the author does like to from scratch, shaping and trimming wood from large blocks into fine finished products. ua-cam.com/users/postUgkxD-QRFQz730FJEh4f9BYSf-nkIMIC9hL_ as another reviewer mentioned, most projects require a lot of high-dollar equipment that most of us dont have the room or budget for. But, knowing how to do these things, even if we wont be able to practice the full stack project, is still great.
Perfect for small projects. Not got a lot of power so if the wood starts to flex it stops the saw pretty easy. Use it for small tasks and you will be happy. Safety system Works great ua-cam.com/users/postUgkxjpBI8OOeUXib_iT7UomCrQ-uauwZJ62c .lose your grip on the saw it shuts off and the sheath closes over exposed saw.
Thank you so much. I needed to learn how to make half-lap joints for constructing a driveway gate. I have neither a table saw with dado blade or a router and table. I now know that I already have what I need: a circular saw. Thank you for educating me. 🙏
Great video!! I’ve been hard pressed to find instructional videos about joinery that don’t heavily use routers. FYI to any other newbies watching: PLEASE secure your pieces down with clamps before cutting! This man is a pro, but if you’re cutting loose lumber with your saw and move them accidentally, the kick back from the saw can be very dangerous.
Nicely done and well explained. Without thinking ahead, many of us would fail to cut the lap joint from the end of the board back toward the shoulder cut. I know I have done it at least several times.
I wish Porter Cable still made a nice circular saw like that one. I have three of those Porter Cable saws you're using with the quick release blade change. I own a construction company and have about 25 circular saws. Out of all those saws my favorite three are those Porter cables from the early 2000s.
Nice job. Would like to add that it may be good to pay attention to grain.. At 9:00 on the lap joint, I would take out the heart wood on both pieces so that the joint would be stronger. (not the end of the world if you you don't do this but taking grain into account is not rocket science. There are at least three basic grain patterns and it benefits the buyer to know them. ) I think adhesive will end up being stronger then the screw in soft wood. Would recommend drilling pilot holes because screws will split softwood and likewise be careful not to sink the head unless you already countersinked it. (don't sink it past the countersink.) Using a sharp blade and using wax for lube will cut down on burning. Glad to see these wonderful videos coming out to show how simple and enjoyable these projects can be for the average person. Thanks for sharing.
Just watched your Circular Saw Joinery video. Found it interesting. Your instructions were simple to understand and you gave explanations of why you did cuts a certain way, for example on the 45 degree cut. Kudos to your video. Looking forward to more of your videos.
If you get to where i was mentally and you start to think you "need" a tablesaw, look at the diy saws on here that use a circular saw upside down. From one broke dreamer to another
Excellent video with some great information! I have been trying to out what tools I need for making joints. I didn’t know it was so simple and easy! I am looking forward to more videos so I can learn more great information and tips! Thank you!
Pretty good for a young fella. May I suggest also to mark with pencil both ways to mark solid line. Your wood was fine quality but many are not. Keep up the good work.
I look at it differently. I know that no matter what my quality target is, I will fall short. So I start out with a goal of doing it perfectly. That way I'm practicing and improving my technique. If I'm not building a piano, and the result isn't perfect, I'm fine with it and don't get stressed out. Then when the time comes to build something nice, my skills will be better able to come close to perfection.
"“We’re not building a piano” are not words from a wood worker. Today's carpenters with the pressure of production will mass produce with splitting wood, plywood that delaminates over time, nails adding to the splits, nailed butt joints with no permanent anchor, leave the work exposed in the rain for weeks then cover it to give fungus a running start, because that is the market and no one demands a high level of precision/durability. Wood workers use diagrams, make precise measurements, create precise joints, and do not use nails. Roy Underhill exemplified this even when erecting a barn with somewhat wet wood and ball joints, where the wet wood upon drying will shrink around the ball joint. Traditional wood joints are recognized for their exceptional shear strength: www.tfguild.org/timber-frame-engineering-council/member-publications-and-research/view/138/download Think about it. For load bearing beams in houses, you never see triangles or arches used to stabilize and distribute weight, maximizing a small amount of material. ua-cam.com/video/mBHJtWbsiaA/v-deo.htmlMortise, scissor, dado, etc, joints, to provide flexion and strength as was done in the past to permit earthquake/tectonic resistance- forget it. This documentary on China's Forbidden City underlines the use of joinery for resistance to the shifting earth: ua-cam.com/video/bW6LnCsK6cM/v-deo.html You cannot get that kind of perfection from nailed butt joints.
