Matt, I remember when you first started making videos, you were timid, scared and kind of stumbling through, but there was just something about you that made me want to keep watching them - Now, it's like watching a completely different person - you've definitely became a Professional and I am SO happy I kept watching!!! Great job my man!!!
Matt, you are one of the most blessed men I know. Looks like people bless you just to see if they can out-bless the last guy that blessed you. All jokes aside, the most blessed gift is to realize and ACT upon the desire to do what you love. (do something you love and you’ll never work another day in your life). I don’t think most of us can say that.
Please do some more videos using the Dowel Max. I've used pocket holes for the last 4 years in my woodworking projects. Love them, but I'm ready to up my game and this is the first video where a dowel tool appears to be user friendly and relatively fast. I've been dying to get better at making stronger joints, but thought it would take longer and be more difficult than pocket hole joints. Thank you! Oh yeah, my husband is LEO family too - 27 years. We are from Georgia. Thank you and I look forward to your next video. May the Lord continue to do a work in you and your wife.
Pocket holes require less upfront planning IMHO so they are easier. But of course they need to be hidden and are not as strong. Dowels require more planning but result is clean from every side. Dowelmax is definitely easiest jig that I am aware off and I did try few different ones.
Matt I have a 4,6,starette combination squares plus a 12 inch starette combination square plus an 18 inch blade for it . I use all of these all the time . I take very good care of them because they are very precise.
Matt my skill set level has gone from a 2 to a 10 because of your videos Just wanted to say thank you. You Da-Man Love your shirt & you virtual fist bumps. Been watching you since you started. Thanks again
Love the DowellMax. It is well engineered and accurate. I can set up and drill holes without needing to measure and it is dead on. Example. I was making some built in cabinets and needed to join two pieces of plywood 57" in length. I flushed up against the end of ply wood, did a step and repeat along the entire length with about 12-15 holes in each piece of ply. Put the dowels in and the two pieces fit together perfectly. I never even measured or marked the pieces!
It's so encouraging to see another Christian woodworker! I love that you are so unashamed (Romans 1:16) Thanks for living it out and encouraging others! Praying for your ministry and work!
Bro the foot pedal has been a godsend I hook it up to my router table to my homemade band saw with my upside down jigsaw but also I knew my own wood from trees on my property and it is amazing to use with the fixed base router and a jig to plane each side of my board love it man best best money I've ever spent recently bought four more of those they're just awesome for everything it saves you from I'm going to get your finger in by something or when something goes wrong you just let your foot off and everything quits just amazing
Another tip for the Deadman switch. Use a 3 way adapter and get an analog plug in clock, set it on 12 or whatever and plug a tool in the other side. Now each time you hit the gas the clock starts and stops with the tool and you know exactly how much time you have on the project.
Good stuff Matt , I loved the Starette square , I actually inherited 2 of them from my grandfather about 45 years ago and they were over 60 years or so old when I got them and they still look like they have very little ware because my Grandfather and I always take very good care of our tools.
Using the dowelmax I was able to make cedar outdoor furniture out of 4x4 and dowel the arms at a 45 degree angle. This is the only thing I could find that would do it. I love it and now use it for everything.
I'm going to show this (and some of Titans of CNC) in my Bible study class. Too often, I find that teachers don't know how to reach the kids. Teachers need to know how to frame the teachings and show that it still matters in the modern world. And stories like yours is how we can reach the disenfranchised kids. God Bless!
Your view on the tape measures are true... I just witnessed a major difference between a Freeman's tape and a Caltex tape .....Your videos are awesome...
The woodpecker rules are very interesting. I think I will have to invest in a set. Also like the foot pedal. Always enjoy your content. Keep moving forward with Christ and your wood work. You're awesome brother.
