How to Cut Wood Joints | Generation Next | Ask This Old House
How to Cut Wood Joints | Generation Next | Ask This Old House
Ask This Old House general contractor Tom Silva teaches apprentice Austin how to make a variety of different wood joints by building simple utility boxes.
SUBSCRIBE to This Old House: http://bit.ly/SubscribeThisOldHouse
Time: 2-3 hours
Cost: $50
Skill Level: Beginner-Expert, depending on the joint
Tools List for Cutting Wood Joints:
Table saw
Miter saw
Dado blade
Table saw blade
Clamps
Safety glasses
Hearing protection
Shopping List:
Lumber
_” plywood
Wood glue
Wood screws
Steps:
1. Cut the lumber to desired length using a table saw or a miter saw.
2. Cut the _” plywood to size for three boxes based on the previous cuts made. The plywood will serve as a bottom for all the boxes.
RABBET-BUTT JOINT
3. Set the dado blade in the table saw to just slightly above the thickness of the board.
4. Hold the board on its long side and eyeball the desired thickness of the rabbet cut. Slide the rip fence against the board and lock it down when the gap between the rip fence and the blade are at the desired thickness.
5. With the board still standing upright, run it through the table saw.
6. Repeat this process on the other side of the board, and then again on the board that will be parallel to this one on the completed box.
7. Switch the dado blade to a table saw blade and make a cut on all four boards the thickness of the bottom of the box to receive the bottom of the box.
8. Cover all the joints with wood glue and assemble the first three sides.
9. Slide the bottom into the dados, then add the fourth side.
10. Screw all the sides together with the wood screws.
RABBET-DADO JOINT
11. Switch the table saw blade back to a dado blade.
12. Set the blade height to roughly a _”. You can use the _” plywood as a guide.
13. Stand the board tall and then adjust the rip fence so that the blade falls perfectly center with the board.
14. Set the board flat and run the dado cut. Repeat this process on the other side of the board, and then again on the board that will be parallel to this one on the completed box.
15. To make the rabbet cuts, take a sacrificial piece of wood the same dimensions as the box lumber and hold it against the rip fence. Lay the board flat against the sacrificial piece and run it through the blade.
16. Repeat this process on the other side of the board, and then again on the board that will be parallel to this one on the completed box.
17. Switch the dado blade to a table saw blade and make a cut on all four boards that’s about _” thick to receive the bottom of the box.
18. Cover all the joints with wood glue, assemble the box with the bottom, and clamp it together until the glue dries.
About Generation Next:
This Old House’s Generation NEXT initiative shines a light on the urgent need for young people to enter the building trades and fill the skills gap in America today. “There’s a critical need for people in home construction,” says the This Old House master carpenter Norm Abram. The initiative has involved recruiting apprentices—some with no skills, some with a few years under their tool belts—to work alongside the TOH TV pros.
Looking for more step by step guidance on how to complete projects around the house? Join This Old House INSIDER to stream over 1,000 episodes commercial-free: https://bit.ly/2GPiYbH
Plus, download our FREE app for full-episode streaming to your connected TV, phone or tablet:
https://bit.ly/34RYEP5
Follow This Old House and Ask This Old House:
Facebook: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseFB
Twitter: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseTwitter
http://bit.ly/AskTOHTwitter
Pinterest: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHousePinterest
Instagram: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseIG
http://bit.ly/AskTOHIG
For more on This Old House and Ask This Old House, visit us at: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseWebsite
How to Cut Wood Joints | Generation Next | Ask This Old House
https://www.youtube.com/user/thisoldhouse/
Excelentes video….. Gracias por compartir…
Tommy, thank you for your kindness, your humanity, sharing knowledge with others and taking them under your wing. I’m very sorry to learn that Austin has passed away. He seemed like a very nice young man, loving what he was learning. We send our warmest sympathy and aloha to you, his family and friends. Mahalo for all you do and may he experience the real life promised to us in God’s Word, the Holy Bible. Rev 21:3,4 All our love to you, from Hawai’i 🌊🌟☀🏝💜💙💚💛🧡
great video…
RIP Austin. You made such an impression on me. You are missed.
