Making tapered legs doesn't have to be difficult. Essential woodworking shop project.
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- Опубліковано 21 лип 2024
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Sooner or later, you may need to make a long cut along the grain of the wood that is wider on one end than the other. This is called a taper and is mostly seen on table legs. But it’s one of the few cuts that you can’t make using just the miter gauge or rip fence that came with your saw. You will need a jig.
In this video, I want to share with you my ultra simple, basic taper jig that you can make with some scrap plywood. You will need a couple of toggle clamps. Here's the ones I use: amzn.to/2PSWXgI
If you're interested, this is the Microjig Taper Jig I mentioned: amzn.to/31JIg2n
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0:00 Why you need a taper jig
1:40 Project begins
3:55 How to use the taper jig
8:45 Adjustments
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I keep a micrometer handy when I go to other people's houses, to double check their work
Not just a caliper! This guy checks for missing microns!🧐🧐🧐😄
Lol!
Your comma is unnecessary and made your comment one character longer than it needed to be.
😉
god bless
@@ardeet 🤣 never thought about people measuring my comment for precision!
Hey Steve, just wanted to let you know I built your taper jig last weekend and used it to make my first tapered table legs this weekend. Truly appreciate how approachable you make so many aspects of wood working. I know your video is 3 years old but just wanted to leave some positive in appreciation.
😁 LOL... that was funny! 😂 If invited to a woodworker's dinner party... remember to bring your tape measure and calipers to measure their table legs. Then grill them on which tapering jig they used... You DIDN'T use the one Steve made on WWMM did you!?!? Proudly say: Of course I did! I gave it Character... left the Home Depot stickers on it, painted it purple, spray lacquered it, and I put the crappy side towards the wall. You have taught us well. - Steve your channel is so much fun, and I love the humor! Much respect for the work you do.
Seeing these videos keep reminding me I really ought to get a table saw.
It took me a while to make myself buy one, and I probably use it the most out of anything now. If you can, wait until father's day, they'll have some awesome deals for them.
Ryobi at Home Depot 189 with stand
Going on 5 years with the Delta that Lowe's sells. I've been completely satisfied with it. It has soft start, purrs while running, has a fantastic fence that glides with 1 finger, is a good size for jigs and breaking down sheet goods. Can't beat it for $600. They've got the T2 version out now which has some improvements over the original.
I got a cheapy with a beefy motor and the first project was to pretty much rebuild it and make a proper fence for it - plenty of youtubers out there that will show you how to do it. Now it's a pretty decent table saw and I love using it
If you can, spend enough to get a good one; at a minimum one with a cast iron top. Like Barnes said, the Delta from Lowe's. Buying used in another option. An old Craftsman 113 series (113.xxxxxx model number) contractor's saw should be available used for $100-$250 and it's much more saw than most of the newer ones with cast aluminum tops and plastic housings. There are plenty of UA-cams on building a good fence for one.
Thanks for putting in the metric sizes. Obviously I can calculate this afterwards, but seeing them during the video is very handy!
Me throughout the video:
I don't get it...
How's this going to work?
Huh?
Why?
But how?
*Steve backs the screw out*
Oh
My
God.
GENIUS!
😂😂😂
Replace the top nut on your toggle clamps with a wing nut. Will make life a lot easier. :)
Subscribing to this channel is gonna cost me so much money, but it also is giving me the confidence that I can actually do these types of projects. Great content as always.
Now that you’ve said it, my friends will come to my house to check the measurements
My brothers do this! Point out all of my mistakes and I do the same to them! LOL
Then you don't know the true definition of "friends." Relatives, sure ...
I have been watching your videos for some time now. Sadly, we lost our house to fire the end of January. We lost everything including the shop. So now it’s rebuild time and hopefully I can start replacing all my woodworking stuff. Blessings from Texas
I will never make table legs but just like watching the work that Steve does for us and then the comments below - always a hoot!! Thanks Steve.
I never get tired of your videos i really appreciate that you share your knowledge thanks
These are the best videos. As a beginner the info here is gold! Bonus points for the metric on screen conversions👏👏
Wow this was seriously great! I've been a bit apprehensive on making table leg tapers. I'll absolutely make this jig.
Genius Sir.
This along with Heisz's recent screw scoring system on the table saw will save me a lot of time.
