Half Laps 3 ways: Power, Hand, Hybrid
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- čas přidán 13. 05. 2015
- Trying the new saw for the first time and I wanted to see the difference in time cutting the joints. I think the hand cuts took about 1 minute longer than the power method, but I dropped the timber off a saw bench at one point. The last method was the best for speed and accuracy. Not scientific, but it was fun.
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Billy is one of my favourite You Tube woodworkers. Sorry about using your bench with power tools Billy...lol - Jak na to + styl
I was searching for a video,with instruction how to cut overlap joint. Thank so much.Your video is very good .I used to get done my job..firts I trying on old pieces of wood and sacrified a few.to learn. Thank so much..
You are welcome. Glad I could help. Thanks for watching
Who would have thought that watching someone cut lumber could be so entertaining! 😁
To me, the hybrid approach appears to be the simplest.
Thanks! 👍
You're welcome. It was a neat experiment.
David K. The hybrid method seems the fastest and less exhausting as well (although in the video it said it had took about the same time for all three of them). This was exactly what I was looking for. Thanks!
Great video! Thanks for the help.
Good stuff! Dig the hand saw method! Old school 👍🏼
Thanks, I had fun doing it.
Very helpful. Wish I would have seen this before the double half lap I did on two 8x8's.
Thanks, hope it helped you.
Actually. by looking at the time stamp for each section of the video, the power section was very close to 3 minutes, while the hand section was about 5 and half minute. The hybrid was the best at about 2 minutes
Very nice and simple demonstration. Smartly done. Self deprecating humor were good too!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you! JUST what I needed! I have the tools to do the first technique.
Awesome! Go for it!
THANK YOU!!! This is exactly what I needed.. my post are all ready up right and now I need to extend, It will be interesting to say the least. Just don't tell my husband I've found a way to accomplish what I need to do 😁😁
You're welcome and keep up the good work.
Good video, I decided to have a look before I started. I have 4x4 6ft posts I need to extend by a couple of foot, they will be upright and I am wondering what you use to join them and how long the joint should be. I was going to laminate them using waterproof wood glue and clamps then with the nail gun put some 3.75" stainless steel nails in them for the joint itself I was thinking closer to a foot.
Dang !!! Mad skills. Thank you for this video.
Thank you
Great Help! Thank You!!!
Glad to be able to help.
Tnx for sharing it bro!!!
You're welcome, thanks for watching.
Awesome!!. I cant believe i didnt think about doing it like that.
Thanks for posting, I only have a decent enough handsaw and an old skilly can’t afford any fancy tools and I need to do two of these joints for my beams....watching this helps big time. Cheers
The hand saws I have I bought at a yard sale. I paid $2 for 4 of them. 2 I refiled to a rip tooth, 2 I left cross cut. A $30 induction hardened hand saw, like a Stanley Sharptooth will get you through too.
A skil circular saw is 40 bucks. It isn't a fancy tool. It's cheaper than a good hand saw. And a lot easier on the arms lol.
Thanks, I learned somthing
Great video thanks
You're welcome. It's one of my first ones.
very very very good of job
Thank you
Thanks for this videos
You're welcome
Enjoyed Thank you! On to building a Great Danes home away from home!
All the Danes I've ever met were pretty great. Have fun building.
Jim Dockrell .....She IS a lover and a protector ..... Thank you for your efforts ! Be Well
Would like to have seen you join two posts after the cut. I need to join a 4x4 to extend it using a half lap join using hand tools only. Thank you though, shows how easy it should be.
Pretty much the same process for a post, though I would make the lap bigger.
Jim Dockrell agreed. I’m adding appx 3 ft on top of existing posts using a 12” overlap. I find that I tend to drift some on the 12” cut, especially on the existing post remaining in the ground, so I’m having trouble making it look smooth. I’m raising a 4’ picket fence to a 6’ privacy fence and trying to utilize what the previous homeowner left since he sunk the posts in cement. The worst part is, he made the entire fence by hand, and never came close to 8’ centers. So instead of pulling all the short posts and putting in new ones centered at 8’, I’ll extend the existing short posts to 6’ and build panels to match each span. My bolts will keep it tight, so as long as it’s strong, I can overlook the lack of perfection I suppose.
You make hand sawing look so simple
Editing...lol.
An easy trick is to use a short piece of square cut wood (18" x 3" x 2") as a guide for the saw. Just slide the wood up to the saw blade, make sure the front edge of the guide is in line with the work and keep the saw blade against the square edge as you saw. This will ensure your saw cut is square in both trajectories. For the end cuts you could even ask a wood shop to machine cut a 6" slot in your guide and clamp the guide in position while you saw through the slot.
Damn I need a beer after all that sawing.
Don't take one of mine...the weekend is coming and I'm running low already....lol.
@@JimDockrellWatertone lol
Was that your leg in the frame at the 3 minute mark or did you hire a stand in. Lol.
I appreciate your video showing me how to join my Timbers.
Thank you
Yes it was. Didn't mean to get you all excited though...lol.
I must off missed something! Stupid is as stupid does?
You can put an 8 inch blade in the power saw . Give you more depth .
Shhh, don't tell the wife....I want an excuse to buy a beam saw....lol.
Hybrid is what we used on union sights in the seventies.
Anyone who dislikes this video is a Moron !
This video is Great. - Plud He shows you MULTIPLE WAYS of doing it -
Cant ask for anything better
Thanks for the support.
Like you!
How do you know how deep to go on a 4×4 lap joint?
1/2 way.
What is the big difference in a rip handsaw vs a cross cut sir?
The fleam on the teeth and how many teeth per inch. Fleam being the angle the tooth is sharpened at. Rip saws are straight across, 90 degrees to the plate. Cross cut are around 20 degrees off that.
@@JimDockrellWatertone thank you for the reply sir
Using a rip and cross cut saw on PT wood sucks at the best of times. Kiln dried in Georgian bay.
It was a fun experiment. If I could move a few hours north and be on Georgian bay, I'd be there.....lol. Thanks for watching and commenting.
What’s the point when do you join them ?.
Makes longer pieces of wood that won't split. Strength.
Yepper, that's one way to do it.
Well, 3 actually...lol. Thanks!
Just did 8 posts today
That's a good day's work.
Rub some candle wax on your saw makes them smooth as silk
good idea, ill try it
like a "silent movie"
Is that a good thing?
Using a carpenter's square clamped to the piece as a guide would be safer.
Perhaps. Experience helps too. If you start depending on a crutch you will never learn to walk. Thanks for viewing and the input.
Safety is not a crutch.
@@Astrovideo clamping a square to what you're cutting isn't safety, it's a waste of time.
I have no idea how you still have ten fingers.
Easy, I pay attention and never let them leave my hands.
bollocks the all hand saw method was much more effort and took longest. good comparison though
Some days you have more energy than others, or maybe less electricity...lol.
@@JimDockrellWatertone agreed! always good to have different methods. I tried using a sliding mitre saw... no good, quickly went back to the circular saw 😀
My question is use what you have around you because some of us don't have the money to buy tools but I guess you can call me a red neck sorta speck think about what I said.????
You can figure just about anything out if you try.
Great video! Thanks for the help.
Great video! Thanks for the help.
You're welcome....thanks for watching. It was a fun experiment.