This is a great video. I'm a professional carpenter. I own a large dual compound slider as well as the 7 1/4" version, which now gets used 95 percent of the time . For years I've kept a stanley 150 miter box on my truck . It's great for going room to room doing shoe moldings in homes where power saws cannot enter.. I just bought an old stanley no 358 miter box. I'm trying to incorporate that to further cancel my big saw. With the crown stops that came with it I can cut compound angles. The saw will also swing all the way to 60 degrees. I know it'll never be able to cut giant crown like a 12" saw, but I rarely do that.... i think vintage hand tools are way cooler than big miter saws and even modern things like the topic of this video are way cooler.
Thanks for your comment Tim. Yeah, this comes in handy for cutting mouldings on site. Beats carrying a compound slider from room to room. Bit slower of course but just as accurate.
@@ebonisto plus, on some jobs they won't allow power saws in the house if you're in the final stages of completion. So you'd have to set up outside and walk back and forth, which makes hand saws much faster.
I have had the saw guide for a few years now. This is the best instructional video I have seen on it’s use. I would recommend this video to anyone thinking of buying the saw guide or anyone already using one.
Good review, and it would be a cool tool for anybody not wanting to invest the time and practice to master freehand cutting. I used all kinds of guides when first learning to cut dovetails, but one by one they hit the junk drawer. Now I can cut square and true without even thinking about it, however, it did take a lot of practice before I finally got the “feel” for it. I guess it depends on what you want to accomplish.
Thank you Tim and quite right, it takes a long time and a lot of practise to master cutting square by hand. This definitely helps if you're not there yet. Even a beginner can cut very accurately with this guide.
If you watch someone like Graham Blackburn he'll say that handtool workers traditionally did very little freehand work (except for rough cutting) he says "we have jigs for everything
Woah, never heard of this jig! Amazing! 😳✨✨ Will def save time on correcting my crooked endgrains/handcuts on the shooting board! That parallel/rip feature is very nice too! It’s like a table saw and miter saw in one! (Both of which I don’t have) Btw: could this be used as a dovetail guide/jig too? ie: Can it rest on top of the endgrain while board is in a vise? (endgrain pointing up)
Hello, you can use it to cut dovetails if you have enough surface to rest it on. I would clamp a sacrificial piece of wood level with the endgrain where you cut the dovetail and cut through both pieces. Better still a piece either side. This will give you a smoother cut as well. Bit fiddly though.
@@ebonisto Thanks! Sacrificials is a great idea! Just saw these old vids about making a simple wood jig for a similar saw guide. ua-cam.com/video/P3DUTzGqFb4/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/fn9aogREvYk/v-deo.html Such versatility - compound miter, rip/table saw, as well as dovetails/tenons!
Hello, There datum blade is a piece of metal that is the same thickness and length as the saw blade without the teeth. It comes as part of the package with the saw guide. You use it to line up the saw guide to a marked line, especially when you need to do long cuts on a board. You then use the saw to cut on the line which you aligned using the datum blade. Hope this helps.
That thing is cool
Exactly what i‘m looking for. Great content.
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Thank you very much. I think you made a good choice! All the best.
This is a great video. I'm a professional carpenter. I own a large dual compound slider as well as the 7 1/4" version, which now gets used 95 percent of the time . For years I've kept a stanley 150 miter box on my truck . It's great for going room to room doing shoe moldings in homes where power saws cannot enter.. I just bought an old stanley no 358 miter box. I'm trying to incorporate that to further cancel my big saw. With the crown stops that came with it I can cut compound angles. The saw will also swing all the way to 60 degrees. I know it'll never be able to cut giant crown like a 12" saw, but I rarely do that.... i think vintage hand tools are way cooler than big miter saws and even modern things like the topic of this video are way cooler.
Thanks for your comment Tim. Yeah, this comes in handy for cutting mouldings on site. Beats carrying a compound slider from room to room. Bit slower of course but just as accurate.
@@ebonisto plus, on some jobs they won't allow power saws in the house if you're in the final stages of completion. So you'd have to set up outside and walk back and forth, which makes hand saws much faster.
@timbarry5080 I agree, saves time compared to walking back and forth to wherever your compound saw is on site.
Excellent review!! Thanks!!
Thank you Ricardo, and thanks for watching.
Great instructional video. Well done !
I have had the saw guide for a few years now.
This is the best instructional video I have seen on it’s use.
I would recommend this video to anyone thinking of buying the saw guide or anyone already using one.
Thanks a lot Neil! Glad to hear that you like the video. We do try our best.
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Interesting device. Thank you 👍
Thank you for watching.
Looks great!
Thanks for watching!
Perfect video. Looking forward to making a frame for some artwork now!
Thank you!
Good review, and it would be a cool tool for anybody not wanting to invest the time and practice to master freehand cutting. I used all kinds of guides when first learning to cut dovetails, but one by one they hit the junk drawer. Now I can cut square and true without even thinking about it, however, it did take a lot of practice before I finally got the “feel” for it. I guess it depends on what you want to accomplish.
Thank you Tim and quite right, it takes a long time and a lot of practise to master cutting square by hand. This definitely helps if you're not there yet. Even a beginner can cut very accurately with this guide.
If you watch someone like Graham Blackburn he'll say that handtool workers traditionally did very little freehand work (except for rough cutting) he says "we have jigs for everything
Woah, never heard of this jig! Amazing! 😳✨✨
Will def save time on correcting my crooked endgrains/handcuts on the shooting board!
That parallel/rip feature is very nice too! It’s like a table saw and miter saw in one! (Both of which I don’t have)
Btw: could this be used as a dovetail guide/jig too? ie: Can it rest on top of the endgrain while board is in a vise? (endgrain pointing up)
Hello, you can use it to cut dovetails if you have enough surface to rest it on. I would clamp a sacrificial piece of wood level with the endgrain where you cut the dovetail and cut through both pieces. Better still a piece either side. This will give you a smoother cut as well. Bit fiddly though.
@@ebonisto Thanks! Sacrificials is a great idea!
Just saw these old vids about making a simple wood jig for a similar saw guide.
ua-cam.com/video/P3DUTzGqFb4/v-deo.html
ua-cam.com/video/fn9aogREvYk/v-deo.html
Such versatility - compound miter, rip/table saw, as well as dovetails/tenons!
It's good for when traveling light like when you're away on holiday and need to do some compound cuts.
Does it come with a nail clipper?
😄 definitely good for travelling light when you go on site.
Hello. Nice video! How deep is possible cut? Thank you
Hi Franek, the sawblade is 63mm high. After cutting to a depth of 63mm you have to use the established kerf to cut deeper, free hand.
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What is datum blade and where can one find it? (I have same idea what it is, but have never seen it)
Hello,
There datum blade is a piece of metal that is the same thickness and length as the saw blade without the teeth. It comes as part of the package with the saw guide. You use it to line up the saw guide to a marked line, especially when you need to do long cuts on a board. You then use the saw to cut on the line which you aligned using the datum blade. Hope this helps.