This CLEVER ROUTER TRICK Might Be THE END of Jigs In My Shop / How to Route a Dado / Woodworking
This CLEVER ROUTER TRICK Might Be THE END of Jigs In My Shop / How to Route a Dado / Woodworking
Up until now, I’ve always made jigs to route perfect dados. This may have all changed with this ingenious little trick I discovered that makes perfect dados, without the jigs.
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simply brilliant
very good and well demonstrated 👍
I like that a lot! A little creativity can save money in tools and it is an old school process. In the old days there were far less tool options and craftsman had to figure out a way. I wish I would let that sink in a bit though since I am a tool buying addict.
Nice trick, as a 3D print enthusiast, my fist reaction was to print a kit of those offcuts with the small radial block at the end, quick to design and print.
Creative idea. Thanks
Also… popsicle/crafting sticks.
If your cut is too small, use the Japanese technique of Kigoroshi to make the insert fit.
Great little video. Keep up the great work.
Great tip for a persistent problem. I’ll have to watch this a couple of times, tho.
It’s easier to place your width material between two pieces of wood, then use a flush smaller trim bit to cut out the size of the gap, using your two pieces of wood as edges and it would be perfect every time… I don’t see how you got the meaurement for the off cut. Was it just a guess?
I had to watch this 3 times to understand the part about the offcut. If it wasn’t for all the positive comments I would have just dismissed this video
Super beneficial…….no no nope. Very..yes. Extremely..yes. Super….stupid Americanism.
Brilliant in its simplicity.
Awesome stuff, sir!
That’s still a jig. 🙂
It wasn’t that you went too fast, but after several views.. I still didn’t understand.
You took too much for granted.
Maybe augmenting with drawings would have helped.
Your use of camera was not very helpful.
Neat trick – like it
An excellent woodworking video – a very useful tip, presented clearly and concisely. Good on you, buddy.
What a great trick. The only problem with your channel is every time I visit or post. I get "spam" notification that I’ve won a free table saw or something else.
Nice!
👍
I like your videos. Informative, tightly edited, and no gratuitous BS. Keep ’em coming.
It’s a cool idea. I’ve used setup blocks to do the same thing. Or the table saw of course.
Thanks!
Way too confusing. I had to watch it 5x before It sunk in.
Very clever!
Why not just put the thickness of your piece between the router and the fence , cut, then take the piece out, cut, job done.
Thanks.
Good tip, thanks for sharing.
Genius. #3 after 1- fire and 2- the wheel
Took me a while to understand it. Now it makes complete sense and is very useful! Thanks a lot!
Brilliant!!!
You have great videos that you are able to understand. I find myself always coming back here for your content
That is pretty brilliant. Very creative, good problem solve
To all who mentioned that I went too fast, I apologize! This video was a tough one to make for some reason!
Good fix to your problem. But, wouldn’t an exact fit dado jig be more practical? You wouldn’t have to make a "scrap" piece for every new piece of plywood you used. You simply put the piece into the jig and set the width.
reduce thickness of the 12mm into 3/8 in slot
Nice idea man and yeah it costs. But it also depends what you prefer time or effort
Why is everyone on YouTube using a hand trimmer for dados? You guys want to get a kickback? There’s a plunger invented specifically for it!
Think outside the box, just after you’ve made it….😁
It’s brilliant and i think thats the point of the video , which is fine but it’s still easier to just buy the correct size bit .
NICE rick
But your offcut should’ve been the whole thickness of your piece that you’re going to recess since you jointed the end and removed the piece and ran over it again. The difference between your two cuts is the thickness of the piece you took out… What’s the logic?
awesome
Thanks for this works fantastic 👍
Subscribed.
Okay, you’re a GENIUS! Thanks from a newbie. Sub’d buddy!
…that was about the most complicated way to complete that job that I’ve ever seen; congratulations on devising a system, though. It seems like it works for you and that’s ultimately all that matters.
As you might imagine, this is a pretty common problem.
The way people typically do this is with a top-bearing bit, an adjustable template, and a direct measurement.
You just use the end of the shelf, adjust the rails of the template to hug the sides of the shelf, lock the template, remove the shelf, and route out the recess; it takes all of 10 seconds from start to finish for each end recess. If you have lots of end recesses to route, you’ll see fairly substantial productivity gains from taking a simple, direct, error proof measurement.
a lot of the pleasure in woodworking is figuring out simple solutions like this.
Great video, i did something similar a few days ago but instead of using a wooden spacer i used a drill bit to the correct thickness i needed. I simply taped it onto the router guide using low tack double sided tape, worked a treat.
Love it, Fair play.