@@kerrygibbs8198 IKEA don't sell shims. I (sometimes) get paid to build things, and a client isn't going to pay my time to make shims - if they did, I'd buy a block of iron and make my own nails also.
and just MAKE yourself a shim jig, if you're actually going to manufacture your own shims. a zero clearance sled, with the cut at the correct angle, and the indexing block permanently fastened on it. then you can put it on, align the blade, cut a batch of shims, and put it away for next time.
Nice. I use a version of the table saw jig but I make them on my bandsaw. The toothmarks left by the bandsaw give you a kind of self locking feature that works especially well when you are using 2 or more wedges together.
As a retired career remodeler who’s seen a lot of things, I love when someone shows me something useful that I haven’t seen before! Thanks for the great tip! Really enjoy your channel and your style of presenting information.
Don’t own a saw, in fact don’t have a workshop but now I know exactly how to make shims and therefore my life is obviously that tiny bit better, thank you! On a side note: I’m still waiting for a knowledge of trigonometry to save my life one day just as I was promised at school.
I love the bloopers at the end of your videos. Flubs are a universal human experience and I think we should celebrate them, especially since they're also universally funny.
Joiner here 43 years..... just cut the angle on the cross grain . Return the saw to 90 degrees turn the timber to the long grain and cut the first wedge, then end for end the block . No need for the temp wedge back and forth.They are call folding wedges . Two together present parallel surfaces , very handy.🤔😂😎🇦🇺👌😅
I’ve had great success taking an 8” piece of 2x8, 2x10, or 2x12 framing (SPF) material, place it perpendicular to the fence and cutting at a 1-1/2° miter, and rotate the piece on each subsequent cut (keeping the cut end on the right side). I’ll batch out a bucket full without any issue of the shims falling through the throat plate or fly behind the fence. Discard the piece once it’s down to 3”-no hold downs required. Easy.
The zero clearance table is a great idea. But sometimes a saw has a feature built in that can help - not sure yours does though looking at it. On our Makita mitre saws at school - the little clearance plates (the “yellow” bit at the bottom for you) are actually individually adjustable. They could slid in and out about 5-10mm. It took me over a year (and losing multiple bits of thin timber into the gap), to notice that I coud move them in and basically create a zero clearance gap with them! If I need to do bevelled cuts I simply loosen them and move apart, but otherwise they do great. The makita ones are made of plastic so if you’re really keen you can push them nice and close and if its a bit too close it shaves a bit off but thats ok.
Someone said to buy them at the box store for $4.00 a pack. I think he missed the point of your video: razor sharp shims. Last time I looked in box stores for shims they were blunt to the tune of about 3/32”. USELESS in a lot of situations. Thanks for the tip. I’d bet your cup of shims cost about 5 cents.
depends on how much you charge per hour. for most skilled tradesmen, the time it takes to think "I need a razor sharp shim for this" costs about 5 cents.
I personally do not understand all the table saw accidents. I have been using one with no guards for 40 years and I still have all ten digits. #1 rule if your gut says this is not a good Idea stop and rethink it
Did you know if you just set your saw @2.5 degrees and make a cut and keep flipping the board between cuts. It's 3 times as fast, I know it might not be the safest way with the throat plate and such but very fast! Awesome job btw
I quickly clicked on this. I thought it was going to be some BS using a planer, knife or ax. When I saw it was The Funny Carpenter I knew I was going to learn something cool!! Thank You!!
Here is another hint. Buy a bundle of #1 cedar shingles. Rip them to 1" or 1-1/2" on your table saw. Cross cut those in half - now you have thick and thin - doubling your life time supply. I've been a carpenter for 45 years and still working on 3rd bundle.
@@liamvincent8066 excellent place. Bc born and raised, but moved to island from nw bc in 2012. Love it, but it's now getting way too overpopulated, and cost is through the roof. Full home construction since 1990
@@GoldVP... I was born here and unfortunately the local economy and cost of living is eventually going to force me out of my home city. I do commercial frame and form these days and got into the trades after I graduated in 2020.
Had been missing you. Glad to see your video. Got to file it for reference. BTW what thickness wood do you use for these shims - is it 3/4"? TIA and looking forward to more videos.
they're never perfect, but I've seen people make plenty of serviceable shims with a regular old hand axe, hold the wood at an angle and take a light strike near the edge, saves you from all the power tool shenanigans
I'd love some videos on general carpentry things like safety, setups, first time cutting, tools (like where to start and what to work up towards, etc. You're a really great concise teacher. The way I've seen people work in real life with power tools (specifically saws and rotational stuff like angle grinders) seems dangerous, but I can't judge since I'm a complete beginner; it just seems off.