Great video. I must say particularly enjoyed how much louder the saw was then your narration I felt like every time you talked I needed to turn the volume up and every time the saw came on I needed to turn the volume down beautiful thank you for that
Great job all these people with there comments they must not carry themselves with confidence because it is all talk.great job by trying to help with your video and may God bless you and your family.
Great video and well explained. Thanks! I don't like to cut pressure treated wood any more than absolutely necessary because the saw dust is toxic. Its filled with chemicals that even the hardiest insects succumb to. I built a deck twenty years ago and I used untreated hemlock for the supporting rafters (painted, and with tar paper on the top edge) and pressure treated boards for the deck but I didn't cut any of the deck boards (deck was 10' by 14'). This deck stood up well for twenty years and still going. Also, when you notch a pressure treated board I think that your exposing the center of the wood to moisture and it will rot there just as fast as an untreated board. I made a deck railing one time and I painted the wood in all the inside corners before assembling. That was only three years ago, but it seems to be standing up well so far. Sorry to be a little negative about pressure treated wood hazards; I did like the joinery tips a lot.
just bought my first circular saw and read carefully the safety instructions. It recommends always to keep both hands on the saw and then you won't lose any fingers. Demonstration shown involves using the saw single handed which is potentially dangerous. The speed square could be clamped in place to leave both hands free to hold the saw.
Nice video, with lots of great techniques. Everything is well explained. The wood looks quite green in color and I think I noticed a "pressure treated" label on the end of one two by four. I don't like to cut pressure treated wood indoors & I avoid using pressure treated wood anywhere that involves a lot of cutting because I'm concerned that I might inhale some sawdust that has toxic pressure treated material in it. If the toxins in the wood stop bugs, molds, and lichens in their tracks its probably not good to breathe! Also, the saw cut aren't treated with preservative and are liable to rot which un-does the benefits of pressure treated wood.
Excellent video...tip: when pulling back blade cover to expose the blade for setting depth of cut, it’s not a bad idea to disconnect from power...especially noobies!!!! So as not to disconnect a finger, or worse. Thanks for sharing this useful know how.
sunray34charlie ...no, I still have all my fingers, but worked with a few carpenters who did learn from bitter experience! I actually got 2 different jobs replacing one guy who lost a hand and one who lost the tip of his finger. Experienced guys sometimes forget the powers they wield!
Was a stair installer for years, circular saw was my best friend. He should have used PT of different thickness and width for the video, as that is how we all get it. Usually, I side scrape with the saw after curf cuts, but I work in a production environment.
Thanks. I have a table saw, but this is more the work I end up doing most of the time. I like the look of it too. Functional. That square cut jig was all right, but easy to build your own with a couple pieces of scrap wood. I still need to build an 8 foot edge guide from a piece of hardboard or plywood. Wait till it need it for a project. I did some window trim with a butt joint and my brothers thought it was terrible, but I like the look of it. More country. Use wider boards.
Oh my goodness, thanks for showing me how to accomplish without so many tools to buy. Yay! But I do want one of those squares so I can quit spending an hour accounting for the saw. 😂
Thank you for a well explained and illustrated video. I have some deck repair to be done and thought my circular saw alone won't do. You just showed me that it's possible.
Thank you for the lesson, it will be used on a couple of projects I will be undertaking. I'm not a wood worker I'm a Photographer that tries to figure out away to make some equipment that they charge an arm and a leg for. I offerd my first born but they said no thanks. once again thank you.
Mark My first thought exactly. Folks it’s literally seconds. Think about how hard it will be to get them blood stains out of the wood that dried while you were in the ER.
