Clamping squares

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7 жыл бұрын

Hi everyone. A few folks have asked about the clamping squares I use when I’m making cabinets or doors, and in they video I show how I make mine. Enjoy!
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@Sugarfoot108 Ай бұрын

Every time I think of buying a tool, I check your videos first. Now saved enough money not buying clamping squares or parallel guides to invest in a decent band saw that will severe me well and expand my abilities. Thanks Peter 🙏🏽

@nightstringers 3 жыл бұрын

Apply some paste wax to your squares makes it harder for glue and paint to stick to them .

@waheedhs 4 жыл бұрын

Many thanks for such a good idea!

@Chimp_No_1 7 жыл бұрын

Always look forward to your videos. Thanks Peter.

@10MinuteWorkshop 7 жыл бұрын

+Bulwul 👍

@bobmartin6055 9 ай бұрын

Super handy tip!!! Thanks for sharing your experience! Cheers

@davidsneddon2242 3 жыл бұрын

Being a bit new to KZfaq as I've said before Peter , your videos are so helpful, thank you so much.

@10MinuteWorkshop 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks David! 👍

@bigmonkey999888 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Peter another brilliant video Steve

@hogue3666 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Peter. This is going to be something I do for the first time this weekend!

@10MinuteWorkshop 5 жыл бұрын

Cheers Chris! They’re handy little things, and quite fun to make them as accurately as you can👍👍

@WV591 6 жыл бұрын

these are a must have.i've used them in just about every project.

@10MinuteWorkshop 6 жыл бұрын

+WV591 👍

@willford8475 5 жыл бұрын

I gave this vid a thumbs up and it changed from 1.2k to 1.3k! I've waited for years for that to happen. There is a God after all.

@10MinuteWorkshop 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you! 👍👍

@markwarrington2788 4 жыл бұрын

I clicked like at 1.5k and nothing changed :(

@stevewalker7822 7 жыл бұрын

Enjoyed this simple and effective tip.

@10MinuteWorkshop 7 жыл бұрын

+steve walker Thanks! 👍

@garrysmythe 7 жыл бұрын

great little idea. thank you for posting

@10MinuteWorkshop 7 жыл бұрын

+garry smythe Pleasure 👍

@mikebernard4762 7 жыл бұрын

Good video as always Peter. keep them coming! Kind regards Mike B

@10MinuteWorkshop 7 жыл бұрын

+Mike Bernard Thanka Mike 😄

@modernstring3911 6 жыл бұрын

loved the video, Thank you :)

@ClaudioABotelho 7 жыл бұрын

Very good. Thank you very much for the great ideas.

@10MinuteWorkshop 7 жыл бұрын

+Cláudio Alvarez Botelho Pleasure 👍

@sf48 7 жыл бұрын

Great stuff, I'm making a cabinet today so I'll be making some squares. Thanks for the great videos and tips much appreciated. Scott

@10MinuteWorkshop 7 жыл бұрын

+Scott Firth Thanks! 👍

@donlunn792 6 жыл бұрын

Unbelievable,If only I had thought about making these when I built my Kitchen cabinet shaker style doors.Great Vid as usual Peter. “ liveand learn”

@10MinuteWorkshop 6 жыл бұрын

+Don Lunn Thanks! 👍

@Robe999 6 жыл бұрын

Peter Thank you so Much for taking the time with your Explanations about the Square , Legendary . after watching all these videos I don't throw any scrap away at all anymore , ha ha ha got a stock pile of scrap wood

@10MinuteWorkshop 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks! And good for you - wood’s too useful to throw away, not like it grows on trees or anything... 😂👍

@paulandgely234 7 жыл бұрын

Great idea. Congratulations on reaching 10,000 subscribers.

@10MinuteWorkshop 7 жыл бұрын

+Paul Goess Thank you! Here's to the next 10,000... 😆👍

@DIYJase 7 жыл бұрын

Neat idea, these little tips are very useful, I never seem to think of them 😥

@10MinuteWorkshop 7 жыл бұрын

+DIYJase Thanks Jase. Takes practice 😂🍻

@pennyroyal3813 3 жыл бұрын

Just what the doctor ordered. Thanks Peter.