I case you haven’t shared it in another video, can you send a link to that tool pouch you have in this video. Looks really useful. Thank you for the content.
No more foot hurt, now finger hurt!! Wait till you get old everything hurt. I’m retired carpenter, I hurt from all my bosses over the years saying hurry, hurry, we’re losing money!! Funny most of them lived on a lake and drove nice trucks and cars though.😊👍
Good way to use your off cuts. So easy to make why would anyone want to buy them. Suggested by a comment below. If you can’t make simple shims how are you going to make something more complicated?
yikes......38 bucks for that stick......my guess would have been less than 10....I guess maker wants to amass a million bucks from sales...haha, its a good idea...way over priced
I bought one and it is a bargain because it allows me to safely cut small pieces. It is also great for resting your arm on for painting details and performing other delicate work when you cannot rest your arm on the work itself.
A guy could easily make one of these out of just about any ol' scrap lumber laying around. Or he could get fancy if he wanted to. I think the original has little rubber feet? Oh, that's a tough one... only a million ways to make the diy version grippy. Come on, let's get to it if we don't wanna fork out 38 bucks.
How many guys do you personally know that have had serious table saw injuries? Now what about miter saw injuries? In my case it’s 7-0. Any time you make repetitive cuts on a table saw where your hands are going past the blade the chance of catastrophic injury is something you’d better not sleep on.
Your fingers must be at least 6" away from the miter saw blade. Table saw method is much safer (and arguably faster) if you do it properly, i.e., use appropriate push blocks like grrripper. Instead, you demonstrated unsafe practices with both tools.
@@TheFunnyCarpenter Very much 'yeah'. Open a user manual for either of the power tools, you might learn a thing or two. But hey, these are your fingers, mate.
When I see somebody use a table saw without a guard I feel like calling the police. Not because they are breaking the law, but because they are signalling others that it is O.K.. It is not O.K., it is about one of the most dangerous things in the workshop to do . I have pointed this out to U-tube but not even a reply or explanation as to why they won't ask contributors to comply. Monkey see and monkey do. Please don't do this any more.
I find that the safest way to make shims is to go down to the big box store and buy a pack of 30 for about $4...
Teach a man to fish.
@@TheFunnyCarpenterand he will spend substantially more money on fishing tackle then he would have ever spent on fish 😂
Just go buy your crap at IKEA if you don’t like making things.
@@kerrygibbs8198 IKEA don't sell shims. I (sometimes) get paid to build things, and a client isn't going to pay my time to make shims - if they did, I'd buy a block of iron and make my own nails also.
The advantage of making your own shims is that you can make them the size and shape you want, and put a sharp point on one end.
Another method is to set the mitre saw to half the angle you desire and just flip the wood after each cut, this method is super quick ✨💚🙏
Nice tip
and just MAKE yourself a shim jig, if you're actually going to manufacture your own shims. a zero clearance sled, with the cut at the correct angle, and the indexing block permanently fastened on it. then you can put it on, align the blade, cut a batch of shims, and put it away for next time.
@@kenbrown2808 best way to do it!
Nice. I use a version of the table saw jig but I make them on my bandsaw. The toothmarks left by the bandsaw give you a kind of self locking feature that works especially well when you are using 2 or more wedges together.
As a retired career remodeler who’s seen a lot of things, I love when someone shows me something useful that I haven’t seen before! Thanks for the great tip! Really enjoy your channel and your style of presenting information.
Thanks for commenting David🍻
I make thousands of shims as a trim carpenter and im still respectfully scared of the table saw
Glad to see you're moving much better now. Long recovery.
Thanks Pete, the struggle has been tougher than expected 🍻
"so I've heard" 😂
Missed you! Glad you're back!
Thank you!! 😁
Don’t own a saw, in fact don’t have a workshop but now I know exactly how to make shims and therefore my life is obviously that tiny bit better, thank you! On a side note: I’m still waiting for a knowledge of trigonometry to save my life one day just as I was promised at school.
The best use for a shim is removing architectural trim. Great Video - I cut my shims on a bandsaw with a tablesaw-styled shim-cutting jig.
That’s a great use for a band saw🍻
I love the bloopers at the end of your videos. Flubs are a universal human experience and I think we should celebrate them, especially since they're also universally funny.
Thanks for watching all the way to the end!
Joiner here 43 years..... just cut the angle on the cross grain . Return the saw to 90 degrees turn the timber to the long grain and cut the first wedge, then end for end the block . No need for the temp wedge back and forth.They are call folding wedges . Two together present parallel surfaces , very handy.🤔😂😎🇦🇺👌😅
Just got that miter! That can be my first project !