@@rogeroday9408 your probably OK if the saw has that button you have to hold in while sqeezing the trigger. I have one circ that has it and one that doesn't.
FireBlade X LOL, I learned a long time ago. Probably is a pathway to “Hold my beer and watch this” My point is you are demo-ing a process Yer deal but...
Nice work on the mortise. Suggestion: You could have place TWO timbers together and cut both mortises in one go ensuring a perfect fit in your cross joint.
Absolutely fantastic video, I'm a beginner in the woodwork field, love it but sometimes am a bit apprehensive about some of the tools,have most of them and am looking forward to buying my first router table but am self taught except for wonderful people like you making extremely helpful and well explained video's. Thanks for that, you just earned another subscription, look forward to more videos.
Why are you apprehensive?, always respect power tools, but if you are afraid to use them you are a danger to yourself and others, learn how from someone who knows the trade, there are good evening classes usually taught by experienced tradesmen I highly recommend you find one, once you are comfortable with your techniques there is nothing to fear and your creative world will open up, I was lucky, my Dad was a tradesman, my uncle was a skilled carpenter and joiner and when I first went to work I already knew a lot, any fear I might have had was removed by certainty that I knew my craft, and because of this I was a fast learner on all the equipment in the workshop, so it wasn't a scary prospect for me, I pity youngsters who don't have my generations exposure to controlled risk, one of my current work colleagues was worried about her 12 year old son hurting himself with his Dad's tools as the lock on his workshop was broken, when I told her I was competent with power tools when I was 12 and even had my own lathe , she was amazed, what a difference a decade makes!
I notice that big box stores won't cut treated lumber in their stores. I always thought it was cause the treatment chemicals were unsafe. The joint demos were pretty good but are they safe to do indoors?
I need to cut a cross cut mortise joint or trench in 4x4 inch wood to an exact depth of 2 inches. Which tools do you suggest eg circular hand saw with a rail or guide, or a sliding mitre saw with a depth stop. Which is more accurate. If I do a set of parallel cuts, then I aim to hammer the remaining wood slits out to create the mortise joint. Please comment. A dewalt 780 1w inch has a depth stop and plenty of horizontal travel to make a flat bottome cut to a depth of 2 inches.
Half lap Miter. They look great and are very sturdy. You could add that to the video. Might want to unplug the saw (public videos) when making adjustments. But...I'm not one to do it myself so. LOL
Nice presentation I'm just a once in a?while wood worker but on the first notch cut when you free handed the second cut. Can't you flip the guide and saw around the other side?
Only issue here is that Half-lap notches are already weak because they use half the available wood for integrity / spport. If you drive a screw through it as well, as you suggest, would it not weaken the joint yet further?
Thanks. i don't have a tablessaw, but needed to know how to make these joints with a circular saw. Is there a way i could make dado cuts with my miter saw?
the author does like to from scratch, shaping and trimming wood from large blocks into fine finished products. ua-cam.com/users/postUgkxD-QRFQz730FJEh4f9BYSf-nkIMIC9hL_ as another reviewer mentioned, most projects require a lot of high-dollar equipment that most of us dont have the room or budget for. But, knowing how to do these things, even if we wont be able to practice the full stack project, is still great.
Perfect for small projects. Not got a lot of power so if the wood starts to flex it stops the saw pretty easy. Use it for small tasks and you will be happy. Safety system Works great ua-cam.com/users/postUgkxjpBI8OOeUXib_iT7UomCrQ-uauwZJ62c .lose your grip on the saw it shuts off and the sheath closes over exposed saw.
Thank you so much. I needed to learn how to make half-lap joints for constructing a driveway gate. I have neither a table saw with dado blade or a router and table. I now know that I already have what I need: a circular saw. Thank you for educating me. 🙏
I loved this. Nice clear and brilliantly shot footage, and the phrase "We are not building a piano" is now in my cannon.