When you're talking about "the tape measure trying to roll up on you" in the edge rule segment, take an old tape measure and break off something like an 18" or 24" segment. Now you've effectively just got a ruler with the beak that aligns it to the end of the board. It's also a lot lighter and easier to manipulate than it ever was before. You can break off more segments, like another starting just before the 30" mark and use 30" as your new zero.
the DowelMax was one of the items I bought early when I started woodworking over a year ago shortly after the Kreg pocket hole jig......no more pocket holes for me on the pieces I sell. Still use pocket holes for a few things every now and then......there's just something about hidden joinery I don't like and have found a lot of customers don't either. Glad to see the "pocket hole king" onboard with the dowelmax
The only thing I don’t like is that I’ve been trying to watch a review video on a HF router I just got but I keep seeing more and more of your videos to watch 🤣🤣 I’m just starting woodworking and your videos are perfect. You really do a good job of showing both the sort of get by cheaper method and showing the higher end more efficient way to do things.
Try as I might, I just can’t seem to make myself pull the trigger on woodpecker stuff. I know they’re great but I just can’t for some reason. I do love those setup bars though. Great vid.
On the Woodpecker edge-rules, I like the stops. I don't use it often, but it is handy for repeat measurements, cutting multiple pieces of a project to the same length.
The Woodpecker edge rule was my first Woodpecker purchase. I got the 6" because it's all I could afford. It has got to be one of the most used measuring tools in my little shop. I have since purchased the 6" Paolini rule and the 3" Delve square. Incredibly versatile and useful measuring tools. Those Kreg set up blocks look to be a great tool to have as well. I bought the I-Gaging Snap Check digital height gauge and the first time I used it to make some half laps, I was floored. Dead on. Those set up blocks would be perfect for that type of work as well. And they're a great price. The DowelMax has to be the bee's knees of all the tools in this video. I gotta get me one, no doubt.
I live in the UK and I purchased the edge rule. Quality product, But I bought it on Amazon and when it arrived it was all metric scale. Check carefully if you prefer inches.
I noticed something, in description the link for the foot switch is for Taylor tools. The box for the switch shown in the video is actually a harbor freight item. Just saw that, your video's are awesome and fill up most of my saved videos in my woodworking file.😁
I'm sure the kreg set up blocks are great. That being said a much cheaper way of doing it is to get a set of square dowls from a Home Depot, Lowes, ect. They come in multiple sizes and then cut them down to whatever length you want. You make a few sets for less than 5 bucks. If you loose or break them, cut up another set. Of course you can use drill bits also but they roll and the square dowls don't.
Sweet video Matt. I bought one of those $15 Harbor Freight dowel jigs and I definitely regret it.. it's fine for drilling straight but there's no way to adjust it so that it properly centers. Actually am on the lookout for a dowel jig like the Dowel Max but at a lower price point
My advice, from experience. You don't want self centering jig, you want the one that references edge/face of the board. Self centering ones have limited usage, mostly building frames.
These are all something I would have to save for. Those rulers are nice would love to have them. But that dowelmax would be heavenly! Wish it was like 50 bucks cheaper 😭
@@731Woodworks There not tho, You can clearly see the gap in the closest tape, and the second two are Tight. Not knocking the product you are selling, it is a great product, a d someone will make a take that is convex, but for now, we use what we have
First time on your site and wow, I am impressed and subscribed! “5 tools that you didn’t know I needed” was succinct, well explained and you showed genuine enthusiasm . Oh yeh, great suggestions !!
Oh my goodness! Thank you so much for sharing these tools. I am a complete beginner and have only done a couple SMALL projects for myself and was frustrated by every single one of the issues these tools solve. Amazing. I'm going to buy every one of them and will probably end up blowing this new hobby of mine into a full fledge money maker due to the lack of frustration and increase of enjoyment 👊🙏🏻
That thing is a Square Guide. Its really useful to hold your carp. square tight to your table without it falling off or you always holding on to it while checking for square. Its a good add-on to any woodworker!
I just subscribed after watching a handful of your videos! I’m a carpenter with advanced Degenerative disc disorder in my neck and lumbar. Don’t know how much longer I can continue. Thinking of getting into woodworking since I have a 900ft squared storage building I can convert to a shop. Thanks for the helpful videos to get me started!