@10MinuteWorkshop 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! 👍

@lobbylobbster 7 жыл бұрын

Just to wish you congratulations on reaching 10,000 subscribers my friend ! Here's to the next ! Excellent work 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

@10MinuteWorkshop 7 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Was glued to the KZfaq app all day yesterday watching the numbers tick round... 😀👍

@lobbylobbster 7 жыл бұрын

You are proof that hard work rarely goes unrewarded. A great example. 👍🏼

@joshl90 7 жыл бұрын

Great idea

@10MinuteWorkshop 7 жыл бұрын

+JoshL 👍

@adamelekes 7 жыл бұрын

I am using the same style "clamping squares" made almost the same way. I don't have a bandsaw so I cut them on the table saw. Before the cut, I drill a 6 mm hole where the pencil marks intersect. This way I don't have to come back with a handsaw to finish the cut, also it can align better to the workpiece because debris doesn't build up in the inside corner.

@10MinuteWorkshop 7 жыл бұрын

+Ádám Elekes 👍

@jamaxit 7 жыл бұрын

Ádám Elekes great idea from you and Peter. I have a couple of the aluminum Woodpecker clamping brackets, designed with the same small round cut out on the inside corner as you suggest. I found out real quick how valuable these braces are, during a glue up, and how I needed so many more. This video has saved me a ton from a future Woodpecker purchase! Thank you both for the great tips!

@10MinuteWorkshop 7 жыл бұрын

+James Landis Yep, great idea to drill the hole if you're making the inside cut on a table-saw - lets you clear the curve of the blade 👍

@thetalkingdonkey07 3 жыл бұрын

Aha....Always wondered why they have that little cut out. Obvious now that you've said it!

@davidbuchan2224 2 жыл бұрын

@@jamaxit Hey James... if you are addicted to lovely lumps of red metal I can highly recco the BangGood corner clamps... an awful lot cheaper than Woody.

@joeobrien196 6 жыл бұрын

I enjoy your videos. Always informative and entertaining. With regard to the checking of squareness I would the same base point after turning the square over. I find a'v' easier to see than whether or not lines are parallel or not. Missed this video the first time around.

@davidstokes8441 3 жыл бұрын

Like Adam, I also drill 6mm at the intersection, but my reason is that the clamping square doesn't get near the glue in the joint. A trick I learned building card models for the H) railway.. I also bevel the outside corner for the same reason.

@GreenRunningLama 5 жыл бұрын

Love your vid Peter - subbed your channel now.Regards from Bournemouth :)

@10MinuteWorkshop 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks! And welcome!👍👍

@interceptor7905 2 жыл бұрын

Clamping corners lol!But seriously one of the best woodworking channels here!All the best mate!

@10MinuteWorkshop 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! 🙌

@EinarHagen Жыл бұрын

On my way to ali or bangood later today, I thought. And then I found this video..... Not spending cash today after all. :D Subscribed.

@10MinuteWorkshop Жыл бұрын

Thanks, and welcome!

@GNU_Linux_for_good 4 жыл бұрын

great -- cool -- awesome -- well done

@10MinuteWorkshop 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!👍

@GNU_Linux_for_good 4 жыл бұрын

@@10MinuteWorkshop Made myself an angle yesterday, but I jointed two pieces of wood. Using the open window while gluing up to force the pieces into square is always the hardest part. But I did pretty well with the help of my speed square. Best regards..

@Mrfreezeee1 7 жыл бұрын

Its nice to see your square with us Peter ,i like to put a small round hole on the inside corner to see the lines on the inside ,well watching this i thought of your cabinet doors and thought ,"why doesn't Peter make wooden machinist squares " so will be watching for them ,now if i could just follow the strait line i drawled with the strait edge ..LOL

@10MinuteWorkshop 7 жыл бұрын

+syd ascott Thanks Syd! 👍

@americanwoodworkingtrickss6543 6 жыл бұрын

I making myself also.Good job.

@10MinuteWorkshop 6 жыл бұрын

+American woodworking tricks / Stolarskie Triki 👍thanks!