Canon
@@SimParadox He might be stuffing his cannon with phrases, cheap ammo... ;-)
Been using that phrase for years
Omg me too. Theres this guy at work that'll spend 10 minutes cleaning his notches and I cant wait to say that to him
We ain't stuffing a buffalo with ice were just making the tray naw mean
Great video!! I’ve been hard pressed to find instructional videos about joinery that don’t heavily use routers. FYI to any other newbies watching: PLEASE secure your pieces down with clamps before cutting! This man is a pro, but if you’re cutting loose lumber with your saw and move them accidentally, the kick back from the saw can be very dangerous.
- Square cut: 0:46
- Half-lap notch: 2:12
- Face half-lap: 7:20
- Matched miters: 11:41
I have chomped boards for over 40 years its fun to see just the hand held circular saw ability.
Polite, clear and well placed. Not on your face kind of instruction. Great job.
Using a square, cut to the saw offset distance is a great idea. Thank you!
Nicely done and well explained. Without thinking ahead, many of us would fail to cut the lap joint from the end of the board back toward the shoulder cut. I know I have done it at least several times.
Instead of eyeballing the line around the radius edge, you can line up the end of the return on your square with the mark on the edge of board.
Best and easiest explanation of these joints I've ever seen! Great video. Thank you!
I wish Porter Cable still made a nice circular saw like that one. I have three of those Porter Cable saws you're using with the quick release blade change. I own a construction company and have about 25 circular saws. Out of all those saws my favorite three are those Porter cables from the early 2000s.
Nice job. Would like to add that it may be good to pay attention to grain.. At 9:00 on the lap joint, I would take out the heart wood on both pieces so that the joint would be stronger. (not the end of the world if you you don't do this but taking grain into account is not rocket science. There are at least three basic grain patterns and it benefits the buyer to know them. ) I think adhesive will end up being stronger then the screw in soft wood. Would recommend drilling pilot holes because screws will split softwood and likewise be careful not to sink the head unless you already countersinked it. (don't sink it past the countersink.) Using a sharp blade and using wax for lube will cut down on burning. Glad to see these wonderful videos coming out to show how simple and enjoyable these projects can be for the average person. Thanks for sharing.
I’ve recently begun experimenting in woodworking and this is a fantastic video. Thank you for making it
Love those old porter cable mag saws. Wish I still had mine!
Still have mine left blade imported to England years ago mate has a poor substitute that new skillsaw
They’re nice, but way too loud 😖
I have one to. You know its old when its got Made In USA stamped on it.
I found an old PorterCable saw made for left handers. Almost cried when it gave up the ghost
I have the black one
Simple to understand what you were doing so thank you. As a result of this tutorial I have subscribed.
Added this to my woodworking playlist, its a must have!
Genius . Never appreciated the usefulness of a circular saw . Excellent quality video , thanks .
Great advice for the novice and easy to understand. Thx
Just watched your Circular Saw Joinery video. Found it interesting. Your instructions were simple to understand and you gave explanations of why you did cuts a certain way, for example on the 45 degree cut.
Kudos to your video. Looking forward to more of your videos.
This is really helpful a guy like me on a small tool budget but plenty of projects.
If you get to where i was mentally and you start to think you "need" a tablesaw, look at the diy saws on here that use a circular saw upside down. From one broke dreamer to another
Good video. Calm informative and not annoying.
That wood grain is amasing!
Wonderful video! All I have is a circular saw, can’t justify anything more. This video provided me with additional build options. Thank you!
Excellent video with some great information! I have been trying to out what tools I need for making joints. I didn’t know it was so simple and easy! I am looking forward to more videos so I can learn more great information and tips! Thank you!
Pretty good for a young fella. May I suggest also to mark with pencil both ways to mark solid line. Your wood was fine quality but many are not. Keep up the good work.
I like it and love whole your clamps set hanging around your shop. Love and very clear
i really love your videos sharing knowledge, hope to become a wood master one day
Clear explanation, i tried it and worked perfect. Thank you very much
Spot on, simple but extremely instructional video. I learned a LOT!
Thank you and greetings form Portugal.