That's awesome, I'm sure the shims will come in handy!
I’ve had great success taking an 8” piece of 2x8, 2x10, or 2x12 framing (SPF) material, place it perpendicular to the fence and cutting at a 1-1/2° miter, and rotate the piece on each subsequent cut (keeping the cut end on the right side). I’ll batch out a bucket full without any issue of the shims falling through the throat plate or fly behind the fence. Discard the piece once it’s down to 3”-no hold downs required. Easy.
The zero clearance table is a great idea. But sometimes a saw has a feature built in that can help - not sure yours does though looking at it.
On our Makita mitre saws at school - the little clearance plates (the “yellow” bit at the bottom for you) are actually individually adjustable. They could slid in and out about 5-10mm. It took me over a year (and losing multiple bits of thin timber into the gap), to notice that I coud move them in and basically create a zero clearance gap with them! If I need to do bevelled cuts I simply loosen them and move apart, but otherwise they do great.
The makita ones are made of plastic so if you’re really keen you can push them nice and close and if its a bit too close it shaves a bit off but thats ok.
Good tip Michael.
Cross grain shims are nice because they snap right off. You don't have to use a razor knife or multi tool to remove the part that's sticking out
that's sometimes an advantage and sometimes a disadvantage.
@@kenbrown2808 true. My only point was: we shouldn't just write them off completely
Someone said to buy them at the box store for $4.00 a pack. I think he missed the point of your video: razor sharp shims. Last time I looked in box stores for shims they were blunt to the tune of about 3/32”. USELESS in a lot of situations. Thanks for the tip. I’d bet your cup of shims cost about 5 cents.
Exactly, when you need a razor fine shim the only way to get one is to make it🍻
depends on how much you charge per hour. for most skilled tradesmen, the time it takes to think "I need a razor sharp shim for this" costs about 5 cents.
@@kenbrown2808 yes, I get it. But I said, “USELESS in a lot of situations.”; not “all” situations. I’m retired so…
I personally do not understand all the table saw accidents. I have been using one with no guards for 40 years and I still have all ten digits. #1 rule if your gut says this is not a good Idea stop and rethink it
Did you know if you just set your saw @2.5 degrees and make a cut and keep flipping the board between cuts. It's 3 times as fast, I know it might not be the safest way with the throat plate and such but very fast! Awesome job btw
Thanks Patrick🍻I prefer this other method because the shim come all the same with razor fine points… I’m a bit of a psycho that way.
0:56 that's what guys like us tell ourselves.
Indeed🍻
I quickly clicked on this. I thought it was going to be some BS using a planer, knife or ax. When I saw it was The Funny Carpenter I knew I was going to learn something cool!! Thank You!!
Here is another hint. Buy a bundle of #1 cedar shingles. Rip them to 1" or 1-1/2" on your table saw. Cross cut those in half - now you have thick and thin - doubling your life time supply. I've been a carpenter for 45 years and still working on 3rd bundle.
I’d much rather use a table saw than a noisy mitre saw, too my mind also safer on the table saw if done right.
Fair enough, I’d argue that it can never be done as safely on a table saw.
Great video. I'm on Vancouver Island, what part of Canada you in? Hope Achilles is mending
I'm in Vic myself. Lived on the island my whole life 🤙
@@liamvincent8066 excellent place. Bc born and raised, but moved to island from nw bc in 2012. Love it, but it's now getting way too overpopulated, and cost is through the roof. Full home construction since 1990
@@GoldVP... I was born here and unfortunately the local economy and cost of living is eventually going to force me out of my home city. I do commercial frame and form these days and got into the trades after I graduated in 2020.
Thanks buddy, I’m out in the Fraser Valley
It’s beautiful living out there!
Awesome tip. I'll be making composite shims...no rot,cracks or chips, higher crushing value. Cheers from Osoyoos!
"Tell me you're in Canada without telling me"
*Pulls out Tim Hortons Cup*
Had been missing you. Glad to see your video. Got to file it for reference. BTW what thickness wood do you use for these shims - is it 3/4"? TIA and looking forward to more videos.
Thanks buddy. I usually use 3/4” thick material.
Could this also be used if i say, wanted to cut very thin slices (1/16”) of 2x2 hardwoods?
they're never perfect, but I've seen people make plenty of serviceable shims with a regular old hand axe, hold the wood at an angle and take a light strike near the edge, saves you from all the power tool shenanigans
Great video, too bad I had to downsize and my mitre saw is 2000 miles away. Thank you.