RIP Austin, Gone way to early. My prayers goes out to his family, friends, and people on the show. Seemed like a great young man.
😳🥺😭 man he was a baby but god has a better place for him now ! RIP
My condolences for the loss of Austin. I’ve watched Jimmy Diresta make the finger joints but I never understood how to make the opposing ends meet up till now.
How did he die?
So much good information.
How do you tolerance the joint? I need to give a little left right wiggle while the sample is at the apex of the dado blade. I just can’t get it to fit without it…
R.I.P. Austin
Excellent video and process. Thanks for sharing
that second type of joint is still a fancier butt joint. not very strong either
*R.I.P. AUSTIN*
Just go to Woodglut if you want to know how to do it yourself.
In loving memory of our hard worker
Austin Wilson
I never really have a chance to watch the show on tv so could anyone tell what happened to Austin?
I would love to have seen a dovetail joint make it into this video.
LoL Tom say don’t want to damage the ripping fence but already have done in the video 😄 pay attention before and after
Oh wow I’m sorry to hear about that.
R.I.P. Austin. i like the show very much i live Australia. i am wondering what is the blade called which actually cut the big slots in the fingers
Tom tricking the dude like "I’ll show you another joint"
R.I.P. AUSTIN YOU WILL BE MISSED😭💔❤️❤️
May Austin truly Rest In Peace and his soul prosper. I am glad he at least was doing what he loved. He motivates me, and I’m much moreso grateful to do what I am doing regardless of difficulty. I’m appreciative of that fact I have the skill and ability to use tools and truly create anything out of my own imagination. Thank you Austin and those from this old house, your videos help a ton and go a lot farther than it may seem. I truly love you guys and I really do hope you see this. 👀 🤍🌌✌👍😀
If I had to choose to murder a type of person, the first would be a pedophile, and the second would be a racist.
Great teacher and mentor
you can see how tom silva is good by the fact that he work with table saws/ band saw and all sorth of saws and he has all the fingers
RIP Austin. They never mentioned the cause of his death
The This Old House family is the best ever anywhere!
Since we could not leave comments on Austin’s announce vid, I’m listing my comments here.
I was very pleased to see Austin on TOH. When I was in the trades, there were almost no Black Men in the business. There were of course many Black men in the business, but I did not get the opportunity to meet that many who were real artisans. I had high hopes for Austin.
While he was not overly shown, it was a pleasure to see him work and learn from the masters on the show. Hearing of his loss was like a punch in the gut.
I feel badly for his family as he was so young and so promising. His character, attention to detail, interaction with the others, gave every reason to believe he was in a position to become a master himself.
Rest in Peace Austin.
Poplar 😀 The cheapest wood on earth … not even worth the power to spin the saw blade
Just when I’m thinking that the kid is really into learning and seems like an awesome person, I read the comments… Rest in peace, Austin.
The Pins were too short on the box joints. The blade needed to be raised just a bit more. These types of adjustments should be commented on as well as how loose or tight the fingers are. I guess not very DIY, more "made for TV".
Exactly why I watch – I learned something while watching someone else learning. Thanks.
The Box/Finger Joint has always been one of my favorites.
Truly heartbreaking to hear this fella passed. Seemed like such a good, well mannered young man. Rest in peace fella.
Tommy is a wealth of knowledge.
In my first work I always used Woodglut plans.
Rest In Peace In The Arms of Our Lord Austin 🙏
Those sawstop saws make me drool.
RIP Austin
Seemed like a pretty chill guy
Rest In Peace Austin
RIP Austin !Tommy is the greatest
that’s how a dad and a son make a convo and talk each other, instead "i think i’m a cis, i think i’m a girl"
R.I.P.
Thanks for the great tutorial video
How’d this kid die?
It’s great to see a young man enjoy and learn and do a good job at the same time I wish we could see more of this
RIP Austin. It’s awesome that these TOH guys are teaching these young people their skills. Hopefully it will help keep them out of trouble.
RIP Austin. That said, how many home owners can afford a SawStop? I’d like to see ATOH do an episode on building your Old House Workshop on the cheap…