Turn Your Table Saw Into a Box Making Machine
Вставка
- Опубліковано 13 бер 2021
- #woodworking #boxes #joinery
DONATE TO THIS CHANNEL TO HELP KEEP IT GOING: www.sdgcreative.com/donate/
In this week’s video, I make a jig for the table saw fence that will allow me to cut quick and accurate miter corner joints. This jig is similar to a jig I made in the past, however this new one can move with the table saw fence so you can make micro adjustments. Once your workpiece is clamped in, making boxes is fast and easy.
DISCLAIMER: My videos are for entertainment purposes only. Do not attempt to do anything that is shown in my videos. Woodworking and Metal Working are very dangerous activities and should only be performed by trained professionals.
NEW WOODWORKING PLANS NOW AVAILABLE!
Check out my website and check back often for new plans for jigs, furniture and other projects.
Go To:
CHECK OUT MY T-SHIRT SHOP FOR ALL THE LATEST DESIGNS: teespring.com/stores/sorensen...
RELATED VIDEOS:
MAKING A TABLE SAW SPLINE JIG: • A Spline Jig for the T...
MAKING A T-TRACK CROSSCUT FENCE: • Perfect T-Tracks: Save...
HALF LAP JIG FOR THE T-TRACK CROSSCUT FENCE: • Perfect Half-Lap Joint...
SOCIAL: FOLLOW ME ON INSTAGRAM or TWITTER: @SDGMIXX - Навчання та стиль
You provide some of the best ideas and this is a "best of the best"! And your rant about tilting the blade is exactly how I see it. Thanks so much.
I totally agree,,setting your blade to 45 degrees can be a pain especially if you have a zero clearance insert ,,ill be making one of these great idea💡
Nice jig - definitely a time saver from recalibrating your saw blade when changing the angle from 0 to 45. Less errors and more consistent cuts.
Wonderful jig. I will be making mine later today. Try to ignore any negative comments. You are doing a real service for the majority of us who are trying to do quality woodworking with a limited budget. Kind Regards. Craig
Thanks Craig! I was just having a bit of fun.🤪. Cheers😀
Good for you. I appreciate you showed your error and how to fix it. I ve learned more from my multitude of mistakes 🦵🏿👍🏼
I caught this error before I actually cut my box parts, but I thought I would share it in the video in case anyone else had the same issue.
Mr Sorensen, this is a great jig, one that I will most certainly be making 👍 I can clearly see, as indeed I think many others will, that keeping one’s table saw at 90* is, by far, more preferable than continually having to re set it. Thank you
Thanks John! So much easier! It would be different if the saw could lock back in place at 90° but it doesn't.
@@EricSorensenCanada neither does my table saw, and for that reason alone, and the time saved fiddling around getting it just right, I very much like your jig. I guess I am just lazy but, at 71 I haven’t got much in the way of patients either 😡 So there you go, you’ve saved at least one old fart from the, now unnecessary, task of re-setting to 90 or, for that matter 45*. Let’s face it, they are the two most used settings. Once again, thank you
Thank you Eric!! Another awesome tip you provided, and I agreed with you that when I used the table saw to cut, it always didn't perfectly match, it's really a pain. I like your method much better.
That jig is a winner for me as I hate having to recalibrate back to 90 degrees, it always takes several attempts and no matter what the blade manufacturer says their blades are not 100% flat. Thanks for sharing that design I can’t wait to make it
Very True!
Great jig...I have been wanting to make one like that for the same reason.👍👍😉
Nice Jig.
Thank you, better idea!
Heck ya I need a new way to cut miters
Wonderful
I also agree that keeping your blade at 90 degrees will improve your accuracy. Dial it in once and leave it alone.
Yes, I like this straightforward jig.
I think I'll also make a jig for holding the boxes at 45° on their edges so that I can make a kerf cut through the joints and slot in mitre inserts for both extra strength and looks.
