How to Cut a Dado Joint with Hand Tools
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- Опубліковано 21 сер 2024
- Joshua Farnsworth shows how to cut dado joints with hand tools like a backsaw, chisel, and router plane. See the full blog post here:
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Sweet dude, much more in touch with the workpiece then using a table saw with dado stacked blades, or using a electrical router! Maybe not to efficient if you are in the woodworking industry and need to make many items quickly, but for doing corrections on site even if you do use power tools, this information is invaluable! I am a blacksmith and machinist, but I am trying to get into woodworking, but have noise restrictions at the place of my residence, so hand tools and not using noisy power tools is a must! Thanks for that insight, I didn't even know you could get a router hand tool, instead of he electrical variant! Thanks again, to show my appreciation, I will subscribe as you seem very in touch and would like to pickup and master the type of skills you are willing to teach, even if they are elementary or not, I don't care, I like being green and like being in touch with my work, closer than many other people in my fields of work. Have a great week! Stu
stuart w So glad you've subscribed! I'm not sure why a power router got it's name, as they're not really the same tool at all.
I see where your heads at trying to scribe a line matching your imperfect stock... but a back saw only cuts a straight line. You solution doesn't really solve the problem at hand. Also stand up when you saw, sitting down makes good form impossible.
Nice video Joshua. Shows that it’s easier to get a precision fit with hand tools...and quieter too. Marking the width of the dado using the actual piece doesn’t help if the wood is cupped. But it definitely does help if the board is slightly thinner on one side than the other. Like it might be if it had been thicknessed by hand. I think that’s the example you meant to say. -Jim
Really great technique and info. I use my router plane every time I cut a dado or a groove, especially if it is a sheet good and use my table saw....it's amazing how much material gets missed by a dado stack.....even more surprising how many people I see cut dados this way then assemble ....you just know that's not a good fit, but you do get a quick understanding for their craftsmanship. Great video and thanks for sharing.
Hey, thanks for your input! Yes, power tools aren't always faster!
hope I can get a job this fall so I can acquire so great tools and do some wood working this winter thanks for another great video
Best of luck Waylon! Here's how I buy my tools: I sell everything that I don't use on eBay and Craigslist, then put that cash toward hand tools. That way my wife doesn't get mad, I clear out a bunch of stuff I don't use, and I get amazing tools that will be around for centuries. But don't worry about buying every tool at once. You can find some good initial tools to get started (for pretty low prices). Here's my beginner's set of tools: woodandshop.com/which-hand-tools-do-you-need-for-traditional-woodworking/
Sir this is really excellent Excellent. The Teacher as well as his Tools
Great wood working lesson, I learned something!
Leo Castro So glad I could help Leo!
As always, a great work and class.
Marcelo Iván Rojas Hernández Glad you enjoyed it Marcelo!
That is pretty much how I was taught on my joinery apprenticeship 50 years ago.
A good job and you do have to be careful with adjusters staying tight with routers.
Excellent! I'm glad that the traditional skills are being kept alive! Thanks for watching.
i enjoy watching you work....from your window
Very nice and informative video!
gig777 Thanks so much!
Love the hammer !!
Use a Dado plane or a Stanley 45 with the spurs out to score a cross the grain. Then select the width of straight cutter for the size dado you want to cut. Tack a strip of wood to the face of the work and set the depth on the plane . You can cut a dado very clean and faster than this method.
You make this look too easy - I'm going to be overconfident when I try this for the first time! ;) How important is it to get a back saw for cutting dado joints? Can a regular cross-cut hand saw do the trick, or am I just going to regret not getting a back saw?
I like your approach because it allows to work with not so perfectly straight stock. Most of my wood is reclaimed, so fitting it in a dado can be a bit of an headache at times.
I was wondering, if you had to cut a longer dado, one too long for your saw, what would you do?
+Aldo Tanca Thanks for your question Aldo. A dado is across the grain, so I rarely have one that is longer than my back saw. But if you had a dado that was very long you could score the boundaries with a marking knife then remove the initial waste with a chisel, and continue to score down with a knife. Or use a larger panel type cross cut saw.
neat!
Xantiago P Glad you liked it!
this is really helpful; thanks for uploading. would this method work just as well if the joint is cut into a 12" wide board? would you do anything different? i'm thinking of making a bookshelf at about that depth.
Brian Barrett Hi Brian, yes, this would work on a wide board also. I've done it on 12" wide boards and didn't do anything differently.
Im Joe NOT maria.
Im on her computer.
Nice video & I see that you are well on your way.
The only things I could say is PLEASE stand up when doing this work. You need to put your whole body into it and sitting doesnt allow you to do that.
Also try offering your saw to the work at an angle on the corner first rather than trying to saw straight across the whole joint. I see your saw is binding. By sawing at different angles allows you to open & establish the kerf.
All in all good work.
Can this method (or a variation) be used if the workpiece is wider than the length of the saw? I have longer saws, but not crosscut back-saws.
01:10 ..and not the slightest tap on the fast hold ! And: why *not* using a dado plane?
01:36 crap: I have to take that back.
01:53 but Mr. Sellers chisels it out ;-P
03:29 Ahh.. finally - the router plane comes into play.
Maybe I should watch the hole video first, and then make silly comments.
i know that feeling :D
Joshua, I recently purchased a Stanley No 71 router plane. Mine is similar to the one you used in this video however it has a post in the front housing, ahead of the cutting iron, that has a "foot" on it that is adjustable for depth. The foot can also be adjusted by pivoting it left or right. Do you have any idea what this feature is for???
+Bill Anderson -- The post and foot are there for 'narrow' work -- say you were wanting to use the plane to make a groove on the narrow edge of the board... and the narrow edge happened to be narrower than the 'mouth' of that router plane... you can put the foot in there to keep the plane 'flat' across the narrow edge.
Is it the same process if you are doing a dado along a piece that is about the length of a bookcase?
You are correct JR!
Thank you I wasn't sure I had the right idea but I wanted to be sure.
can the router plane be used to start the joint, or just to finish?
Riccardo1982 You need to get the joint started with a saw and chisel, because the router needs walls to keep it on track.
Thank you you make it look so easy! Can i use a normal chisel if I don't have a router chisel?
Yes, you can use a chisel if you don't have a router plane, but a router plane flattens the bottom of the dado really well.
@@WoodAndShop I've not seen them in South Africa before but that's probably because I'm new to woodworking - thank you
So your big speech on how the wood might be curved and how you do not want to scribe a line using marking gauge flew right out the window when you used the saw.
Good point :)
"good point?" Really..... Is that it??. It was the first thing that occurred to me too. Answer??? Get your stock flat and true. Don't use shit timber
cutting sit down ?!? what the ... ?!