out having to brush or smear it.
If your doing wide work you run it narrow side and you can glob the glue on again with out having to brush or roll and with enough controll for no squeeze out
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Great tips!!!! You got a new subscriber.
Question please, do you have a link for the spray glue?
Thanks!!
Thanks for the support! I don’t have a link I’m sorry. I don’t think they sell it on Amazon. It’s starving glue and I think it will come up if you google it.
Edge plate on the guide could be 1/2” tall or even 1/4”. Motors in some skill saws get in the way.
Nice video. I have some beer suggestions for you. :-)
Haha I’ll take them!
Trick with finding the centre of any board is to use metric. Very simple maths i.e. divide by two plus you have no silly fractions to worry about.
AWESOME MEASURING FOR THE CENTER TIPS!!!!!!!! YOU ARE THE GREATEST!!!!!! THANK YOU!!!! I was going insane just the other day, trying to find the precise middle of a flipping 2x4! How stupid is that!?!
Hahaha glad it was helpful!
Hilarious... I have three speed squares like those that I use often. I had no idea what those numbers were along the 45° until now.... they’re degrees! Lol Probably would never have figured that out on my own. Thanks for sharing!
Hahah I’m glad it was helpful! Those things are so handy to have around!
@@PenaltyBoxWoodshop absolutely! And these were all great tips!
Thank you for the support and kind comments!
You might want to make sure the strip of timber is straight before you attach it to the ply for the saw track.
Yea, I figured that was implied but still very true. 👍
Agreed, that's gotta be a factory edge (or known straight). The overhand on the other side is a great idea, I wish I'd done that. I also put a reference edge at 90 degrees on one end for making that long cut at a 90 more easy.
on the painter's tape you can use double sided tape. It does the same thing, and you don't waste your ca. glue. |||
Biscuits are a form of loose tenon and certainly adds strength. This strength is not needed in panel glue up, but it is needed in joints where grains of the two joined members are perpendicular.
The glue joint is stronger than the wood itself. The biscuits add alignment only---not strength. Several You tubers have proved this true. Ref John Heisz and Matthias Wandel on the subject among others.
Hi, My workshop is damp so I buy tools etc that are aluminium - no rust
just a thought .... illuminate the beer
Thanks so much! Good, sound tips. A tip for you, seeing as you're interested in improving your glue bottle experience. Check out the Glu-Bot, by FastCap. You can find them on Amazon for under $10. Best glue dispenser ever... pulls from the bottom and has a well designed tip. Check it out. You'll be glad you did.
Thanks man! Yea, I’ve used the glue bots before. They are pretty good but you can get like 6 of these bottles for the same price and I have had problems with the glue bots drying down the spout to the bottom
Dollar stores usually have those bottles for ketchup or mustard
Good to know!
First of your videos I've watched. You showed this ol nail bender 3 out of 4. Didn't care for the Coors advertising though.
U can normally just pop the cap of the condiment bottles and put them on ur glue bottle. So just swap the caps out 😉
Cool idea!
I use mustered, and Hershey’s syrup bottles.
Not a bad idea!
10:12 Tip 8: A board is 8 FEET long, but it can be an 8 FOOT board.
What are some other tips or myths that I didnt talk about?
That things made from pallets are cheap crap that causes cancer. Paul Jackman and Epic Upcycling YT channels would change a few minds on that score.
Agreed! If you have never made something from a pallet where did you even really start? 🤓
With regard to pallet projects. Please keep in mind most pallets have long histories with a lot of different stops along the way. I worked for a pool supply company with lots of pallets. Most had toxic chemicals spilled on them that soaked in. Then who know where their next stop is. Keep that in mind when your children sit on your pallet furniture.
7. jut buy gluebot. It's great
Math I’m a good estimator, adding and multiplication I use my iPhone.
Haha always a good option
my easy measuring/math tip: use metric!
Hahaha I know metric is great but I have only ever used customary units.
@@PenaltyBoxWoodshop i believe its called imperial, if you dont mind me saying.
That is correct. And it was formalized in the United States in 1832
I think your formula to calculate board feet is wrong. You are supposed to divide the length, width and thickness by 12 , not by 144 as stated on your video. But good tips.
your formula for board feet it works only if you convert the feet to inches: 8ftx6inx1in/ 144 like this: 8x12=96 so than you do this: 96x6x1/144=4. The way you have the formula, after you calculate the boar feet you'll get 0.333 board feet instead of 4 board feet.
Thank you for pointing that out. I’ll need to go back and watch the video to confirm but I appreciate you letting me know.
0:50 A defect cord should immediately replaced not taped together. Otherwise you risk an electric shock or setting your workshop on fire. A loose connection may also lead to other surprises like the machine stops in the middle of the cut and suddenly comes back to life and jumps backwards (kickback).
One extra tip - NEVER, EVER tape a broken mains cable back together like he did. Replace the cable! There's no point following all the woodworking safety rules if you're simply going to electrocute yourself instead.
Some nice tips. But if you used metric you wouldn't have hard maths to do!
Can I really trust a garage worker with cut electrical cords.
Use metric!!
Another tip: ditch the imperial system and join the rest of the world with metric 😁
You’re not the first to suggest that hahaha
When you fully understand how - a chicken and a half, lays an egg and a half, in a day and a half, then you will realize why base 12 is the more natural system.
Easier way to measure and divide if you're struggling..use bloody metric system.🤷
I don’t have a bloody metric tape measure. 🤪
Biscuits and Domino’s absolutely do add strength.