Early Access Video: Dead square cuts with hand tools
Added 2019-07-27 12:00:03 +0000 UTCFriends:
We're gearing up for more furniture builds in the Woodwork for Humans series. But before we get there, we need more precision in our work, especially in making perfect 90 degree ends on boards. Straight edges and sharp ends are the basis of all woodwork joinery, but they can be hard to achieve with hand tools.
Luckily, you can build a pair of easy jigs that will make your sawing and planing much more accurate and repeatable. They're easy to build and only take about half a day. After these are done, we'll move on to some more substantial builds.
I'm taking next week off and going to Connecticut so my patents can see their granddaughter. But I'll be back in two weeks with another full video and I'll probably have some exclusive content to tide you over between now and then.
Have a great 2 weeks!
--Rex
Comments
You’re right, thank you for pointing that out
Mārtiņš Barinskis
2019-08-22 18:59:42 +0000 UTCI totally agree on the knife-wall, but it's worth pointing out that Paul uses both.
Rex Krueger
2019-08-22 13:03:40 +0000 UTCFinally got to watching this video of yours. Thanks, great jigs! I think I’ll try shooting board today, great idea to position the platform in the middle. As for bench hook, I personally prefer knife wall technique (first saw it in a Paul Sellers’ video) to ensure my cuts are more square. Found it very simple and reliable and less dependant on the thickness of the material.
Mārtiņš Barinskis
2019-08-22 08:59:01 +0000 UTCPosted a picture. Nothing fancy, but it works great. Gonna make a little 45 degree holder for it so I can do Kumiko.
William Allen
2019-08-02 02:10:26 +0000 UTCRelaxing? What's that?
Ryan Roberts
2019-08-02 00:26:21 +0000 UTCAre you back from holiday or are you hiding in the bathroom patreoning when you're supposed to be relaxing?
Matthew Leigh
2019-08-01 19:48:55 +0000 UTCYou know, I didn't even notice the knuckle scraping thing!
Rex Krueger
2019-08-01 11:28:09 +0000 UTCHa!
Rex Krueger
2019-08-01 11:27:40 +0000 UTCWe've all done it! Don't feel bad.
Rex Krueger
2019-08-01 11:27:12 +0000 UTCThat sounds like great advice and I'll try it for sure!
Rex Krueger
2019-08-01 11:26:35 +0000 UTCHope I get to see it!
Rex Krueger
2019-08-01 11:25:31 +0000 UTCGreat idea! I might do that!
Rex Krueger
2019-08-01 11:22:57 +0000 UTCWith the shooting board, the blade shaves it down until the edge of the throat rides along the board and it's perfectly zero clearance. With the bench hook, the knuckles are shaved down until they ride along the bench and they're perfectly zero clearance.
Matthew Leigh
2019-07-28 18:23:52 +0000 UTCYou scrape knuckles when you're almost done pullsawing the cut on the bench hook. I'm theorizing (haven't tried yet) that if you lift your side of the hook slightly up with a shim, your hand stays clear of the bench.
Bas Cost Budde
2019-07-27 20:53:37 +0000 UTCGreat jigs, I'll be adding them to my repitoire! The award for best tip goes to "Pulling the workpiece into the fence" While it was understated it is the key to success with both jigs, or in fact any tool that uses a fence. (P.S. I formerly possessed a bench hook and shooting board, but in a fit of frenzied work i scavenged them for parts for another jig ... dope!
Michael Gross
2019-07-27 15:44:04 +0000 UTCLast summer I was on a work experience trip to Germany to help build a wooden footbridge using nothing but hand tools (Kesurokai 2018 will get you pictures). The presence of a group of Japanese carpenters got me a quick crash course in how to "correctly" use a japanese saw. First thing is to not choke up on the handle. Your hand should be as far from the blade as possible. This makes it easier to maintain alignment. When starting a cut (and this is freehand so no jigs), you start with the "start" of the blade (the part nearest to the handle). Then you make one light complete pull rather than the small back-and-forth motion that you use when using a western saw. This works but ensuring that your first cut gets to a certain depth while making use of the "automagick" alignment that occurs with pull saws because the blade is under tension rather than trying to resist compression. This gets you a really nice kerf which holds the blade for your remaining cuts. It might take a bit of getting used to, but in my experience it works better than trying to adapt a western cutting style to an eastern saw.
Jon Senior
2019-07-27 15:34:11 +0000 UTCI like the two sided shooting board. Didn't think of that, so today I will be building a new two sided shooting board. Thanks again for the great ideas!
William Allen
2019-07-27 14:54:00 +0000 UTCHave a great 2 weeks away. Here is a suggestion for future videos: common beginer mistakes and how to fix them.
Shanni Marmen
2019-07-27 13:41:29 +0000 UTC