I'd love some videos on general carpentry things like safety, setups, first time cutting, tools (like where to start and what to work up towards, etc. You're a really great concise teacher. The way I've seen people work in real life with power tools (specifically saws and rotational stuff like angle grinders) seems dangerous, but I can't judge since I'm a complete beginner; it just seems off.
Thanks for watching🍻
Thanks for sharing! Those million dollar sticks are so great!
Thanks for watching Bob🍻
This is my favorite video in the entire world! Thank you for the tutorial!
I case you haven’t shared it in another video, can you send a link to that tool pouch you have in this video. Looks really useful. Thank you for the content.
I made a video about that pouch and the link is in the description: ua-cam.com/video/lHLRCo_js9Y/v-deo.htmlsi=fFh_3qEByrvAnkdt
Not the the safest way. I made a couple using knife and sanding.
I always cut my shims with a circ saw. Granted I'm a form and frame carpenter.
You can always tell rookie framers by the quality of their circ saw shims…. Or even stakes😂
@@TheFunnyCarpenter it's true
Same here!
Did you know that your shoelaces don't match?
Great one. Thank you for the tips
No more foot hurt, now finger hurt!! Wait till you get old everything hurt. I’m retired carpenter, I hurt from all my bosses over the years saying hurry, hurry, we’re losing money!! Funny most of them lived on a lake and drove nice trucks and cars though.😊👍
The nice thing about getting old is you heal 70x slower if ever😢
the easiest is to take a sharp hand saw and cut any shape or size wedge you need
Why not just buy some? Good Lord~
Good way to use your off cuts. So easy to make why would anyone want to buy them. Suggested by a comment below. If you can’t make simple shims how are you going to make something more complicated?
some people charge more for their time than others.
No carpenters were injured during the production of this video 👍🏻
Hey Rick, good to hear from you🍻
Just got that coffee cup! That can be my first project!
Don’t forget to drink the coffee first though- that would be a huge mistake
Very safe cutting procedure. Kuddos.
I needed to see this. Perfect idea. Thanks for the video.
I’ll just use a hand saw, good video though
Nice video as always 👍
Thanks buddy🍻
if the piece of wood is long enough, you can cut across the grain for the first cut and then you just have to flip.
Way cool!
You yada-yada'ed over the best part!
😂
Wow congrats on the subscriber count!
Thanks buddy🍻
Clear, useful, applicable. Well done.
Thanks for watching🍻
Great tip, thanks
Thanks for watching mate🍻
Video saved for reference. Good advice.
Thanks buddy
yikes......38 bucks for that stick......my guess would have been less than 10....I guess maker wants to amass a million bucks from sales...haha, its a good idea...way over priced
Check out kms tools if you’re in BC.
I bought one and it is a bargain because it allows me to safely cut small pieces. It is also great for resting your arm on for painting details and performing other delicate work when you cannot rest your arm on the work itself.
A guy could easily make one of these out of just about any ol' scrap lumber laying around. Or he could get fancy if he wanted to. I think the original has little rubber feet? Oh, that's a tough one... only a million ways to make the diy version grippy. Come on, let's get to it if we don't wanna fork out 38 bucks.
Nice vid, but I honestly don't see how this is better or safer than using a jig on the table saw.
How many guys do you personally know that have had serious table saw injuries? Now what about miter saw injuries? In my case it’s 7-0. Any time you make repetitive cuts on a table saw where your hands are going past the blade the chance of catastrophic injury is something you’d better not sleep on.
Your fingers must be at least 6" away from the miter saw blade. Table saw method is much safer (and arguably faster) if you do it properly, i.e., use appropriate push blocks like grrripper. Instead, you demonstrated unsafe practices with both tools.
Nah
@@TheFunnyCarpenter Very much 'yeah'. Open a user manual for either of the power tools, you might learn a thing or two. But hey, these are your fingers, mate.
👍👍👍 Awesome idea. Thank you
Thanks for watching Pete🍻
Already lost all of my fingers cutting the shims!! 😭
🤥hmmm
Impressive, as always !!
Good to see ya
Thanks for watching 🍻
Thank you.
Thank you for watching
😎⚒️😎⚒️😎
Cheers Ted🍻🔥⚡️🇨🇦
🇦🇺 Hello! Hope you are doing well. You certainly look much more mobile.
Thank Maria, I’m starting to move around pretty good🍻
When I see somebody use a table saw without a guard I feel like calling the police. Not because they are breaking the law, but because they are signalling others that it is O.K.. It is not O.K., it is about one of the most dangerous things in the workshop to do . I have pointed this out to U-tube but not even a reply or explanation as to why they won't ask contributors to comply. Monkey see and monkey do. Please don't do this any more.
Fair points. Using a proper guard is probably the way to go.