Thank You!
AHHH its spring ladies and gentleman! Thank you Steve for all the great stuff. Making this jig and many others as I slowly make tons of mistakes on project....learn from them and have fun in the process. Cheers to the awesome content!
That is really ingenious. Mr. Steve. A four sided, aesthetic taper accomplished with a screw and two sticks Just love it.
My next project from your Powered Up course is the Napa Valley dining table. This video feels like it expands on your lesson in making table legs from that course. Very helpful. Thank you Steve.
I love this channel, thank you Steve for keeping things simple and showing us that you don't need the most fancy tools out there to make awesome stuff!!!
Been watching for many many years and I think this is the best jig you have produced. Keep up the great work.
Ingeniously simple and effective jig. I tend to only taper the two inner sides of table legs which makes setting the cutting angle even easier. Thanks for helping to keep me sane this past year.
I built your version of this jig the other day and just cut my first set of tapered legs. Thanks for making this video.
Steve, thanks for the video and jig. I needed some tapered legs for a project and they came out perfectly.
Great idea. I built the same jig for straightening edges. Used it to taper a set of table legs as well recently. It is indeed a very simple and useful jig.
Thanks Steve! This taper jig was by far the easiest to make with parts from the scrap bin and worked perfectly. My first tapered leg table and it was very satisfying.
Hi, I am from Guatemala, central America. I am starting my wood shop, and you have no idea how helpful your videos and your plans have been for me.
Thanks a lot and keep it up, specially the good humor you posses. 👍👍👍
The first taper jig I have seen and understood how to make and use. Thanks Steve!
I consider myself pretty handy, I used to be a carpenter (due to a surgery I can't do that anymore) and I love working with wood. I always find very handy tips and tricks in your videos. I've been watching them for a while now and I really like how you make it so easy for us to understand and do! Thank you for your amazing videos Steve!
This is genius in its simplicity. Thank you so much for this; I have just enough time to build one and try it out before starting a commission for a table later this week.
The best taper gig I’ve seen, and easy to use 😊
I got one! Finally.. I big old craftsman table saw! It sure is unlike any of the smaller tables saws I’ve e every used. So, I’m now going over all your vids so I can learn how to use a real table saw. Thank you Steve, I’ve been a fan since you first came on, thanks, we really need your vids ok.
Hugs, sheila ~:}
Thanks Steve, always watching your fantastic videos from Middle East
I really appreciate that you add metric annotations. Thank you for the effort!
wow! just wow! i have two 4x4 post that have a tapered 45 and tapered sides to make an octagon when looking from the end. whick looks great except both are rotting. Been scratching my head over how to do this for quite a while. This solves that problem. Thanks!!! yep i will definitely be making at least a 3rd as a practice run. lol
Thank you Steve, I love your content and you always make it so that whatever your skill level, you make woodworking so approachable. Appreciate you and all that you do!
I made a shorter version of this for my hobby sized table saw to cut legs for a coffee table I am making. It is 610mm long, of 18mm ply, all other measurements the same as yours and it worked perfectly. Thanks for the video and the plans!
KISS: keep it simple stupid. Always runs through my head when building and this is fantastic!
Mr Ramsey, once again another great video. I love how well you explain things. Thank you for all your videos....they are really great.
good video.....thanks for modulating the sound of the saw...nice touch
It is absolutely brilliant,so simple, but works perfectly.
Nicely done. Simple and straightforward. 👍
What a great little jig for the 7 tapered boards I had to cut for my Adirondack chair. TY
I know NOTHING about woodworking and yet this video was incredibly interesting, clear and educational. I am still afraid of table saws and such tools but I really like design and furniture making. Maybe Ill try it somedau
I have one that I made a couple years ago just the as yours. works great. You where right since I made it i used it twice lol.
The set screw is ingenuous. Also, it doesn't go without saying to make a fifth leg. I never would have thought of that!
This was great. I wondered how to get the taper all around the workpiece with these jigs. Thanks, Steve!
Good job Steve. Very useful jig.
It's also great for cutting a straight edge of a crooked board
Thank you for this! This is very helpful. Suggestion for future video: router sled jig for those of us who don't have planers but need to flatten glue ups.
Thanks Steve, another great “easy” jig for us Mere Mortals.