@mirockswoodshop 7 жыл бұрын

Nice! I do the same! I have small like your and some of very big size

@10MinuteWorkshop 7 жыл бұрын

+Mirock's Woodshop 👍

@10MinuteWorkshop 7 жыл бұрын

+Mirock's Woodshop 👍

@michaelhooker3473 6 жыл бұрын

In 1972 my father-in-law, a carpenter, gave me/us as a wedding present a Stanley hammer, a Stanley 1 metre aluminium girder section level and a Stanley carpenter's square, hardened steel, brass and cherry-wood. The hammer has survived, and always works pretty well for hitting things. The level had three "bubbles" which would never all show level at the same time, and the liquid disappeared a long while ago. It makes a good straight edge though. I relied on the square for many years of amateurish shelf and cupboard making, wondering why all my cuts were slightly out and a lot of sanding had to be done before things fitted. One day, I tried your flip-over trick and guess what ? My fancy Stanley carpenter's square wasn't square ! I tended to rely on pencil straight edge and geometry after that. Pythagoras v Stanley, winner Pythagoras. Anyway, just to say I enjoy your videos, it's so nice to hear someone speaking proper English clearly apart from anything else. I arrived here when seeking out a cheap and cheerful method of making small repeatable pieces to make up CD drawers and a cabinet for same, via advertisements for band-saws, track-saws, table-saws, jig-saws... First I have to cut strips off sheets of ply or mdf. I'll get there in the end...

@10MinuteWorkshop 6 жыл бұрын

Michael Hooker Great story Michael, thanks! I think I had that level and square at some point, too! Cheers, Peter 👍

@robberry2377 7 жыл бұрын

Nice one Peter. Presuming the blade is in the centre of the table you could have the fence inboard which would allow you to make bigger squares.

@10MinuteWorkshop 7 жыл бұрын

+Rob Berry Yeah, thanks - figured that one out just after I'd shot the sequence, lol! 😂

@rick91443 7 жыл бұрын

Just discovered your channel(and subscribed) great idea...thank you...cheers rr

@10MinuteWorkshop 7 жыл бұрын

+Richard Rider Thanks - and welcome! Be sure to check out the back catalogue 👍

@rick91443 7 жыл бұрын

Will do, and thanks again...rr

@j.m.castilla7150 6 жыл бұрын

OK Peter , gracias por sus videos

@10MinuteWorkshop 6 жыл бұрын

My pleasure - gracias por mirarlos (google translate, apologies if wrong!) 👍

@j.m.castilla7150 6 жыл бұрын

OK subscribed now , greetings

@10MinuteWorkshop 6 жыл бұрын

Welcome 👍

@hansdegroot8549 6 жыл бұрын

Great little clamps. Thanks for showing how to make them. Life can be so easy..... :-) Congratulations with your 10K subscribers. 20K till the end of this year?

@10MinuteWorkshop 6 жыл бұрын

+Hans de Groot Thanks! 20k by the end of the year may be pushing it though! 😂🍻

@timcoleman3421 Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@10MinuteWorkshop Жыл бұрын

Thank you! 🙌👍

@stephenshipley1066 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Peter, simple and very useful. I see Subscroptions 9.9k - fingers crossed.

@10MinuteWorkshop 7 жыл бұрын

+Stephen Shipley Pleasure! And yes - 9945 right now, if I make 10k by Monday midday, it'll be 10k in 10 months. Woot! 😆😄😀

@SBTDesigndotcodotuk 7 жыл бұрын

I've gotta knock some of these up soon! Noticed you have your doweling machine back again!

@10MinuteWorkshop 7 жыл бұрын

+Steve_SBT Hmm. That one was picked up today for return - wouldn't plunge more than 20mm before jamming! Going to be a slow-burning video, this one... 😕

@SBTDesigndotcodotuk 7 жыл бұрын

Is that the 2nd one you've had? I'll have a chat to them when I get together with Triton at the Screwfix live show. I'll mention your issues and the fact mine is out of alignment also. Not great!

@10MinuteWorkshop 7 жыл бұрын

+Steve_SBT Yes, second one. FFX have been great, but don't want to replace it, basically, just refund. Be interested to hear what Triton have to say, if you get to bend someone's ear! 👍

@caskwith 7 жыл бұрын

Very useful things to have, I should make some next time I have suitable offcuts. I notice you said they just fit in your bandsaw, if you put the fence on the other side of the blade you could have made them any size.

@10MinuteWorkshop 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks - yes, I did realise after I'd shot this that I could have done that, lol! Too much going on - always! 😂👍

@caskwith 7 жыл бұрын

You are not alone, I have a bigger bandsaw and the number of times I have struggled to cut something when I could have just moved something around or flipped the workpiece would have made it so easy. Only realise after the fact though.