Excellent information and knowledge of equipment. In past years dowels were so difficult to line up even with a doweling jig. I use a tremendous amount of screws with hundreds of pocket holes. I use biscuits in melamine panels and see where some applications the dominoes or dowels are stronger and having their place where needed at least now are simplified for ease of doing. A definite tool that needs to be an option for woodworkers.
I had the same question about the Woodpeckers edge rules when I bought them. I later found out that the stops are plastic so they won’t ruin the finish on your very expensive rules. Made sense to me!
I bought thr zKreg depth gauge set when they first came out, they were expensive and I was younger znz broke. Stilll the best thing I have bought since.Don't tighten that square too tight on a cheap square because it will bend the square.
Hey Matt, I think the plastic stop block on the woodpecker edge ruler is to to prevent scratching and taking the finish off the rule while moving it up and down the ruler.
The Mastercraft dowel set is awesome I'm not sure exactly how a professional woodworker would have an issue with it but mabey it was a bad unit. The accuracy and quality are incredible for the price compared to others for such a simple tool there easily made in the shop and can also be dead accurate. Thanks for sharing
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Matt, I remember when you first started making videos, you were timid, scared and kind of stumbling through, but there was just something about you that made me want to keep watching them - Now, it's like watching a completely different person - you've definitely became a Professional and I am SO happy I kept watching!!! Great job my man!!!
I appreciate that! I try to get a little better with each video. It just takes time to get comfortable talking to the camera ha ha
So weak. Make your own jigs. 😱
@@paulslade5946 what’s weak the jig or the man?
@@paulslade5946 how many views did your last video get. How many subscribers you got? Cause I’ve never heard of you
you've become vs you've became
This is the best channel on UA-cam.
Thanks Pedro! I appreciate that!
That framing square fence is DEFINITELY genius!
Just ordered one. Wish I had it 20 years ago!
Been woodworking for 50 years... didn't know I needed all this. Guess I saved a lot of money.
or you've been missing out.
Best list of basic carpenter tools for precision work.
A friend gave me a bunch of tools after he gave up woodworking. I had no idea what the framing square fence was either! Thanks! Now I know!
I really like that Taylor "Removable Carpenter Framing Square Fence" A LOT!!!! I just wish it was in stock, I'd buy one in a heartbeat.
Check Amazon, they have them there too sold by him.
@@731Woodworks They're sold out there too. Guess I just gotta wait til Taylor Tools makes another batch.
Constantly inspired by you to just keep pushing through and I love that you aren't afraid to wear your faith! Thanks man!!
Thank you
Matt, you are one of the most blessed men I know. Looks like people bless you just to see if they can out-bless the last guy that blessed you. All jokes aside, the most blessed gift is to realize and ACT upon the desire to do what you love. (do something you love and you’ll never work another day in your life). I don’t think most of us can say that.
Please do some more videos using the Dowel Max. I've used pocket holes for the last 4 years in my woodworking projects. Love them, but I'm ready to up my game and this is the first video where a dowel tool appears to be user friendly and relatively fast. I've been dying to get better at making stronger joints, but thought it would take longer and be more difficult than pocket hole joints. Thank you! Oh yeah, my husband is LEO family too - 27 years. We are from Georgia. Thank you and I look forward to your next video. May the Lord continue to do a work in you and your wife.
Thank you. More coming soon
Pocket holes require less upfront planning IMHO so they are easier. But of course they need to be hidden and are not as strong. Dowels require more planning but result is clean from every side. Dowelmax is definitely easiest jig that I am aware off and I did try few different ones.
@@meperson Thank you so much!
Matt I have a 4,6,starette combination squares plus a 12 inch starette combination square plus an 18 inch blade for it . I use all of these all the time . I take very good care of them because they are very precise.
Awesome
Matt my skill set level has gone from a 2 to a 10 because of your videos
Just wanted to say thank you. You Da-Man
Love your shirt & you virtual fist bumps. Been watching you since you started. Thanks again
Thank you Jon!