I built this jig today... it was super easy to build and my first test leg turned out great.... thank you for making these videos !!
Thank you for your straight forward teaching!
Simple jigs are the best. Love it!
Super simple and easy to use. Best advice was to make an extra leg for testing. Thanks again, Steve.
That is a great taper jig, Steve. Simple, easy, and adjustable. And inexpensive too. Thanks
Tapered table legs are typically tapered on the two inside faces, leaving the two outside faces untouched. This results in an attractive leg that's easier to taper.
nobody comes to your house with a caliper to mesurate...Excellent !!!
I just love your videos Steve!
Great video Steve! Thank you! I’m definitely making this!
Now that’s the easiest tapper jig on UA-cam.!
Simple but effective. I would probably cut groves where the screws are and add adjustable knobs so you could make adjustments. But I like the simplicity. Thanks for the video.
Very handy and simple. Ty Mr Ramsey
Great jig Steve . Video is detailed and easy to understand and as usual with a hint of hilarity !👍
I changed out my toggle clamps because I had to keep changing the thickness size of my wood cuts. I changed to the rockler/ of off brand screw down clamps and it seems to work
Straightforward and clear information. Thank you
That is amazing. Great Job Steve.
Nice jig, however small mistake and upgrade suggestion. If you measure your example leg, you’ll find it turned out slightly bigger then the intended 3/4. This is because, although you started the. Sawblade from the line, the other side at location of the line was not touching the jig. So instead of taking of 3/8 as intended, you did 3/8 minus the small gap you had left.
A fix would be:
-add a 2nd screw at the line location, only sticking out enough so the leg rest on it, instead of the jig. For example, 1/4 inch.
Your other screw, set at 3/8 + 1/4. (So differences between the screw is 3/8. All others steps as per you video. Now the removal is exactly 3/8 and final result exactly 3/4
I agree! This really had me thinking "won't the starting point affect what the set screw does?" I think you could also keep the same jig and simply adjust the set screw so that the distance from the screw to the blade is correct. It might take a couple tries to get it right though.
I have nothing to say really, but I appreciate your content, and wish to help with the yt-algorithms.
Well done. Nice and simple.
This is my jig. The base is a door from a cheap entertainment center and I use a small knob from the center to cover the screw just to make sure it doesn't dent the leg.
Steve this is awesome and so simple. Thanks!
Worked like a charm, thanks.
I like your simple versions. :)
Love you're channel.
Yup. Easiest on UA-cam. Thanks Steve!
Thanks for a great video Steve.
Great jig, Steve.
Great video :) Keep up the good work Regards from London
Very clever. Thank you!
I need to try this. Thanks for sharing the video.
I need to make a tapered jamb extension and this should work perfectly for it. Thanks!
Nice and simple. Love it! Thanks!!!
Most table legs I've made (and seen) have 2 sides tapered (not 4). The tapers are on the sides that face in.
Great Jig!!! Thank You Steve!!!!👍😎😃
Thank you for the show
Great ideas. Thanks for the video.
Thank you Steve, this is the most straight forward build of a taper jig I have seen yet, I will be constructing one of these as my next project, great to see another video from you also am I the only person who was surprised you did not release an April Fool video?
Another place to get cheap but good toggle clamps is HF.
I like all these "essential woodworking projects" and #shorts. Very useful for audience like me. Just started to make my first cross cut sled. Thanks for the content.
Well done!!!
I needed this. I have such a project in mind.
I saw toggle clamps like that at Harbor Freight 2 days ago. I didn't know what I'd do with them.
I bought 3 of the harbor freight toggle clamps to make an edge jointer jig for my table saw. Works well and are inexpensive.
Thanks Steve.. That was an awesome jig.
I like it might need to make one
This seems simpeler and easier than the jig I put together ~2 yrs ago. It's time to make a new one!
Steve, I've been watching for a good while now. You really do have one of the best woodworking channels and with no ego or attitude! That you have 1.66 MILLION subscribers says a lot. Love the taper jig even though I have a commercial one. Yours is easier to use. OTOH, 3 sets of ads by 8:30 was a bit much.
Very nice Steve 😎
A really great jig.
Great idea , thanks
Great jig. Simple for mere mortals like me.
That's why i'm subscribed!