@SRC59 4 жыл бұрын

H Peter. Great channel. I have learned a lot. I was particularly interested in a comment that you made about 'cheap & Cheerful' clamps off eBay. I have a few clamps (not enough) and the cost of the longer ones is prohibitive for me. Can you explain a bit more about the ones that you have which 'do the job'

@10MinuteWorkshop 4 жыл бұрын

Hi Steve, and thanks! The basic f-clamps and sash clamps are like these ones:- Cheap sash clamp - amzn.to/2sTl7eq (US:amzn.to/2sVGKtV) F clamps - amzn.to/2tNCU2K (US:amzn.to/2rQHAZj) The aluminium sash clamps are showing their age after a couple of years - they’ve been used hard, to be fair - but the f-clamps are going strong and are some of my favourite clamps - they do the job, they’re cheap and light. As opposed to my Axminster parallel clamps, which do the job but are expensive and heavy.🤷‍♂️👍

@wstar72 6 жыл бұрын

Great idea! It would have been good to check square on the inside cuts since those are where things are more likely to be off given they were band saw cuts.

@10MinuteWorkshop 6 жыл бұрын

+wstar72 As mentioned in reply to a previous comment, I needed to get the video shot and posted before the squares were fully finished, so yes, the insides were still a little lumpy from the bandsaw cut, so gave a slightly wobbly pencil line; square enough, but not as well finished as I'd like, is all. But they are now. Of course, you can use the outside of the square when clamping an internal corner just as easily 👍

@supercheekykiwi 6 жыл бұрын

Another great video. Glad I stumbled onto your channel. You don't seem to have any issues with blade drift on your bandsaw. My cheap ryobi is terrible at anything straight.

@10MinuteWorkshop 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks! No, the cheap little Aldi/Scheppach bandsaw cuts really well, no issues with drift at all. 👍

@notmynameonyoutube6658 7 жыл бұрын

Soon 10k subscribers!

@10MinuteWorkshop 7 жыл бұрын

+Not my name on youtube Getting there - don't think I'll make it by Monday (10 month anniversary) though! 🤔

@10MinuteWorkshop 7 жыл бұрын

+Daniel Methot Never! Who were you again.. LOL! 😂😆👍

@jakeupthehibsleonard685 5 жыл бұрын

I'm thinking of making an t slot table, but have found that t track seems to come in 3 or 4 different sizes, is there any difference. Love your work, any advice will be greatly appreciated

@10MinuteWorkshop 5 жыл бұрын

Hi & thanks! I’ve only ever come across 1/2” and 3/4” T-track; I bought some a little while back for a build, but have to confess I’ve never actually used it! Perhaps someone else add to the conversation??

@carllamb6711 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Peter Found this video as well. I’ll have ago making some of these at the weekend if I get time Have you got a video of the new up-to date ones where you can slide a clamp through them please mate ?

@10MinuteWorkshop 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! First time I did those was on the ‘starting out in CNC’ series - towards the end, P9 or 10 I think. It’s just a 20mm hole drilled into the corner. 👍👍

@NomadMakes 5 жыл бұрын

I am linking to this video in an upcomming build video of mine, where I make a timber rack, if that is ok for you? I put it in the video as a card, and the subject is that assembling the rack would have been a lot easier with some of these sqaures.

@10MinuteWorkshop 5 жыл бұрын

Hi Goran! Yes, of course, whatever you like! 👍👍

@davidbuchan2224 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Peter - thank you for this and yes that end pencil test was impressive! I am after a little bansaw - would you recco that one? What is it? Cheers.

@10MinuteWorkshop 2 жыл бұрын

I don’t have that bandsaw any more, but it was OK for the money. There’s a playlist with all my bandsaw videos in it. 👍👍

@davidatkinson3336 3 жыл бұрын

Peter when are your next batch of “square enough” squares back on Etsy. Thanks.

@10MinuteWorkshop 3 жыл бұрын

Very soon - I'll be branding the next batch of larger squares tomorrow, all things being equal. 👍

@geordiejoe 6 жыл бұрын

Just subscribe, because I like your style. I'm looking for a small, and quiet bandsaw, what is the one you have and did you turn the sound down when you used it?