Love the DowellMax. It is well engineered and accurate. I can set up and drill holes without needing to measure and it is dead on. Example. I was making some built in cabinets and needed to join two pieces of plywood 57" in length. I flushed up against the end of ply wood, did a step and repeat along the entire length with about 12-15 holes in each piece of ply. Put the dowels in and the two pieces fit together perfectly. I never even measured or marked the pieces!
Just got a new house.
Never had a garage.
Looking at these vids cause I have some projects, but dang!
I'm having workshop envy
Very proud of you brother!!!
Thank you
It's so encouraging to see another Christian woodworker! I love that you are so unashamed (Romans 1:16) Thanks for living it out and encouraging others! Praying for your ministry and work!
Bro the foot pedal has been a godsend I hook it up to my router table to my homemade band saw with my upside down jigsaw but also I knew my own wood from trees on my property and it is amazing to use with the fixed base router and a jig to plane each side of my board love it man best best money I've ever spent recently bought four more of those they're just awesome for everything it saves you from I'm going to get your finger in by something or when something goes wrong you just let your foot off and everything quits just amazing
Another tip for the Deadman switch. Use a 3 way adapter and get an analog plug in clock, set it on 12 or whatever and plug a tool in the other side. Now each time you hit the gas the clock starts and stops with the tool and you know exactly how much time you have on the project.
I do hope you made some affiliate link dollars because this was a great video, and Amazon is sold out of basically all of it. Appreciate your work.
Good stuff Matt , I loved the Starette square , I actually inherited 2 of them from my grandfather about 45 years ago and they were over 60 years or so old when I got them and they still look like they have very little ware because my Grandfather and I always take very good care of our tools.
wear vs ware
You must be fun at parties
Using the dowelmax I was able to make cedar outdoor furniture out of 4x4 and dowel the arms at a 45 degree angle. This is the only thing I could find that would do it. I love it and now use it for everything.
I'm going to show this (and some of Titans of CNC) in my Bible study class. Too often, I find that teachers don't know how to reach the kids. Teachers need to know how to frame the teachings and show that it still matters in the modern world. And stories like yours is how we can reach the disenfranchised kids. God Bless!
Thank you
Love learning about new tools and gadgets that makes work better. Thanks once again!!
Glad you like them!
Super tools!! Toys for grown men (and women)!!
Dowel max is awesome. I use it for everything if I can. Thanks for the other suggestions. I’ll have to check those out
Your view on the tape measures are true... I just witnessed a major difference between a Freeman's tape and a Caltex tape .....Your videos are awesome...
I bought the dowelmax about 9 years ago, easily the best tool I ever bought!
I like the use of the foot switch woth the shop vac for the saws dust extraction.
The woodpecker rules are very interesting. I think I will have to invest in a set. Also like the foot pedal. Always enjoy your content. Keep moving forward with Christ and your wood work. You're awesome brother.
Thank you
Thanks for the tools. I ordered the Kreg Set up blocks.
you'll love em!
When you're talking about "the tape measure trying to roll up on you" in the edge rule segment, take an old tape measure and break off something like an 18" or 24" segment. Now you've effectively just got a ruler with the beak that aligns it to the end of the board. It's also a lot lighter and easier to manipulate than it ever was before. You can break off more segments, like another starting just before the 30" mark and use 30" as your new zero.
the DowelMax was one of the items I bought early when I started woodworking over a year ago shortly after the Kreg pocket hole jig......no more pocket holes for me on the pieces I sell. Still use pocket holes for a few things every now and then......there's just something about hidden joinery I don't like and have found a lot of customers don't either. Glad to see the "pocket hole king" onboard with the dowelmax
I like Kreg. And, yes, they do have great customer support.
👍🏻
The only thing I don’t like is that I’ve been trying to watch a review video on a HF router I just got but I keep seeing more and more of your videos to watch 🤣🤣 I’m just starting woodworking and your videos are perfect. You really do a good job of showing both the sort of get by cheaper method and showing the higher end more efficient way to do things.