An excellent explanation sir thank you and need more projects aboutwood joint
“We’re not building a piano.” Words to live by! Don’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good.
Exactly
I look at it differently. I know that no matter what my quality target is, I will fall short. So I start out with a goal of doing it perfectly. That way I'm practicing and improving my technique. If I'm not building a piano, and the result isn't perfect, I'm fine with it and don't get stressed out. Then when the time comes to build something nice, my skills will be better able to come close to perfection.
"“We’re not building a piano” are not words from a wood worker. Today's carpenters with the pressure of production will mass produce with splitting wood, plywood that delaminates over time, nails adding to the splits, nailed butt joints with no permanent anchor, leave the work exposed in the rain for weeks then cover it to give fungus a running start, because that is the market and no one demands a high level of precision/durability.
Wood workers use diagrams, make precise measurements, create precise joints, and do not use nails. Roy Underhill exemplified this even when erecting a barn with somewhat wet wood and ball joints, where the wet wood upon drying will shrink around the ball joint. Traditional wood joints are recognized for their exceptional shear strength: www.tfguild.org/timber-frame-engineering-council/member-publications-and-research/view/138/download
Think about it. For load bearing beams in houses, you never see triangles or arches used to stabilize and distribute weight, maximizing a small amount of material. ua-cam.com/video/mBHJtWbsiaA/v-deo.htmlMortise, scissor, dado, etc, joints, to provide flexion and strength as was done in the past to permit earthquake/tectonic resistance- forget it. This documentary on China's Forbidden City underlines the use of joinery for resistance to the shifting earth: ua-cam.com/video/bW6LnCsK6cM/v-deo.html You cannot get that kind of perfection from nailed butt joints.
@@aguilayserpiente Would you be willing to pay 7 million dollars for a 2000 SQ foot home? What a jacked off fool you are !!. Duhhh
@@chrissmith2921 Prove your statement with evidence and authority from a researched book or .edu source.
Excellent basic instructions
the best tricks for circular saw I have seen. thank you!
Loved this, thanks. Useful for OTJ situations.
Excellent tips. You can also cut grooves for drawer bottoms using the same techniques.
Great video. I must say particularly enjoyed how much louder the saw was then your narration I felt like every time you talked I needed to turn the volume up and every time the saw came on I needed to turn the volume down beautiful thank you for that
Great job all these people with there comments they must not carry themselves with confidence because it is all talk.great job by trying to help with your video and may God bless you and your family.
Per-goal-la sounds better imo ;) Never knew you could move the feet, nice cuts! thanks for sharing.
Great video and well explained. Thanks!
I don't like to cut pressure treated wood any more than absolutely necessary because the saw dust is toxic. Its filled with chemicals that even the hardiest insects succumb to. I built a deck twenty years ago and I used untreated hemlock for the supporting rafters (painted, and with tar paper on the top edge) and pressure treated boards for the deck but I didn't cut any of the deck boards (deck was 10' by 14'). This deck stood up well for twenty years and still going.
Also, when you notch a pressure treated board I think that your exposing the center of the wood to moisture and it will rot there just as fast as an untreated board. I made a deck railing one time and I painted the wood in all the inside corners before assembling. That was only three years ago, but it seems to be standing up well so far. Sorry to be a little negative about pressure treated wood hazards; I did like the joinery tips a lot.
just bought my first circular saw and read carefully the safety instructions. It recommends always to keep both hands on the saw and then you won't lose any fingers. Demonstration shown involves using the saw single handed which is potentially dangerous. The speed square could be clamped in place to leave both hands free to hold the saw.
Margaret Forrest safety instructions are written by lawyers. Join the the real world. 30 + years as a boatbuilder, carpenter and furniture maker.
good clear video....just plain simple good advice
Thank you, I never think of doing this with the circula saw... Very interresting.
Exactly what I have been looking for!🙌🏼👏🏼
Great tips half notches explained easy, thanks great video 👍🏼
WOW. Thank you for this great video. I don't have any high power tools other than a circular saw and a miter saw.
