How to make a Self Centering Doweling Jig
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- Опубліковано 26 вер 2024
- Today I am making a easy self-centering doweling jig using some pieces of scrap oak, stainless steel and bushings.
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The bushings/Spacers I used for the 3/8" drill bit.
The Hillman Group
3/8-in x 1/2-in x 1-in Seamless Steel Spacer
Item# 137132 at Lowes Home Improvement Stores
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I can't help but admire your "real" shop with sacrificial surfaces and support blocks.
Thanks man! It has been updated a good bit since this video but still all used and loved!
I made a version of your jig as I was having alignment problems on the stretchers of a trestle table. My jig has two 1/2" holes spaced 3" apart with a 3/8" hole in the middle. I made the sides about 4" so I could clamp to my wood while drilling. The bushings were a great idea and my jig worked perfect. Thanks for sharing your jig
Congratulations , thanks for making this video public.
Very good description and clear audio.
I appreciate your work.
Thanks, am glad you liked it!
Tyler, you are just one AWESOME individual. I like to thank you very much for showing me how to do this. I believed I can do this. I am so new to wood work. Have a wonderful day and many thanks for your kindness of your time and skill showing us all over the world how to make inexpensive dowel jig. (Thailand)
Mai Dayjeen Mai, you just made my VERY cold Michigan day much better! Am glad I was able to help, good luck with your woodworking endeavors, it is a good time!
Tyler,
I hope it get warm soon. I'll check out all your other videos as well. Have a wonderful day. Seng
Really appreciate that Seng. Saw your email as well....certainly up for the challenge but can't say when I can get to it! Will keep you posted.
Great design - necessity is the mother of all inventions.
Yes it is. Thanks for watching!
thanks! i'm building one today. to be sure my metal holes were symmetrical, double sided taped both together, then drilled the center hole and one outer hole, then rotated one of them 180 degrees and put a spare drill bit in the center hole to be sure they were aligned while using the existing hole to drill the remaining holes one at a time. hope this helps someone!
Cool jig, Tyler! Looks a lot easier than the old one!
Matthew Cremona Yea big improvement from gen 1!
Great! Thanks for sharing your design 👍👍👍
very easy and simple, nice work
Thanks man!
I'm going to make one using your plan but adding 1/2 dowel on the other end. Great job! Very creative.
+Chris Gearhart Cool!
Very good work Tyler great little useful project.
Thanks for watching Joe!
Nice jig. Beats the hell out of buying a biscuit jointer that only does that one thing. You can do a lot more with dowels and a jig like this.
Great job *****! A centering jig is always a handy tool. Your design has a great advantage over many others. Simple change the length of the metal arms and you can use it for virtually any size piece.
My Grandfather maade me start with old world hand tools and joinery. He would call dowelling a "splined tennon" or "mortice and spline". They are very strong joints and are also useful for alignment when joing pannels, especially long ones. Your jig would have made my boy hood MUCH simpler, and Grandfather would be VERY pleased with the design.
Michael Olsen Thank you for the kind words Mike. Makes my day!
almost done, need to look around for some bushings. thanks sir.
Got mine at Lowes but I am pretty sure you can get them at any hardware store. Thanks for watching!
When drilling two or more parts at the same time as above the parts should be against the FIXED jaw of the vise and the "packing" a somewhat "givey" material against the movable jaw. I use a piece of moderately dense cardboard for that.
Hi Tyler, thanks for sharing. You always do great work and share practical ideas. Much appreciated.
Always learning something from your videos. Where's your cute little daughter? She's fun to watch!!!
Very cool jig!
Thanks!
Hi Tyler: Love the jig! I would also suggest adapting this jig, or making another one, that could be used on the flat surfaces of wood. This would come in handy for attaching sides of cabinets & putting shelves in between without having to use dados. The key would be to make sure that all the individual pieces lined up perfectly. Just a thought....Thanks
Hi Steve. I actually made a jig to hold this jig when I was drilling the dowel holes for our staircase railing. Like your ideas, will have to look into that, have some dowel projects coming up. Thanks for watching!
Excellent, as usual. Thanks.
Good job Tyler. Thanks and have a great day.
Mai Dayjeen Thanks man!
Hi. My first time here. Thank you for sharing. I love your solution using metal blades(?), sorry for poor english.
I was looking for an easy solution and you gifted it!
Very happy about and angry 'cos I could not think such an easy solutions.
I will use your project in my semester at university with my students.
Believe it or not, in Italy that kind of woodworking, that I know more people in USA learn at high school or even before, is considered univeristy course!
I know it is crazy, I am teaching the Advanced Model Tecniques, because I am a professional prototyper in job, and I teach it as one of leading courses of my college.
My friends from abroad usually laugh so much, do it if you want;-), but sometimes I feel sad about approach with manual abilities and woodworking tecniques in Italy!
We are leader in design and fashion, but our designers are not able to make a hole straight even using a pillar drill or press drill, pillar is uk, may be?
