Make Perfect Blade-Width Shims WITHOUT Measuring! / How To Make Splines On The Table Saw
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- čas přidán 3. 06. 2024
- For absolutely perfect table saw joinery you need a blade-width shim! This is a great way to make shims, for any thickness of blade, without even measuring the blade. This would also work great for cutting splines for mitered corners.
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Literally said "THAT IS FREAKING GENIUS!" as I saw you doing it. The simplest trick and yet I never would've thought of it, definitely using this one!
Me too! Brilliant!
I had watched the earlier video and thought “How the heck do you make that shim?” Brilliant!
I’m 76 and been working with wood for 1year, thanks for woodworkers like you I’ve not been hurt and learned do such, thanks for your videos, everything I make I give away to friends and family, that way no one can complain, thanks again
Wow, when i saw you do it it was really a "how could i never have thought of this" moment. Genius sir!
As a newbie, I’m not ready to have my hands that close to the blade with unsecured (2) pieces of wood. But with a crosscut sled and some hold down clamps...
I’m enjoying the real life measuring videos. Thx.
That's genius. Haven't seen that in over 40 yrs of woodworking. Nice job!
These two videos are the best tips I've seen in months. Crazy how no one else has done them
Awesome, another really great thing you have shown again. Your videos are always tight, well edited, clear voice, no silly music to distract, pure fun creative learning right there. Thank you again for excellence, Jim Tree
what he said! X10
Off to the shop to make a "shim" and practice a half lap! !! !!!
This is quite possibly one of the most useful woodworking tip vids I've ever seen. As I'm certain several people mention below, this is the perfect way to cut key strips for keyed/splined miter joints. I wish I'd have known this technique - it would have saved me literal hours (and a lot of nice walnut) trying to dial in the 'perfect' spline thickness.
Those half half laps actually look pretty cool.
Another elegant use of direct measurement. Kudos.
richard
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Ah, those three little words so many people seem to have so much trouble saying: “I was wrong.”
And now I see that I didn't even need to make a jig to cut slots for splines. I should have come here earlier. Thanks, man.
That's probably the quickest and simplest way to cut shims. Love it.
Genius. I love the "perfect cut with no measuring" theme. Subscribed!
I was wondering why you had two videos that has the same content based on the title: "perfect mitre splines" and "perfect kerf shims". Now it makes sense.
Last night I watched your previous video on the half lap. I thought to myself... He needs to show how to make a kerf wide shim to match the blade thickness. Voila! You did it and kudos!!! Love it! Good on ya!
what a perfect solution to such a frustrating requirement....perfect kerf size shims....awesome idea...
Soooooo…….. YOU DESERVE AN AWARD FOR THIS!!! Crazy simple/useful/inexpensive! I’m almost in tears! Thanks!
This video deserves more recognition on how genius this method is.
Thanks for sharing, I know this video is old (I came back to this to rewatch) but your tips/tricks are always the best, and are actually useful and usually haven't seen them before.
Take care!
Best woodworking tip videos on the internet. No bs, no rambling, just info.
That's a really clever technique. With CZcams having an abundance of woodworking channels, you have to find ways to differentiate yourself, and I think you've been doing that quite well. I've gotten a lot of helpful info from your videos and I have no doubt that will continue.
Man, you always have the best “tricks”
I think your mind works a little differently than others, and that's a good thing. A very clever solution.
Very useful, one of those "Why didn't I think of that?" kind of things. Thank you!
Probalby the most accurate manner to do so, you cannot adjust it that closely - NICE
"Pretty cool," No, that's brilliant! 😀
Thanks, loving your channel.
GENIUS!!!...probably the best wood working tip I have ever learned!!!...Thank you!
Wow! That technique for establishing shims that match the saw blade kerf precisely is genius!! Thanks for sharing this! Pure gold I tell you!
I saw the other video on making splines where you used the method at the end of this video, and immediately subscribed to your channel. You have already made my life so much better, so I look forward to watching every video on your channel, whether I need them all (yet) or not.
I'm also gonna give you a shout out on all the ww pages I belong to on Facebook.
Did this just yesterday with a dado stack. Works flawlessly!!! I’ve seen dozens of videos and no other maker has ever shown it. I made a box joint jig, it fit perfect the first time!
Some people were born to teach - you are clearly one of them. Very gifted instructor. Thank you!
Genius! What I REALLY like though is that DeWalt round arm in the background! Stud! :)
Well I'll be gawl dayumn. That's brilliant. Boffum. Brilliant 👏 👏 👏
That’s the slickest trick yet. I’ve used a similar trick to make thin stock cuts but not as a blade width shim like you did here. Awesome
If you turn the one block around the kerf cut will act as a push block to push the piece through.