Mate, you are awesome. I liked your tutorial. Its was professional and crystal clear. Thank you.
Nice video, with lots of great techniques. Everything is well explained.
The wood looks quite green in color and I think I noticed a "pressure treated" label on the end of one two by four. I don't like to cut pressure treated wood indoors & I avoid using pressure treated wood anywhere that involves a lot of cutting because I'm concerned that I might inhale some sawdust that has toxic pressure treated material in it. If the toxins in the wood stop bugs, molds, and lichens in their tracks its probably not good to breathe! Also, the saw cut aren't treated with preservative and are liable to rot which un-does the benefits of pressure treated wood.
They treat with a salt solution these days so it safe to cut indoors as there isint any arsenic in it
Excellent video...tip: when pulling back blade cover to expose the blade for setting depth of cut, it’s not a bad idea to disconnect from power...especially noobies!!!! So as not to disconnect a finger, or worse. Thanks for sharing this useful know how.
Hope you not talking from bitter experience but nonetheless a very good point.
sunray34charlie ...no, I still have all my fingers, but worked with a few carpenters who did learn from bitter experience! I actually got 2 different jobs replacing one guy who lost a hand and one who lost the tip of his finger. Experienced guys sometimes forget the powers they wield!
Was a stair installer for years, circular saw was my best friend. He should have used PT of different thickness and width for the video, as that is how we all get it. Usually, I side scrape with the saw after curf cuts, but I work in a production environment.
excellent very true nice way to clean your stuff up
That's called using the "Polish Plane"
@@Boo-pz7li beat me to it 👊
Imho the 7 1/4" circular saw is the most versatile power tool ever invented .
I'll add angle grinder
Thanks. I have a table saw, but this is more the work I end up doing most of the time. I like the look of it too. Functional. That square cut jig was all right, but easy to build your own with a couple pieces of scrap wood. I still need to build an 8 foot edge guide from a piece of hardboard or plywood. Wait till it need it for a project. I did some window trim with a butt joint and my brothers thought it was terrible, but I like the look of it. More country. Use wider boards.
Oh my goodness, thanks for showing me how to accomplish without so many tools to buy. Yay! But I do want one of those squares so I can quit spending an hour accounting for the saw. 😂
Great video! Straight to the point!
I am learning everyday. Thanks for the video
Thank you for a well explained and illustrated video. I have some deck repair to be done and thought my circular saw alone won't do. You just showed me that it's possible.
I bought Milwaukee stubby 1/2” & luv it because of you guys, good & knowledgeable reviews.
Thank you very much. Nice to see how this works.
Really one of the nicest and most practical instructional vids I’ve seen. Good tips as well.
I agree. This was very useful in learning the versatility of the circular saw...thanks
A BIG Thank you for the Video, Very informative. Gordon, HALIFAX UK
This video makes me anxious to get home to start using these lessons!
Good to see that you unplug the saw each time you set the depth.
Yeah that would be idiotic......really?
Thank you for the lesson, it will be used on a couple of projects I will be undertaking. I'm not a wood worker I'm a Photographer that tries to figure out away to make some equipment that they charge an arm and a leg for. I offerd my first born but they said no thanks. once again thank you.
Outstanding job!
Pocket screws are great for attaching the half lap notches and corner miters.
I like to unplug the saw when setting cut depth.
Mark
My first thought exactly.
Folks it’s literally seconds.
Think about how hard it will be to get them
blood stains out of the wood that dried while you were in the ER.
@@rogeroday9408 your probably OK if the saw has that button you have to hold in while sqeezing the trigger. I have one circ that has it and one that doesn't.
FireBlade X
LOL, I learned a long time ago.
Probably is a pathway to “Hold my beer and watch this”
My point is you are demo-ing a process
Yer deal but...
@@rogeroday9408 keep your hands away from blade. Pretty simple
@@truthhurts2256If the blade unexpectedly starts moving it could grab the work piece and travel up it flinging it into your hand or worse.
Nice work on the mortise. Suggestion: You could have place TWO timbers together and cut both mortises in one go ensuring a perfect fit in your cross joint.