@10MinuteWorkshop 6 жыл бұрын

+Joseph Daley Welcome. Be sure to check out the back catalogue - I've done a couple of vids about that bandsaw, first one here:- kzfaq.info/get/bejne/faediMxo1rOoeJs.html That bandsaw was a cheapie from Aldi, might now be out of stock, something similar from Scheppah at screwfix - links to all these in the video description, or at 10minuteworkshop.com > stuff I use Yes, I typically drop the sound of all machinery used on video, but bandsaws aren't inherently noisy, usually most noise comes from making the cut. 👍

@Evel1847 7 жыл бұрын

Simple but brilliant. Having spent $35 a piece on clamping squares from Woodpecker, my only question is why didn't I think of this? But that's what usually happens to me after watching your videos!

@10MinuteWorkshop 7 жыл бұрын

+Preston Grace Thanks! 👍

@ianblack1033 6 жыл бұрын

Hi Peter. Another "straight to the point" video. I Like your style. A question if you don't mind. Have you found a supplier of Baltic Birch that sells at a reasonable price?

@10MinuteWorkshop 6 жыл бұрын

+ian black Thanks! I get all my timber from a local yard - www.ajferguson.co.uk - who are excellent, and literally 5 minutes away from me. I pay around £60 inc. for a sheet of 18mm Birch; I could probably get it cheaper, but they're a great yard and extremely convenient 👍🍻

@markandrews70 7 жыл бұрын

Great vid as usual. This might seem a trivial question, what type of pencil do you use, and how do you sharpen it

@10MinuteWorkshop 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Regular Staedtler Noris yellow & black HB school pencil, sharpened with an old-school (literally - they type the teacher was only allowed to use!) turn the handle type. I sharpen a *lot* of pencils and it works really well 👍

@10MinuteWorkshop 7 жыл бұрын

+Dave Geldart Sure, if I'm marking up stain/lacquer finished work, the harder the better. But the vast majority of my stuff is painted, so HB is fine 👍

@AJIBBO 7 жыл бұрын

Great Idea, like it! Is the Triton Dowel jointer sat in the background the next Festool vs cheap tool? ;)

@10MinuteWorkshop 7 жыл бұрын

+AJIBBO Thanks! Hmmm - it will be if I can get one that works; just returned the second one... 😕

@jaykepley5238 7 жыл бұрын

I just watched a series comparing a Mafell dowler to the Triton dowler. The Triton didn't come off very well. Thanks for your videos. Very enjoyable.

@10MinuteWorkshop 7 жыл бұрын

Yes, the Triton Doweller does seem to have a few issues, sadly. And thanks!

@SerhatAkiska 6 жыл бұрын

Peter, great ideas, great presentation...what brand is your bench top band saw? any other recommendations? thanks in advance

@10MinuteWorkshop 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks! bandsaw is from Aldi, a rebadged scheppach. I’ve done a few videos about cheap bandsaws, as follows:- Bandsaw vids. #050, 057, (Aldi) 140, 141, 142 (Aldi vs Axminster)148, 149(Aldi, Axminster, Titan) Enjoy!

@10MinuteWorkshop 6 жыл бұрын

Just to add - I've also put all these bandsaw videos together in a playlist 👍

@SerhatAkiska 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks again Peter, I appreciate the follow up

@5656eric 7 жыл бұрын

"Nobody is more surprised than me..." You made my day ;-)) What type of tolerance is acceptable for you in the context of your daily job ?

@10MinuteWorkshop 7 жыл бұрын

"Square enough" lol! Seriously, I'd be fine with any slight convergence or splaying of the two lines for the general cabinet and wardrobe stuff I do - even for checking doors, they're usually trimmed and 'squared-up' afterwards, so no real issue with any small deviation from square. Funnily enough, I did check one of my original squares using the 'parallel lines' method, and it was quite a long way out from what I'd now consider acceptable, so I guess #squareenough is 'square enough' 😯😀

@millieri 7 жыл бұрын

Peter Millard That's interesting Peter. Are you saying that you occasionally have to trim the doors to fit the carcass opening if it's not perfectly square?

@10MinuteWorkshop 7 жыл бұрын

+millieri No, other way round; it's not the end of the world if the doors don't glue up perfectly square as you can square them afterwards with a quick trim. Most guys I know who make doors in reasonable volume do this as a matter of routine - make the doors a couple of mm oversize and trim back 👍

@millieri 7 жыл бұрын

Peter Millard Damn; wish I'd thought of that before! Just made my first batch of frame and panel doors using your video which is great. Unfortunately, they ended up a couple of mm out of square (despite what I thought to be thorough checks!). I ended up making a new batch 😩 So I guess any trims wouldn't show up on the rails and stiles too badly?