The Dowelmax is an awesome tool. I’ve been using one for about 18 years and that’s a tool I’d recommend to anyone.
oh i’m getting the dowel jig. Dowels and pocket holes are essential
My old foreman made every worker have the same tape! Consistency is king!
Try as I might, I just can’t seem to make myself pull the trigger on woodpecker stuff. I know they’re great but I just can’t for some reason. I do love those setup bars though. Great vid.
Thanks
buy once, cry once. They will last forever though.
Excellent video, would like to see more. I’m ready to purchase everyone of those shown
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Thank you for this! I just saved most of these to a "wishlist".
Glad I could help!
Yup more tools to add to our shop, thanks you guys! Love it , and rock on!
thank you
Great video!!! Thank you for sharing. I will be getting everything but the foot switch ....never new they existed.
On the Woodpecker edge-rules, I like the stops. I don't use it often, but it is handy for repeat measurements, cutting multiple pieces of a project to the same length.
The Woodpecker edge rule was my first Woodpecker purchase. I got the 6" because it's all I could afford. It has got to be one of the most used measuring tools in my little shop. I have since purchased the 6" Paolini rule and the 3" Delve square. Incredibly versatile and useful measuring tools.
Those Kreg set up blocks look to be a great tool to have as well. I bought the I-Gaging Snap Check digital height gauge and the first time I used it to make some half laps, I was floored. Dead on. Those set up blocks would be perfect for that type of work as well. And they're a great price.
The DowelMax has to be the bee's knees of all the tools in this video. I gotta get me one, no doubt.
I live in the UK and I purchased the edge rule. Quality product, But I bought it on Amazon and when it arrived it was all metric scale. Check carefully if you prefer inches.
Nice job sir. I'm going to have to look into the dowelmax. I like the square fence too 👊
I love my dowel max (and I own a domino). I recommend getting the miter accessory for it!
Thanks for the video. All neat things to have until you see the price.
Very nice video with great tool information. Also, I wish someone would send me those woodpecker rulers.
10:34 Damn look at that workbench! Thats nicer than most kitchen tables!
I noticed something, in description the link for the foot switch is for Taylor tools. The box for the switch shown in the video is actually a harbor freight item. Just saw that, your video's are awesome and fill up most of my saved videos in my woodworking file.😁
Very informative, I might look into getting one of those
Thank you
Great video, Matt. Each of these tools is outstanding. Thanks for mentioning and showcasing them and thanks for the video.
Well dang, I didn't know about the fence gauge. Mind blown!!!
I'm sure the kreg set up blocks are great. That being said a much cheaper way of doing it is to get a set of square dowls from a Home Depot, Lowes, ect. They come in multiple sizes and then cut them down to whatever length you want. You make a few sets for less than 5 bucks. If you loose or break them, cut up another set.
Of course you can use drill bits also but they roll and the square dowls don't.
Great video was wondering if you could do a video on tools you recommend from harbor freight and tools you would stay away from from harbor freight
GR8 Video! New sub here because of this video. Didn't know some of these tools you showed even existed. Thx!
Awesome, thank you!
Great Video Matt. I actually picked up a Taytools fence after watching this, thanks man.
Very cool tools. Thanks for the info. Now I know what I want for Christmas.
Since the stop blocks on the edge rulers are made from plastic will that prevent metal against metal scratching? Plastic is softer but sturdy.
Lee Valley makes those edge guides for the squares.
Sweet video Matt. I bought one of those $15 Harbor Freight dowel jigs and I definitely regret it.. it's fine for drilling straight but there's no way to adjust it so that it properly centers. Actually am on the lookout for a dowel jig like the Dowel Max but at a lower price point
My advice, from experience. You don't want self centering jig, you want the one that references edge/face of the board. Self centering ones have limited usage, mostly building frames.
I love that bench!!!!!
These are all something I would have to save for. Those rulers are nice would love to have them. But that dowelmax would be heavenly! Wish it was like 50 bucks cheaper 😭
Good one at 5:50. Pull all 3 tapes tight, n they will all read the same. That's why the tab moves. Which I'm sure you know!!