I saw him do exactly that! He took your suggestion!
Helpful video. Comprehensive and clear.
nice wood...good job thank for your vidio Mr
It will be a good idea to cut the power while you are adjusting the blade height.
Well taught. Well articulated. Thank you!
SandoTrini year I got a new home and
Absolutely fantastic video, I'm a beginner in the woodwork field, love it but sometimes am a bit apprehensive about some of the tools,have most of them and am looking forward to buying my first router table but am self taught except for wonderful people like you making extremely helpful and well explained video's. Thanks for that, you just earned another subscription, look forward to more videos.
Why are you apprehensive?, always respect power tools, but if you are afraid to use them you are a danger to yourself and others, learn how from someone who knows the trade, there are good evening classes usually taught by experienced tradesmen I highly recommend you find one, once you are comfortable with your techniques there is nothing to fear and your creative world will open up, I was lucky, my Dad was a tradesman, my uncle was a skilled carpenter and joiner and when I first went to work I already knew a lot, any fear I might have had was removed by certainty that I knew my craft, and because of this I was a fast learner on all the equipment in the workshop, so it wasn't a scary prospect for me, I pity youngsters who don't have my generations exposure to controlled risk, one of my current work colleagues was worried about her 12 year old son hurting himself with his Dad's tools as the lock on his workshop was broken, when I told her I was competent with power tools when I was 12 and even had my own lathe , she was amazed, what a difference a decade makes!
Merci..! Pour cette démonstration !
I notice that big box stores won't cut treated lumber in their stores. I always thought it was cause the treatment chemicals were unsafe. The joint demos were pretty good but are they safe to do indoors?
A carpenter told me always wear a mask when cutting fresh treated lumber and gloves for protection against chemicals.
use a mask protective glasses and gloves. MDF surposedly is dangerous for chemicals/glues in its making. your lungs wont last
Wonderful explanation, through and demonstrative
As usual, you fail to worry about where on the board the notch is being placed, a critical step in the process. Merry Christmas.
He was not building a piano , dont you get it? He was teaching how to make the joints
I need to cut a cross cut mortise joint or trench in 4x4 inch wood to an exact depth of 2 inches. Which tools do you suggest eg circular hand saw with a rail or guide, or a sliding mitre saw with a depth stop. Which is more accurate. If I do a set of parallel cuts, then I aim to hammer the remaining wood slits out to create the mortise joint. Please comment. A dewalt 780 1w inch has a depth stop and plenty of horizontal travel to make a flat bottome cut to a depth of 2 inches.
A little sound editing on that saw racket would have made this video worth 10 stars
I miss my recently deceased Porter Cable circular saw!!!
Half lap Miter. They look great and are very sturdy. You could add that to the video.
Might want to unplug the saw (public videos) when making adjustments. But...I'm not one to do it myself so. LOL
Finally a beginner's video that doesn't I assume I have a table saw!
Nice presentation I'm just a once in a?while wood worker but on the first notch cut when you free handed the second cut. Can't you flip the guide and saw around the other side?
Beautiful!
Fantastically informative video! Thank you for your time and easy to follow instructions!
Very helpful. Thanks
very very very good of job
Only issue here is that Half-lap notches are already weak because they use half the available wood for integrity / spport. If you drive a screw through it as well, as you suggest, would it not weaken the joint yet further?
Very informative video.
great helpful video, thank you.
Awesome tutorial!
Saved a life
That behind the back at 14:33 was crisp!
Good tips , wondering what the make and model the blue square is , i did Woodworking professionally for over 20 years and i hadn’t seen that one yet
Nice video. The problem I had was watching you adjust the blade depth while the saw was plugged in. Most dangerous, and never sanctioned.
Big help. Thanks
Thanks. i don't have a tablessaw, but needed to know how to make these joints with a circular saw. Is there a way i could make dado cuts with my miter saw?
Awesome tips
You don't need to unplug the saw to make adjustments if you DON'T pull the damn trigger people. Great video, and keep up the good work
some really good advice and tips, thank you.