@10MinuteWorkshop 7 жыл бұрын

Well, we live & learn, eh? Yes, that's basically it - a couple of mm trimmed off an ~80mm rail or stile typically won't notice. I usually make doors the same size as the carcass they're going onto, then trim back to give the usual 1-2mm clearance 👍

@davidclarke5313 7 жыл бұрын

Is there any plan, in among all the useful stuff, to tell us the story of the number plate on the wall?

@10MinuteWorkshop 7 жыл бұрын

+David Clarke Not much of a story! It's the number plate from my first car, an Austin A40. Paid £125 for it in 1981 - I was robbed 😂😆👍

@Mark_Dee 7 жыл бұрын

Hi Peter, thanks for your video. You used the inner square on the furniture, but did the parallel check on the outside square. What also would be interesting if it matters if the outside and inside squares are in parallel. And now to something completly different. Why are you using Festool Screwdriver/Drill? What is the advantage of that vs. a blue Bosch one? Thanks, and please continue to publish videos.

@10MinuteWorkshop 7 жыл бұрын

Hi Mark. Yep, that's true, I could have also used the outside of the square inside the cabinet, and often do, I just happened to have that clip handy! I didn't show /test the inside of the square as they were still less 'finished' than I would like when I shot the video, and the pencil lines were a bit 'wobbly' when I tried the 'flip test'. Checked against my engineering sqare it's well within my tolerances so I have no qualms about using them. Re the parallel inner/outer edges, I don't think it would make a difference, other than visually - which could be unsettling. I like the Festool drill/drivers as they're lightweight, have decent belt clips (the 10.8v) and battery inter-operability (all the others) and I do like the Festool Centrotec quick-change system - the smaller drills can feel a bit 'front-heavy' with a regular Jacobs-style chuck. I do have Blue Bosch for most of the 10.8v stuff (wide range) and have no issues with it, other than sounding like a sack of spanners, lol! Cheers, Peter 👍

@WoodworkingEngineering 6 жыл бұрын

Good catch :)

@bazmon 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Peter... A quick non woodworking question... Where can I buy some trousers like the pair you are wearing in this video...😊

@10MinuteWorkshop 3 жыл бұрын

It comes up surprisingly often! You can get the from Amazon; TuffStuff Extreme 700 trousers - amzn.to/2oqeBpq 👍👍

@bazmon 3 жыл бұрын

@@10MinuteWorkshop Thank you Peter... Sadly they are not available here in California or on Amazon.com...:(... That said, I have some pals in the UK whose arms I can twist and get them to send me a pair. Keep up the good work Sir... Very informative and just the right length.. Refreshing ... :)

@MatthewBuntyn 7 жыл бұрын

I have a perfect offcut to make a few of these, unfortunately it's also my square-testing board

@10MinuteWorkshop 7 жыл бұрын

😂

@seanjoys7360 4 жыл бұрын

Matthew Buntyn bazinga

@williameakin6907 7 жыл бұрын

My guess is that your suspicion that shelves of the alcove unit were too close together, despite what the client wanted, means they need to be changed.

@10MinuteWorkshop 7 жыл бұрын

No spoilers! But no, not that...

@neilbarkeraswell 3 жыл бұрын

I noticed you checked the outside edge for true and all were square, brill. What about the inside edge that will ultimately butt up against the work piece??

@10MinuteWorkshop 3 жыл бұрын

Video 103 Square enough? kzfaq.info/get/bejne/kJ6Fm8113qiqm6c.html

@denniscorson8997 2 жыл бұрын

how to seal MDF ?

@kevinohara8671 4 жыл бұрын

That's excellent very helpful I'm just going to take my wheels off and check there round lol

@RanDom-ts5xr 2 жыл бұрын

Why do you have the fence on the right but set the depth of cut to the left of the blade? And why cut "inside" the saw at all, could you not cut almost arbitrarily large squares with the workpiece on the right (only limiting the "L" width to the 250 mm you mention)?

@RanDom-ts5xr 2 жыл бұрын

Never mind: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ocxdnbJ31724iKM.html&lc=UgxZN9BLWoTPBqW6ONh4AaABAg

@RanDom-ts5xr 2 жыл бұрын

(there's an earlier comment about this and a reply from Peter, but it seems I can't link to that)

@davidfoulds1620 7 жыл бұрын

Well that's spooky. Am I being watched? I made a couple of sets of three from an offcut of 18mm ply, on my bandsaw, using the same technique, on Thursday night.