Ok stop boring, I will come back in my third worls of woodwork
Happy New Year, thank you again, If You want I will send pictures of the future works of my students on your design project!
Warmly from Italy
Christian
christian buzio Christian, thanks for the kind words, and great to hear from Italy! It seems that the art of working with our hands is fading everywhere which is the motivation for us to make and share these videos!
I would be honored if you used the idea at university and yes please send me pictures!
The metal I used was a few pieces of scrap stainless steel but there was a comment by a viewer to use old hack saw blades and that is a brilliant idea. The arms are more about consistency than strength.
Thanks and happy new year.
Tyler Giannattasio (very Italian!)
I enjoyed watching that , really simple and very effective , Good Job
Thanks Malcolm!!
Nice job!!! I loved the tip!!! Thanks from Brazil!!!
krioca35 Yo Brazil!! Thanks for watching!
f-a-n-t-a-s-t-i-c!
thanks from Argentina!
Thanks Man! Good to know we have fans in our neighbor America!!
Very nice work. Thanks
Thanks man!
Excelente, rapido, practico....te felicito.
This is a really interesting project and I'm sure you will find that jig very useful.
The video gets much better at 5:25 when the irritating music (?) stops.
Can you film without music or give an option to turn it off?
Thanks.
***** Very useful jig and very accurate. Thanks for watching.
Great jig best design by far, thanks for sharing Tyler.
+Sevelinda Parada Thanks man, hope it helps!
Fantastic man ! Beni from Brazil
Nice work Tyle! Thanks for the jig!
krioca35 Thank you very much for the comment!
Nice job!
Thanks Man!!
bloody awesome! well done
Tom Bennett Thanks Mate!
get a patent, you could make some serious cash from this
Thanks Tyler. Really useful jig.
AdventuresInDIY Thanks Chris. Its nice to have around.
Отличное приспособление! +
Good job! I wish I had that kind of creativity. Good luck to you.
Thanks man!
Excellent tip! Thanks for sharing!
Andrea Arzensek Thanks Andrea!
Very cool great joint
Tom Howbridge Thanks Tom!
***** do you think old hack saw blades possibly doubled could be used for the metal bits ?
Tom Howbridge Thats a great idea, Tom. In my first edition of this jig I used plywood for the rotating bits and those worked just fine too. The rotating arms are really for alignment so strength is really that important.
Great jig, I will make one ASAP
Many thanks for sharing!
+LosoIAm You bet, thanks for watching!
+Tyler G I was thinking of making something like this but I was thinking of using something like the scissors jack BUT this is much simpler. Thanks and regards.
Very good ! And thanks for sharing.
Tyler Excellent !!!
Cool build tyler
Thanks man and thanks for watching!
You're welcome
great jig and i love it. thanks for sharing
bati800 Thanks man! Glad you liked it.
that's a sweet tool, there!
Thanks man!
Really you' re very smart. I enjoyed your tool..!
+wsalinas1 Thanks!
Wonderful and grar tool, thanks for sharing.
Francisco Corona Thanks for watching!
This is awesome!!!!
excellente !
+Sajid Rafique Thanks man!!
Awesome!
CMR Woodworks Thanks man.
Chris McDowell | CMR Woodworks
Tyler G String Nibblers
Maravilhoso! parabéns!
thank for sharing
Thanks for watching Rafael!
nice job looking forward to your videos
4451ab Thanks for watching!
what are the measures for the wood if I use 1/2 mdf
Hi Tyler, can you tell me the correct size of the bushings and where can I buy them?
Thank you
Hi can you please tell me where to buy these bushings? Are they under a different name because I cannot find any the right size and length.
Thank's for sharing!
+PaoloBrada DIY english/español Thanks man!
Excelente herrmienta.
Tyler - I made this jig yesterday but when I go to clamp it to the board the side walls don't quite touch the work piece. It appears that the 2 inch slot cut in the center piece aren't long enough - the arms are binding against the end of the 2 inch slot on the center piece. Do you think I could cut the 2 inch slot a little deeper on the centerpiece and the 2 walls to remedy this? I wanted to ask you before I tried because I spent considerable time yesterday getting everything centered and don't want to ruin it and have to start over.
Your videos are so helpful to me. I really appreciate you sharing your knowledge and experience with us! Thanks!
Yes cutting the slots deeper is the simple solution and it does not effect the jig in anyway. Hope that helps!!
Thanks Tyler!
It worked! I tried it out on two scrap pieces and it worked perfectly. Time to start building a dining room table now! Thanks again Tyler!
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Just trying to understand this completely. I get that the jig maintains consistent spacing for the dowel holes but is there some sort of measuring or marking line that I missed to help you with the placement of the holes on each piece you are marrying?
The dowel pin next to the bushings in your reference point. Register that against the side of your board and your all set. This was made for a specific project so that reference point might not work for everything. I also have a line drawn on the center board that works as a reference for other projects. Hope that helps and thanks for watching!
Ok, yeah that makes sense now, Thanks!
