7 Woodworking Tips & Tricks You Really Should Know | Evening Woodworker
7 Woodworking Tips & Tricks You Really Should Know | Evening Woodworker
Here are 7 woodworking tips, tricks, and hacks that I use regularly in my shop to get things done faster and more efficiently. If you’re cutting tapers, duplicating curved shapes, or trying to eliminate tearout, this video will give you some great tips that you can use in your woodworking.
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I’ve worked in 100’s of different fields but never woodworking because it is my "Happy" place, my place I go just for me and to leave the world behind…I started in High School in 1971 and never stopped. In fact I earned my carpenters journeyman card in 1974 when I was a senior in school – but I digress. I have to tell you, I have watched a lot of videos about tricks and tips and found both your presence and your topic just awesome. Great job good sir — Great job!! and Thanks for sharing those little things that make woodworking our passion and "Happy Place" Cheers and God Bless….
This is great. Do you have a workshop set up video?
Oh I love the bucket one! I am having my grandkids help me build a wishing well for their mom for Mother’s Day. This will be perfect!
I really liked the idea to keep the tape measure "connected" Thank You 🙂
When I need to hold two boards together instead of using double-sided tape or to hold a board on top of a table so that I can cut it instead of using double-sided tape what I do now is I put blue tape on each thing and then I put CA glue between them hold it down spray it with the activator and then it holds it down perfectly and then when you’re ready to separate the two items you just pull it up throw the tape in the in the trash.
My tip: You can have all the tools in the world but it takes wood in order to do woodworking. So buy some wood now and again.
The tapering jig blew my mind. Thank you thank you.
I MADE A N EMERGENCY TABLE SAW BY PUTTING MY SKILSAW UPSIDE DOWN ON A SAWHORSE,WORKS GREAT FOE A WHILE,BUT VERY DANGEROUS..IF YOU DO THIS BE VERY CAREFUL
Great tips! Also, that’s a kule wall system behind you there..
A tip from Canada. Ok you Americans have changed the square screw driver game. We call them Robbie’s. You numbered them all wrong, but that’s ok. This Is the trick. There’s 4 different size Robbie’s. Largest Is black then red then green then yellow. So all those screw drivers In a bag gets confusing. Answer, I tape the screw drivers between the tip and the handle. Biggest black tape then red after goes green and the smallest Is yellow. And for the prince Philips I use blue masking tape. It makes organizing and picking up what screw driver you need really fast. Really works.
Has never built a sled and owns a SawStop ….not envious and no animosity, I just find that to be very strange ?
Great idea @ 6:52 but not if your naked apart from the tool belt…! LOL Phone the Doctor please I have an embarrassing injury…. Great tips, well produced and put over. thanks
Really good stuff. Thank you.
@6:55 unless you do your work in the buff.
I sincerely enjoyed every tip in your video. And very much appreciated how you get to the point of something concisely and quickly. Thank you.
They used to cal that masking tape.
"Wrong" on letting your tape snap back. It elongates your 90 Degree tip a bit each time it snaps back. It will not measure accurately by a lot by as much as 3/4′ in 10 ft. especially on laying out studs, 4/8 plywood will not line up.
Many years ago I used a Stanley 12′ x 1/2" wide left-hand tape measure. I’m right-handed but put the tape on my left pocket. I could pull it out with my left hand, reach over to the right end of the board, hook it, pull it left and mark with my right hand. Simple. And fast. Once I let the tape fly back and it whipped around through the spinning blade on my radial arm saw. Time for a new tape. I used to buy replacement tapes and keep using the same case, but apparently they don’t make replacement tapes anymore. Or left-hand measuring tapes for that matter. 🤬
Iam old retired now and want to learn ty
don’t let the end of your tape measure slam on the return over time it will wear that rivet out and effect your measurement
You have not been wood working long enough young man. After several decades you will find the 15 measuring tapes you own. Then put one at each work station one in your truck and hang one from the shop ceiling …problem solved.
I use blue tape for clamping and gluing mitered corners in picture frames. And be careful using the last tip. You might get wiplash cut from the edge of the blade as it retracts or snagged on the clip at the end.
Tape Measure Trick – Not a good idea as the "slam back" eventually (quickly) elongates the holes and it is no longer accurate – and you don’t notice the difference in length (as long as you keep using the exact same tape measurer to measure everything no big deal, if you don’t, you will have different lengths).
Best Idea is to bend the spring out so it is not so strong when clamped on. If too much, vise it back some.
Letting tape snap back as shown is an excellent way to have the end snap off
That has blown my mind haha, I’m pleasantly surprised the tape measure doesn’t snap dangerously when retracting. We’ve all done it as a kid, getting daddy’s tape measure and plonking it back or seeing how far, not knowing it says on there or not caring but seeing it fly agressively back :’) I’ll definitely try keeping it on, aye thanks bud
Thanks man. Good video!
Great tips, why blue tape? Seems orange would work the same. But the tape measuring left on the belt looks so half assed and lazy. It’s nothing to take it out and put it back.
Brilliant! That first tip for cutting tapers, so simple yet earth shattering. I’ve got a couple homemade jigs for cutting tapers and they are unwieldy and pretty much guess work getting the angles. This is a much, much better idea. Thanks for that and all the tips.
OMG! The tape measure trick is brilliant!
Awesome advice for a rookie like me! Thanks
here’s a tip,If you keep letting your tape measure snap back like you show in the video, soon you are going to be on your way to the hardware store, to replace it because the end will break off!
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No crosscut sled? You’re a carpenter not a woodworker LOL. After your table saw it’s the most important tool in the shop.
How to remove a bow in board??
Before I worked with my carpenter dad I used to think building trades were easy, how wrong I was and you can go to college/university but nothing teaches you better than working with someone with experience, some great tips in this video
So, in tricks 1 and 2, the gap from piling up blue tape when wrapping around the work doesn’t have an effect on the edge straightness? Hmmm?
You invited comments, so here’s mine. When using pva (white wood glue) most people wipe off the excess. But because pva shrinks as it dries. As it shrinks air is drawn in to the joint, resulting in a honeycomb effect that can be seen when the joint is broken, weakening the joint considerably. I make sure there is excess glue along the whole joint, which gets sucked into the joint as it dries, resulting in a much stronger joint. Please try it. If you use white glue, not titebond yellow. White glue doesn’t stain the wood, and chisels of easily. Don’t sand the glue.
Excellent tips and tricks well presented.
And great to see another blue tape disciple! I always have a roll in my tool bag 👍 it’s like the long nose pliers or the pry bar – infinitely useful.
That last one on retractable tape measures is lame. Newer longer tapes don’t bend easily.
Edit: this, on reflection, was needlessly terse. I thoroughly enjoyed the video and _most_ 😆 of the comments.
I’m in love. Wow thank you so much.
I’ve been doing trim work and carpentry for 20 years and i love what I do and make a good living of it
Be careful when it comes flying back and you’ll pull the tip of the tape
About the tape loosing accuracy after repeated "snap-backs:, the guy that does "woodworking for mere mortals" Steve Ramsey did this 10,000 times(if I remember correctly) with no loss of accuracy until the tape broke(under the 10000 mark, but not much. He has a video out there but I could not find it!
Green Tape is the same only far Superior 3M only
Outstanding! Semper Fi
Excellent tips…thank you
Awesome tips, but please stop letting your tape snap back in….cringe
charlie puth?
I invented the trick you used for cutting the taper. If you’d like any help I’d be happy to offer the advice, my hourly rate is ver conservative