Great tip. I watched the half lap video and was impressed, but wondered how to make a blade width shim. Now I know.
Thanks.
I came up with a less accurate and noticeably slower way to make a saw kerf width spline a few months ago. Your way is so much better.
I don't even work with wood or even have a workshop but thought this was genius!! I love watching craftsmen.
I always hated cutting splines for mitered corners on picture frames because i would spend an hour trying to get them to fit right. Thank you! I love the no measuring concept. Ive been trying to do that too.
Fantastic!! Making the shim for a regular sized saw blade finger joint jig has always been the downside for me. Now I know!!! Thank you. Have a great Thanksgiving.
I wish I had your creative mind but at least we have your videos. Keep em coming please.
Wow, that's genius! I'm going to use this to redo some riving knives I made in zero clearance inserts (old saw doesn't have a riving knife). When I made them initially, I was using calipers, slowly sanding away, etc. This is much faster 🙌🙏
Dude! Great solution man! So elegant and simple and no measuring!!
Many thanks - what a VERY neat trick - and not a metric or an imperial measurement in sight 🙊👍
Thanks. You have a talent for finding simple solutions to difficult problems. Cheers.
You keep reminding me of stuff I have forgotten, thanks a lot. NOW to compensate for getting so old and forgetful , I write this is a notebook.....
I recently decided that I am making these videos simply to remind myself how to do some of this stuff when I forget too. Which is a lot.
@@InspireWoodcraft The internet memory effect really shines the first time you search for how to do something, and the first result is your own work.
I put up my first website in 1994. So I already had a few years of work online when the first search engines were starting up. It was much more likely when the Internet was much smaller.
It hasn't happened in at least 15 years except when I knew I had
written something and thus included my user name in the search.
I've watched this and the 1/2 lap video. This beats the way I've been making these joints over the years. It's a very useful joint that can be a pain to set up and get to look right until now. Thanks a million.
I'm making shims for a box joint jig, you just answered my burning question, thank you! 👍
That is some fivehead thinking there. Kudos. Definitely watch more of these videos to figure out how to take the measuring tape out of the equation as much as possible.
Jody, you fixed it for me. I just made a jig to cut slots for splines for my first picture frame miter joints, and I was stuck trying and trying to cut some mahogany for splines. All bloody day. Too thick. Too thin. Then I saw how you did it -- I missed it at first because you called it a shim but I wanted a spline. The penny finally dropped -- we're talking about the same thing, and your method is brilliant!! I cut a bunch that actually fit my test frame. Thank you!!
You are a genius. I’ve been racking my brain for ages trying to think of a simple way to do cut these shims. Thanks, truly brilliant. So sick I couldn’t think this through myself!
Absolutely genius, I will be using this next time I need splines for reinforcing miters. My current solution is to cut them slightly oversize and then hand plane to exact size but this will be a massive time saver. Thanks for the tip!
Thanks for taking your time to share these simple but amazing tricks 👍👍👍
Yesterday I asked how to cut a strip one blade width thick and you stepped right up! Thanks.
Absoutely brilliant! How on earth did you figure that out?? You a woodworking Einstein!! Keep up the awesome content.
It only took half a day and a few new gray hairs! Well I mean, if I had hair there would be new gray ones.
I have to thank you for this video. I have watched it several times. For whatever reason I can’t seem to remember how to do it so I have to keep coming back. Please don’t remove this video ☺️
That would also be a great way to make splines for mitered corners on small boxes
Great idea, thanks. A cut is not the width of the blade. All blades (all rotating elements) have some degree of vibration/wobble in them [the better saws have less]. So the cut in the wood is the width of the blade PLUS any wobble. It's a small differential, but frustrating when trying to get a precise cut. This is a great correction method and a lot simpler than a Kerf Master.
This is perfect to cut Kumiko strips, thanks for sharing!
What is this magic ?!!!!! Amazing work!!
This will come in handy when ripping a stick of wood in half so as to get booth pieces of wood to be the same width. That along with folding a piece of paper.
No measuring a good thing less errors big plus less to think about thanks keep up the good content
Useful technique for creating a box joint jig's key, as well.
One word: Genius!
Your videos are the most practical woodworking videos for us new guys. I appreciate them more than you know!!!!
Brilliant! Now all i have to do is remember this when I get out to the shop :)
I’m headed out to the shop right now, and bringing the video with me!