@10MinuteWorkshop 7 жыл бұрын

+David Foulds Even spookier - I shot this video on Thursday... 🤔👍

@millieri 7 жыл бұрын

Peter Millard Odd. I also made some for the first time (out of mdf) on Thursday 👽👁👽

@joehart3826 3 жыл бұрын

The question is. How do you make them without a bandsaw?

@10MinuteWorkshop 3 жыл бұрын

It’s certainly harder - jigsaw maybe, if you can mount it on a rail? 🤷‍♂️👍

@FuzzyScaredyCat 6 жыл бұрын

What about the insides? At the beginning of the video you had them on the outside of a cabinet, presumable to make sure it was all square.

@10MinuteWorkshop 6 жыл бұрын

+Andy P Check our the follow-up video:- kzfaq.info/get/bejne/kJ6Fm8113qiqm6c.html 👍

@FuzzyScaredyCat 6 жыл бұрын

Just to be clear, I wasn't finger wagging or suggesting you were trying it on, I was simply asking.

@10MinuteWorkshop 6 жыл бұрын

Andy P Sure, totally fine to ask a question 👍 The finger-wagging was from elsewhere, no worries 😉

@alphabrace 3 жыл бұрын

i don't think my band-saw could cut anything nearly are square as you did!

@10MinuteWorkshop 3 жыл бұрын

👍👍

@carlosmol62 6 жыл бұрын

Todo excelente, muy didáctico. Pero al trabajar con herramienta y equipo eléctrico, no debería usar el reloj de pulsera, como medida de seguridad.

@alanmorris8783 7 жыл бұрын

Have 7 "squares" of various types and only 1 is close to square. Moral of the tale is to avoid cheap squares.

@10MinuteWorkshop 7 жыл бұрын

+Alan Morris 👍

@thetalkingdonkey07 3 жыл бұрын

Surprised you used a mini bandsaw....notoriously inaccurate are they not?

@10MinuteWorkshop 3 жыл бұрын

It was the only bandsaw I had at the time, and no, it's actually very good.

@NomadMakes 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for a great video. I will make myself some of these clamping squares. Subbed! I found your channel through Keith Brown at Rag 'n' Bone Brown, by the way. I am learnng woodworking through youtube, and if you have the inclination, stop by my tiny channel and show some support.

@10MinuteWorkshop 5 жыл бұрын

I've just taken a look at the downdraft table #1- great project, look forwards to the rest! What's your name? I'll give you a shout-out on the Measuring Up Podcast I do 👍And, just FYI, there's no such thing as a 'tiny' channel - just one with lots of potential for growth! 👍👍

@NomadMakes 5 жыл бұрын

@@10MinuteWorkshop Wow! Thank you for the encouragement. My name is Goran Eliassen (a mouthfull in English, i know but the Scandinavian version of George). And the channel is ANomadsProjects. Looks like I found a woodworking podcast in the process ;-)

@10MinuteWorkshop 5 жыл бұрын

Also meant to say, nice watch, Goran; do you collect Seiko? 👍

@NomadMakes 5 жыл бұрын

@@10MinuteWorkshop Thank you. I have some, but I try not to accumulate more than fits in my winder box. I bought the SARB033 and the Alpinist when they stopped producing them, but in the workshop I mainly wear the SKX009. Hehe. I feel like doing a wrist watch shot now :D

@10MinuteWorkshop 5 жыл бұрын

@@NomadMakes Nice! I have a few; back when I started getting interested in them the nice 1960s and early 70s ones were relatively affordable, but still more than I was prepared to pay. Missed opportunity! I've been trying to get a watch or two from each decade I've been breathing, but have given up on getting anything decent from the 60s (6105) so bought a 'tribute' watch last year, which is surprisingly nice. I have a couple from the 70s, 80s, 90, and 00s, in varying states of originality/condition. Have to confess my interest has dropped off a little after the SKX007, so maybe it's time to start looking for something from the 60s again... 😂👍

@rudyardkipling7181 7 жыл бұрын

Nice work, but, as Birch Ply is the "Festool" of sheet materials, I cannot, in all honesty, give you a thumbs up this time. I will now get back to my MDF clamping squares...

@10MinuteWorkshop 7 жыл бұрын

+Rudyard Kipling Oh, I have a few MDF ones as well, the Birch Ply ones just look better 😂