Negative. They are all tight.
@@731Woodworks There not tho, You can clearly see the gap in the closest tape, and the second two are Tight. Not knocking the product you are selling, it is a great product, a d someone will make a take that is convex, but for now, we use what we have
I never seen those things before. Great to learn
First time on your site and wow, I am impressed and subscribed! “5 tools that you didn’t know I needed” was succinct, well explained and you showed genuine enthusiasm . Oh yeh, great suggestions !!
You put that on a framing square. Lets you ride framing square against edge of the board. Nice tool.
Oh my goodness! Thank you so much for sharing these tools. I am a complete beginner and have only done a couple SMALL projects for myself and was frustrated by every single one of the issues these tools solve. Amazing. I'm going to buy every one of them and will probably end up blowing this new hobby of mine into a full fledge money maker due to the lack of frustration and increase of enjoyment 👊🙏🏻
Awesome video. Those kreg blocks look so clutch!
They are really nice
Love your bench diagonal drawer faces and dark frame! Awesome.
That thing is a Square Guide. Its really useful to hold your carp. square tight to your table without it falling off or you always holding on to it while checking for square. Its a good add-on to any woodworker!
Thanks Matt. Those are some really handy tools.
Thanks
I am sold on all of them.
👊🏻
A carpenter square! Genius!!
Love the dowelmax it seems to be fool proof
Great video. Saved it for future reference.
Thank you
Loved the video and tools ! Can't wait to purchase!
I need them all! Great video.
Glad you like them!
I just subscribed after watching a handful of your videos! I’m a carpenter with advanced Degenerative disc disorder in my neck and lumbar. Don’t know how much longer I can continue. Thinking of getting into woodworking since I have a 900ft squared storage building I can convert to a shop. Thanks for the helpful videos to get me started!
Stop block on woodpecker is probably plastic so it does not damage the ruler marks or ruler. Sliding anodized aluminum on same will wear quickly.
Excellent information and knowledge of equipment. In past years dowels were so difficult to line up even with a doweling jig. I use a tremendous amount of screws with hundreds of pocket holes. I use biscuits in melamine panels and see where some applications the dominoes or dowels are stronger and having their place where needed at least now are simplified for ease of doing. A definite tool that needs to be an option for woodworkers.
Really good video Matt! Thank you.
Thank you, Gio!
I had the same question about the Woodpeckers edge rules when I bought them. I later found out that the stops are plastic so they won’t ruin the finish on your very expensive rules. Made sense to me!
My five tools.
1 tri square
2. Making Knife
3. Diston back saw. 14" crosscut
4.vice
5. 1/2" bevel chisel
Awesome video. Keep up the great content!
Thank you
I love that Dowelmax.,and the square edge.
This was great, thank you
Very cool tools!!! Thank you for the content!
Thank you Lloyd! 👊
Cool tools. I guess I need to go shopping.
6:00 One of the first rules my dad taught me, "Use ONE tape when you're working on a job."
Its a holder for the file to sharpen card scrapers 3:05 in the video
I bought thr zKreg depth gauge set when they first came out, they were expensive and I was younger znz broke. Stilll the best thing I have bought since.Don't tighten that square too tight on a cheap square because it will bend the square.
Hey Matt, I think the plastic stop block on the woodpecker edge ruler is to to prevent scratching and taking the finish off the rule while moving it up and down the ruler.
True. Probably so. Thank you
The Mastercraft dowel set is awesome I'm not sure exactly how a professional woodworker would have an issue with it but mabey it was a bad unit. The accuracy and quality are incredible for the price compared to others for such a simple tool there easily made in the shop and can also be dead accurate. Thanks for sharing
I need all this stuff! Thanks 🙏
Interesting comments on tape measure inconsistency. Can you recommend a tape measure that is dead nuts accurate?
Great video. Great tools.
Thanks 👍
Thank you! Great tips!
Glad it was helpful!
Love all of them, especially the t square adaptor. I've always said y can't I find a nice T ruler with an edge? Problem solved. Love it.