I have saved this video to my list. I hope he never removes it...
That is nice! I wouldn't have thought of that in a million years.
So simple, genius!!! Thanks for sharing my guy! Got me pumped to go to my garage 🤘
This is genius. This is only the third video of yours I’ve watched (in a row) and I’m subscribing. All your videos bring something new to the table for me as a new woodworker and you’re very informative and instructive. Love it.
Man, I spent $64 on the Microjig “Matchfit dado stop pro” to do basically this same thing…except this is much easier to use and FREE! Love these videos!
Thank you so much for sharing! Will make life lot easier now!
Wow, OMG, as a pen turner I am always trying to get that right. I do a lot of segmenting, this solves a lot of problems. Thank you very much, this is the best thing I learned in a long time. . I am now a subscribe to your Chanel
I’m not sure if I commented already but this is genius! Thanks for sharing
William Ng eat your heart out. You really do have a good brain for this sort of thing. This is another stellar tip that I doubt I would ever have worked out myself. So impressed!
That is a very sexy joint👍 I actually have several frames to make very soon and will employ your tactic. Thanks again for eliminating the math.
Nice, spent part of yesterday trying to figure out how to figure out how to do this, and your video on “How To Cut Splined Miters Without A Jig” just saved me from building another jig.
Jody, I’ve been woodworking longer than you’ve been alive - and I learn something useful from pretty much every video you put out. Love your ingenuity, love your presentation style. Please keep on doing what you do!
Simple genius. Said many times before
Now that is a clever way of making the shim 😀
You always make VERY useful videos! Really great idea, I'll be adding it to my jig list.! I wouldn't call this "pretty darn good", I'd call it PERFECT!
Once again you've proved why I subscribe to this channel. Brilliant and simple, doesn't get any better than that.
Over the years I have acquired many power and hand tools thinking they will help me improve my skill and results. To a certain degree they have, but when I see videos like this it is the tool between our ears that needs to improve. The simplest technique requiring zero $ and producing exacting results. Outstanding. Thank you for sharing.
the simplest tricks are the best ones. Great thanks for this video!!!
I join many others in commending you here for an ingenious procedure. In addition to the intended half-lap application and the box joint jig and miter spline applications called out here in the comments, your technique can also be used to create a splitter for those of us with table saws that don't have a riving knife.
awesome technique / idea, I'm going to try that next time I need to make a shim and make a half lap
Brilliant! I heartily agree: don’t measure if you don’t have to. Numbers don’t matter; fit matters.
The “Yoda” of wood working! Thank you!
The hardest part in crafting simple solutions like this one is pushing away from the traditional approach, clearing your mind and assessing your resources and as you did approach the problem from a completely different prospective. Well done AGAIN!!
Thanks for the video, it will help when making a spline joint on boxes and pictures frames. Thanks again and keep up the informative work.
Very clever and one I will be using for the rest of my woodworking years. This is also a great way to make splines for miter joints.
As always, thanks for taking the time to share with us ... it truly is appreciated. Cheers Mate!!
Thanks for the great idea. I've always struggled making saw blade shims.
Hey man. Wish I knew that earlier. Took me a couple of hours to make some mitre splines back in August, in time to gift the frame to my father. This would have made it way less stressful, and accurate.
Genius! Nothing left to say. Regards.
Wow, that's friggin' genius~! Thanks for that awesome tip~!!
Genius! I just got a new table saw and was just about to sit down and see if I figure this "secret recipe". I knew there _had_ to be a way to do this. Thank you for saving me probably a couple hours and whole lot of frustration. I plan on making one these for each blade I have and labelling each shim with the brand name and type of blade.
One of the cool things about this is that it works even if your blade is somehow out-of-spec. I cut some slots for splines for a miter-cornered box and after some trial and error, found that my supposedly 0.125" (1/8") blade was cutting a kerf closer to 0.145". Maybe my blade has some wobble, or maybe some of the teeth are bent out. Doesn't matter - I can just make the perfect shims/splines for my wonky blade using this method.
I regret that I have but one thumbs up to give. I will be using this method immediately! Thank you so much for sharing these two simple methods.
ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT! You are the best.
DUDE!!!
I have been trying to figure this out for the longest time!
I would even adjust projects because I didn't want to go through the hassle of calculating and setting things up. Thank you so much for posting this.
OMG!
I am watching this at 1;30 in the morning and can't wait to go and make my shim tomorrow. I have some half-laps to do for a frame and this just took all my usual feelings of half-lap dread away
Awesome! Thanks - I needed this!
Wow how neat! Thanks