5 Cool Woodworking Tips You'll Want To Know!
5 Cool Woodworking Tips You'll Want To Know!
Woodworking is filled with tips, tricks, and new ideas and nobody can remember all of them, but what we can do is help train our brain to work out new ways of doing old and repetitive tasks and making them more accurate and easier as we go, like rounding corners on table tops by using a compass, and how do your find the pivot point? and what about drilling into end grain dowels, a quick easy shop made clamping jig; tape measure use, probably the most used tool in the workshop, how can we improve on them, well-masking tape is the answer!! and ever tried to make your own thumb screws or thumb bolts, for quick and easy use, now with hot melt glue, you can easily make some DIY versions that work exceedingly well for use on woodworking jigs and clamping devices. In this video, I give you some great clamping tips and drill press tips!
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Hey hey from iowaaaaay!
So really right hand tapes are left hand tapes and left hand tapes are right hand tapes. Now I have to replace all my tapes so I don’t have to keep switching hands!
For your thumb screws go to the craft dept at your big box store and pick up the kids sun catcher melt craft, dump them in a paper form and heat ‘‘em up?
thanks
If you have that problem, get a Lefty Righty tape measure.
,a cool video keep up the great content.. Thank you……
Never too old to learn something new as long there is life there is always option to learn something thanks to you great idea
Try adding an appropriately sized washer under the head ot the home made thumb screw for a flat base as well.
Lol had no idea they made left hand tape. Nice
You are awesome great idea 💡
As always a great video. That hot glue thumb screw tip is genius. I have a missing thumb screw on my vintage table saw that I have been unsuccessful at finding a replacement for. I’m definitely going to try the hot glue trick. I don’t know how durable the glue will be but it is worth a try.
Making knobs- simple to make wooden ones. Drill a through hole for the shaft then drill a recess for the bolt head. Make the recess the width of the bolt head when measuring from a flat to the other flat, so the recess will be smaller than the bolt head tip-to-tip measurement. Put the bolt through the knob and hammer it down. The tips of the bolt head should crush the wood fibers and lock the head in place. If it’s all sized to be tight that will be enough to secure it. You can make the knob any shape you like on the bandsaw
Use dowels to make those big-headed screws.
Use that dowel-drilling trick to drill centred holes in the dowels.
Slice on bandsaw.
Use the hotmelt glue trick to fill the hole. Epoxy would work too.
Paint (or not) to taste.
You can also use a lil epoxy for the knob and just use some minwax or mold release on the wrench.
Thank you sir wonderful tips.
I am a big fan of the FastCap Lefty/Righty tap measures. If one could love a tap measure this would be it
Thanks for all the tips, Colin! 😊
Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊
Sometimes it’s good to be left-handed. I’ve never had a problem measuring incorrectly with the classic right handed tape-measure.
Great tips Colin. As a leftie (or cuddywiffter as we call them in the ME England!) the tape measure is one of the tools that makes it easy for me.
Single fluted Countersink bits are the best. Smooth and straight holes every time.
Some times you have to know when to just let it go… unfortunately
O my gosh! I have done that tape mistake so many times! Didn’t know they even made left hand tapes! Thanks!!!
Great tips. Thanks for sharing.
Fastcap makes a tape measure that is left- and right-handed (numbers are printed both ways). It also has an erasable writing surface on it for making notes of measurements, and also has a built-in pencil sharpener. It is very reasonably priced as well. I’ve been using one for years and it’s the one I keep in my apron pocket.
Dowel holding jig: Don’t just stop the straight cutout at the round hole, continue it past the hole an inch (25mm) or so, it will make it a bit easier to get the jig to clamp down. You could also put several different, common hole sizes along the straight cut so you don’t need to search for the right jig or make a new one each time.
A tape measure is made for measuring not for marking. And we generally measure from left to right, the same as writing.
I had no idea about the left handed tapes. I’ve had the same troubles with marking wrong and always wondered why. Now I know why and how to fix it! lol Thanks
I’d never thought about left- and right-handed tape measures. Mine turns out to be the wrong way round; I’m now going to have to find a replacement to fix a problem I didn’t know I had!
Great episode
To release hot melt glue use a few drops of denatured alcohol
Any guidance on when to try the "drilling backwards" thing? Like under which circumstances that might help?
Improved dowel holder: slot in the opposite direction. You pinch the dowel, like using pliers. You may need to reinforce the other side with a screw.
Great video, I like the left hand tape measure, my husband uses bottle caps on screw clamps to keep from maring the wood
Can ypu reverse your drill press?
I love the old measure twice cut once…….but I’m a measure ten times and still screw it up……lol….love your videos….
Great video Collin, the thumb screw idea is great I do the same sort of thing using soda bottle caps the work really well as a hold down knob ….
What is the red compass tool? Where did you buy it? Love your videos!