Now, in 2017, you can buy a Vise made for this purpose at Harbor Freight for about $17
Pat Risha, what's the name of it? Link? Thanks!
Nice peice.
I notice that you don't use a riving knife on your table saw. What is the reason for that? I am asking because I have been working proffesionally as a cabinet maker for many years and have witnessed serious accidents to the fingers of good colleagues over the years, when they had to remove the riving knife for a special cut and then in the hurry didn't bother to put it back on.
Be careful.
Good vibes from Denmark
+Joakim Garde (Gardekan Snedkershop) Unfortunately my table saw doesn't support a riving knife. (They are not required by law on tables saws here in the US....I think they are in Europe.) I have an insert with a splitter that I use most of the time now days. Always have my eye out for a table saw upgrade! Thanks for the concern.
Cool jig! What did you use for the bushings?
CelestialLites Regular 3/8" steel bushings from Lowes, OD of 1/2". Thanks for watching!
is it not possible for you to use inexpensive tools to make doweling jig so that most them can benefit?
+sultan Merchant You can of course make a thing like this with cheap tools but the accuracy in position and angle of the holes is crucial, so you have to spend the time to make a good setup of the drill.
You rock
nice one,I'm in, thumbs up
rigotj Thank you sir!
great video, tyler, thank you. how are the steel seamless spacers holding up. i was thinking of making a jig as well and using actual bushings, and noticed how expensive the real machined bushings cost. again, thanks for the great video
+Kevin M Have seen no ill effect so far! They are a little short so it does not provide a huge amount of drill stability but if you are careful you can drill a good straight dowel hole. Thanks for the comment!
+Tyler G if you could do it over, would you use longer spacers like 1" to 2" long. my home depot has them from 3/4" to 2" and i was thinking of using the longer ones, unless there could be a reason not to use the longer ones
Wow ment to type miter saw
stargatefever Thanks man, it works really well for me!
Great video, Tyler. Where can I buy the bushings to make my jig? Thanks.
Rubens Onofrio The bushings/Spacers I used for the 3/8" drill bit.
The Hillman Group
3/8-in x 1/2-in x 1-in Seamless Steel Spacer
Item# 137132 at Lowes Home Improvement Stores
Thanks for watching Rubens!
I don't get it. What is the purpose to have side A and side B? Isn't the same?
It should be darn close but flipping it will compensate for any error there might be.
bacano parce
+HECTOR FABIO AGUDELO CLAROS gracias!
DO YOU HAVE THAT IN JIG PDF. VC CAN SEND PRA MIM.FICAREI VERY GRATEFUL.
Paulo Amaral Paulo, if you go to this link (diytyler.weebly.com/home/how-to-make-a-self-centering-doweling-jig) there is a full set of plans available. Thanks and have a good one!
cool shit subscribed
Where did you get the bushings?
Herb Schneider I got them from Lowes but you can probably get them at any decent hardware store. Hope that helps!
Thanks
Класс!
This device measures
medidas deste dispositivo
Dino Dino No, you have to make the measurements for where you want the dowel pin....very repeatable though.
Não, você tem que fazer as medições para onde você quer que o pino guia .... muito repetitivo embora.
That was a pretty mier saw
Why the need to flip it?
+Sander You flip it so to account for any errors in the alignment of the jig. If the holes for the bushings are not 90 degrees then flipping the jig makes the error the same but opposite on both sides of the dowel.
+Dan Tauro
Ah right. Makes sense. Thanks!
I bought a crappy self-centering jig from a certain "lowest-cost around!" hardware store and it didn't center at all. I'm going to try your method next. Thanks!
Patruya canina
Hello. Tyler
Good Jig. Have you the plans to send me??? I'd like make one for me.
Rui Pellizzaro Hi Rui? Unfortunately I don't have plans at this time. Have been bouncing some ideas around to make a jig that will work for different size dowel.....will have plans for that if I get around to it. Thanks for watching!
Hello
I live in south of Brazil and like to make things with wood for me and to my friends.
Could you give me some basic information about this Jig;
What is the length of the metal bars ??
What is the distance between the drilling these bars ??
What length and thickness of the wooden bars ??
I built one but I'm not being successful worth its accuracy. What's wrong? Sucks I can't attach pictures here.
Need to be very, VERY careful that the bushings are perfectly straight and that your rotating arms are perfectly even.
Pico
Very clever and well done. Thanks for sharing.
Very slick tool. Great idea.
Skully Wood & Metal Thanks!
Hey Tyler, Love the SC dowl jig, You made it look easy! I will have a go at making one in a couple of weeks. This is my first time visiting your site. I look forward to learning more from you, You did an awesome job showing and teaching how to build it. I'm sure the other videos will be just as great. Thanks again. Andrew
AJ W Thanks for watching and the kind comment Andrew, good luck with yours. Email me a picture!
Awesome! you are the man, nicely done. Not only on the design/build but also with the clarity and efficiency of the video. Thanks a ton!
Thanks for watching Timothy!