I always cut box mitres on my table saw (a Bosch) fence crap and has no mitre slots. Fed up continually having to set and reset blade to 45 then 90 and back etc. Thank you a great idea and somehow I'll work out how to use this in my situation!!
Hello from Gander Newfoundland and Labrador Canada.
Cheers Gary🍺.🙂
I'm going to go back & watch the other one. I don't have a table saw, I have a bandsaw with a miter slot!
Tanks My friend. Excelente trabajo y muchas gracias por compartir estos vídeos. Una forma sencilla de hacer cortes a 45° sin tanto esfuerzo. La corrección para ajustar la guía fue muy sencilla, pensé que lo harías de nuevo pero no fue así, quedó bien, todo perfecto. Saludos!!
Muchas gracias mi amigo!🙂 👍
Very good. However, as I watched it I inevitably thought if I try this it’ll be out at the end, ie not accurate 🙁...but then you showed the simple way to adjust and now I’m pondering about going out to the shed 😀 thanks 👍🏴
Excellent work, Eric! Fantastic jig! 😃
My table saw fence is a bit different, it doesn't have the mobile part... (It's a Stanley table saw.) But I'm going to try to make a few jigs for it as well! 😃
Anyway, stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊
Thanks Buddy! Cheers😀
Neat jig! I will be making one for sure. I was wondering about the shimming to correct for 45...it raises the sliding Teflon on the outside. I know it takes longer but I would probably shim under that, instead, to keep with your intended build.
Thanks Brian! On my table saw, there is no longer a table top on that side, once you slide the fence out far enough to make a cut. So you don't actually need the HDP (Teflon) at all. If you have a larger table saw with a Biesemeyer fence, you might try a shim under the jig on one side. Either method will work.
@@EricSorensenCanada thanks, makes sense.
Nicely done Eric! Thought: How about making the section that holds the work piece adjustable in both an up & down & forward & back direction? That way you get the adjustability & can also cut different angles as well. Anyway, great jig! 👍👍👏👏
Haven't given this a lot of thought, but does having the jig run on the fence add much functionality compared to one that runs in a mitre slot on the table?
You are of course 100% correct about the time saved and accuracy gained from not having to constantly set and reset the angle of the table saw blade.
The advantage is that you can still move the fence with the jig on it. It makes micro-adjustments easier.
Hey Eric, why not set your blade at 45%? haha couldn't resist. Another great project and I will be making one of these. jigs. I hate using the corner clamps but needs must. Thanks for sharing Eric
Thanks Jim 🤣. The corner clamps are a funny thing... It took me many glue ups before I realized the best way to apply them. Maybe I should do a video on that..? Cheers🙂
First 😊
I notice that you always use at least 2 passes when cuttung with yous sliding miter saw. Can you explais? Also, what is+thevrelativecstrength of your/jitervjoints compared tor box and dovetail jounts, u.e., whatvis the tradeoff of build time versus strength? This isn't a criticism, just a question to inform when you might spchoose onrvtype of joinery versus another. Stu
It's just a technique I use. The first pass goes just below the surface, the second one cuts through. Cleaner cuts / less tear out when you don't try to get it all in one pass. Miter joints are plenty strong once you put a couple of splines in them. I did the spline jig in last week's video. Without the splines, they won't really compare to the finger joints. That said, making finger joints is a messy business on the router, way more dust and waste. As for time, I can get four boxes made in the time it takes me to cut finger joints for one box, and that includes cutting the slots for the splines.
And, armchair troll, if you own a Triton you can't angle your damn blade. I actually made one of these but it wasn't this good. Back to the drawing board, thanks mate! Oh, and do you have a jig that will do the same thing for really long boards?
Thanks Dave! I assume you mean the long board ends? Maybe for a Garden box? For that work I resort to a tilt on my circular saw. Just takes a couple of test cuts on scrap to get that angle right and a straight edge guide.
@@EricSorensenCanada Damn, I was so fixated on a tablesaw option I didn't think of just cutting with my hand held saw... what a twit. Thanks again mate, your blood's worth bottling.